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First two lines of Cloud Atlas (i have it on my ereader)

Posted by The Andead (aka Andie) Oct 23 '12, 08:54

THursday, 7th November ___

Beyond the Indian hamlet, upon a forlorn strand, I happened on a trail of recent footprints. Through rotting kelp, sea cocoanuts & bamboo, the tracks led me their maker, a White man, his trowzers & Peajacket rolled up, sporting a kemp beard & and outsized Beaver, shoveling & Sifting the cindery sand with a teaspoon so intently that he noticed me only after i had hailed him from ten yards away. Thus it was I made the acquaintance of Dr. Henry Goose, surgeon to the London nobility.
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ok, that was 3 sentences.

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actually thinking back, I was annoyed by the style of the first story when I started reading. the victorian english grated a little. -- nm - mafic Oct 23, 09:00 12
- (it's basically Melville-esque writing). -- nm - Kim Pine Oct 23, 09:02 2
  - "Not a big Melville crowd here, eh? Well, he�s not an easy read." -- nm - David Oct 23, 09:06 1
    - I might be the only person I know besides Archer who loves Melville. -- nm - Kim Pine Oct 23, 09:08
- i agree with MDH, the first story is the hardest to get through. -- nm - The Andead Oct 23, 09:00 8
  - Yep, the first and the last for me. The rest were cake. -- nm - ty97 Oct 23, 09:02
  - [deleted] 6
    - it grew on me before too long. I think the second might be my favourite. -- nm - mafic Oct 23, 09:04 5
      - I think the second is my favorite. (spoils) - Kim Pine Oct 23, 09:06 2
        
        agreed. - znombie znufrii Oct 23, 09:11
        
        you speak the truth. -- nm - mafic Oct 23, 09:11
      - i can't remember but is it (spoilers i guess) - The Andead Oct 23, 09:06 1
        
        yep. -- nm - Kim Pine Oct 23, 09:07
I think she stopped at forlorn :) - kilbooooo Oct 23, 08:59 2
- she should take a crack at Infinite Jest next. :) -- nm - znombie znufrii Oct 23, 09:00 1
  - I bought her "The light between oceans" instead. It was not rejected out of hand :) -- nm - kilbooooo Oct 23, 09:01
I'm about 200 hundred pages in. No spoilers. - MDH Oct 23, 08:59
Beaver? -- nm - Mop (199 lbs) Oct 23, 08:57 2
- (each story has it's own language - which is based on the when and where of that story) -- nm - The Andead Oct 23, 08:58
- i assumed it meant a beaver hat or coat. -- nm - The Andead Oct 23, 08:58
*goes to watch the trailer again* - znombie znufrii Oct 23, 08:57
"Beaver" offends me! -- nm - Spawn Oct 23, 08:55

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