Second paragraph of third chapter:We pulled him off the poor old Shortie and were met at the gate by Fee, who seemed rather impressed by Nemo’s performance. Muggings she knew all about, but this was the first time she’d ever seen one used as an excuse for a lecture. Fee conducted us to the landing site and it was my turn to be impressed.
Very much ( Read more... )

I found the top spot very easy to place here. I'm not so certain of my other rankings, but here’s where I am right now.

6) “Asylum,” by A.E. van Vogt

Second paragraph of third section:He dismissed that particular problem as temporarily insoluble, and because actually-it struck him abruptly-this girl's size was unimportant. She had long, black ( Read more... )

Second paragraph of third chapter: "Half and half, ma'am."
Weirdly, I had never actually read this (though thought I had). I got an electronic copy as part of a humble bundle in February, and then found I had a paper copy on the shelf, with a business-class boarding pass for a plane flight from Zagreb to Frankfurt on October 30 of an unspecified ( Read more... )

10) The Demolished Man, by Alfred Bester ( Read more... )