(That is definitely the best A Circus Of Hells cover.)
p. 193 is an internal title page. p. 194 is blank. p. 195 is a dedication. p. 196 is blank. Thus, CHAPTER ONE begins on p. 197.
In the opening paragraph, some unidentified narrator tells us what this story is about:
"...a lost treasure..." (p. 197)
- etc. There are seven items in total. Flandry is quoted as saying that:
"...it begins with a coincidence." (ibid.)
We are not yet in Flandry's narrative point of view. Someone else is telling us about him. In the second paragraph, this unidentified narrator discourses about the improbability of Flandry and Tachwyr the Dark meeting again.
I am being cut off. To be continued tomorrow.
1 comment:
Kaor, Paul!
Anderson was very good at writing opening paragraphs to his stories that were "teasers," texts designed to impart tantalizing bits of information to would be readers, hopefully enough to make them want to read the book. An excellent example being the first paragraph of Chapter I of A CIRCUS OF HELLS. Others would be the first paragraphs of THE BROKEN SWORD and HUNTERS OF THE SKY CAVE.
Ad astra! Sean
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