Game 8, Book 1 Results
The real first line of The War of the Worlds is:
8. No one would have believed, in the last years of the nineteenth century, that this world was being watched keenly and closely by intelligences greater than man's and yet as mortal as his own; were scrutinized and studied, perhaps almost as narrowly as a man with a microscope might scrutinize the transient creatures that swarm and multiply in a drop of water.
Chosen by braisedbywolves, daegaer, dorianegray, jeffr23, nhw, spookycat50, whatsagirlgotta and zoje_george.
And, well, what do you know, it turns out that The War of the Worlds is the "truth universally acknowledged" of the sci-fi world. I'm sorry, I had no idea!
So, the rest of the results:
1. All that is left of that time now are the shattered memories of those who survived.
written by zoje_george
2. At the twilight of the nineteenth century humankind met with a shocking reversal; where mankind has been used to see itself as the pursuer of knowledge, the paragon of animals, it now found itself in turn the object of study, study by jealous minds.
written by sammywol
3. In spite of London's eternal fog, a few brave stars shone over the cathedral.
written by pisica
4. In the final days of the nineteenth century, as the world bustled with fervid industry, few would have imagined that this same globe was being viewed from afar, by intellects as keen as they were jealous.
written by braisedbywolves
chosen by a_d_medievalist
5. It is a testament to the vast intelligences of the leaders of the Martian race that their population and industries survived so many centuries beyond the boiling of the red planet's oceans and the blasting of the continents with fierce winds bearing innumerable projectiles of dust, sand, and rust, but survive they did, underground, awaiting the circumstances that could allow their rebirth.
written by jeffr23
6. Millions of miles away, someone is watching us.
written by stellanova
7. No one could have predicted that day.
written by majea
9. That distant red mote, named for the god of war, had glowed innocuously on that evening.
written by spookycat50
10. The common wherein the vessel had buried itself was pitted with debris, and the red weed was already curling its way across the ground.
written by daegaer
11. When a day that you know to be Wednesday starts by sounding like Sunday, there is something wrong.
written by dorianegray
chosen by pisica
nhw says "#11 is Triffids manque!"
12. While noone would have considered the possibility, scurrying about our daily business as we do, they were watching.
written by whatsagirlgotta
Scores:
braisedbywolves: 2
dorianegray: 2
daegaer: 1
jeffr23: 1
nhw: 1
spookycat50: 1
whatsagirlgotta: 1
zoje_george: 1
8. No one would have believed, in the last years of the nineteenth century, that this world was being watched keenly and closely by intelligences greater than man's and yet as mortal as his own; were scrutinized and studied, perhaps almost as narrowly as a man with a microscope might scrutinize the transient creatures that swarm and multiply in a drop of water.
Chosen by braisedbywolves, daegaer, dorianegray, jeffr23, nhw, spookycat50, whatsagirlgotta and zoje_george.
And, well, what do you know, it turns out that The War of the Worlds is the "truth universally acknowledged" of the sci-fi world. I'm sorry, I had no idea!
So, the rest of the results:
1. All that is left of that time now are the shattered memories of those who survived.
written by zoje_george
2. At the twilight of the nineteenth century humankind met with a shocking reversal; where mankind has been used to see itself as the pursuer of knowledge, the paragon of animals, it now found itself in turn the object of study, study by jealous minds.
written by sammywol
3. In spite of London's eternal fog, a few brave stars shone over the cathedral.
written by pisica
4. In the final days of the nineteenth century, as the world bustled with fervid industry, few would have imagined that this same globe was being viewed from afar, by intellects as keen as they were jealous.
written by braisedbywolves
chosen by a_d_medievalist
5. It is a testament to the vast intelligences of the leaders of the Martian race that their population and industries survived so many centuries beyond the boiling of the red planet's oceans and the blasting of the continents with fierce winds bearing innumerable projectiles of dust, sand, and rust, but survive they did, underground, awaiting the circumstances that could allow their rebirth.
written by jeffr23
6. Millions of miles away, someone is watching us.
written by stellanova
7. No one could have predicted that day.
written by majea
9. That distant red mote, named for the god of war, had glowed innocuously on that evening.
written by spookycat50
10. The common wherein the vessel had buried itself was pitted with debris, and the red weed was already curling its way across the ground.
written by daegaer
11. When a day that you know to be Wednesday starts by sounding like Sunday, there is something wrong.
written by dorianegray
chosen by pisica
nhw says "#11 is Triffids manque!"
12. While noone would have considered the possibility, scurrying about our daily business as we do, they were watching.
written by whatsagirlgotta
Scores:
braisedbywolves: 2
dorianegray: 2
daegaer: 1
jeffr23: 1
nhw: 1
spookycat50: 1
whatsagirlgotta: 1
zoje_george: 1