Nobody's gonna get most of these... ^^;

[nendil]

Ganked from (and for) ctrl_a:
1. Choose five to ten of your all time favorite books.
2. Take the first sentence of the first chapter and make a list in your journal.
3. Don't reveal the author or the title of the book.
4. Now everyone try and guess!

1. The old woman remembered a swan she had bought many years ago in Shanghai for a foolish sum. [ID'd by summercomfort]
2. The unicorn lived in a lilac wood, and she lived all alone. [ID'd by kissmywombat]
3. [you know who!] was an unusual boy in many ways. For one thing, he hated the summer holidays more than any other time of year. [ID'd by simhuman]
4. Louis, the yard teacher, frowned. [ID'd by theropicus]
5. There is no lake at Camp Green Lake. [ID'd by kalquessa]
6. [EVIL! And not exactly the first line!] 盖闻天地之数，有十二万九千六百岁为一元。将一元分为十二会，乃子、丑、寅、卯、辰、巳、午、未、申、酉、戌、亥之十二支也。 [ID'd by summercomfort]
7. Two ELIZABETHANS passing the time in a place without any visible character. [ID'd by theropicus]
8. My name is Jake. That's my first name, obviously. [ID'd by warendfeld]
9. "Death," the proprietor said clearly, showing the stone. [ID'd by summercomfort]
10. For many days we had been tempest-tossed.

...But you know, books aren't actually where my passions lay. So here's the first lines from some of my all time favorite video games, where applicable. <eg> (Oh noes SSBM has no text!) Names are censored as to be not totally DUH.

1. I'd been assigned to watch over Biologic's research team, so I once again found myself on the surface of SR388. [ID'd by boggyb]
2. Game sales... are way up! Here's why! [ID'd by ajoreilly]
3. Long ago, the War of the Magi reduced the world to a scorched wasteland, and magic simply ceased to exist. [ID'd by ctrl_a]
4. In the vast, deep forest of *****... Long have I served as the guardian spirit... [ID'd by simhuman]
5. Welcome! This is Dinosaur Land. In this strange land we find that ***** is missing again! Looks like ***** is at it again! [ID'd by simhuman]
6. The Goodwill Ambassador from the Beanbean Kingdom has arrived. [ID'd by simhuman]
7. Truly, if there is evil in this world, it lies within the heart of mankind. [ID'd by ctrl_a]
8. [obscure] To all bold adventurers, past,present and future...
9. Hello. You are the one who is supposed to work at this ranch today. [ID'd by theropicus]
10. Dear *****: Please come to the castle. I've baked a cake for you. [ID'd by simhuman]