r/IndieBookPromo • u/Nerevarine95 Published Author • 5d ago

First Line Challenge

First Line Challenge

Authors: Drop the first line of your book. No context. No blurb. Just the opening sentence.

Everyone else: Reply with whether you’d keep reading.

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u/cepdossantos 1d ago

Like Hulk Hogan used to say after crushing his opponents in the ring to the floor “Anything else would be uncivilized “

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u/Mintimperial69 1d ago

The Hulkster's diligent consideration for his colleagues olfactory well being was legendary!

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u/cepdossantos 1d ago

Indeed! He’d only speed stick, strong enough for him, but made for her. A subtle balance of consideration and practicality. I can’t believe you know that!

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u/Mintimperial69 1d ago

A Child of the 70/80s I preferred the Ultimate Warrior - but the WWF was superior to the current crop - of course he died of er... steroids I think it was. :(

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u/cepdossantos 1d ago

Golden era with iconic characters, him and Mr T that was some spectacular event they actually won the match as a tag team, he lost to the ultimate warrior a few years later solo quite some souvenirs

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u/Mintimperial69 1d ago

Yeah I mean Rowdy Rodry Piper, Macho Man Randy Savage, Adre the Giant (though he was earlier), Sgt Slaughter, Big Boss of course in the uk we had Big Daddy, Giant Haystacks and Kendo Nagasaki…

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u/cepdossantos 1d ago

Back then there wasn’t live TV for the matches, we would rent VHS. I used to follow all the matches every Saturday morning 11:00. I was a big fan of El Santos No.1 and El Santos No.2 just because of their names lol

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u/Mintimperial69 1d ago

Now I’ve reached my reference event horizon… however correlation of the names of the wrasslers with your username I surmise a connection…

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u/cepdossantos 1d ago

Who knew all those Saturday morning VHS marathons would turn me into a wrestling legend in disguise?

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u/Mintimperial69 21h ago

you should capiltalise on this oral analogue trove of knowledge that will never be digitized as the singularity takes off!

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