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Title: Entertaining & educational book of one-liners in fiction
Review: Are you looking for a holiday gift to give a writer, or looking to add a stocking stuffer to your own list? Consider Getting Hooked. Usefully divided into genre and decade, the book shows fascinating changes over time. For example, length. In the 50s, most romance openings ran three full lines, with some running to four. By the 90s, most were less than a single line, at the most just beginning a third line. You can also sense a difference of tone. The openings of the 50s seem confessional, those from the 60s seem at the extremes of being either lighthearted or filled with angst, the 70s ushered in dark and brooding gothic openings, the openings of the 80s are filled with references to Palm Beach, Bel Air, and Manhattan, and the openings of the 90s have nailed the concept of a "hook" to a tee. (Excerpt of Jennifer Dunne's review in Science Fiction Romance, Nov. 1997)
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