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There is much debate on the differences between "genre" and "literary" fiction. Often lines are
blurred, but sometimes stories fall neatly into the categories labeled on the bookstore shelves.
See if you can match these first lines from various books and short stories to their genres.
GENRE MATCHMAKER
The Genres
Children’s
Western
Horror
Science Fiction
Romance
Fantasy
Detective
Literary Fiction
The First Lines
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There was thunder in the air on the night I went to the deserted mansion atop Tempest Mountain to
find the lurking fear.
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I knew two things for certain the moment I set eyes on Captain Kincaid—first, he was the most
attractive, compelling, and intriguing man I had ever met; and second, he disliked me intensely.
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In the year 1830, after the formation of the Starways Congress, a robot scout ship sent a report
by ansible: The planet it was investigating was well within the parameters for human life.
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Silvery handfire preceded Evaine MacRorie down the narrow cut-stone passageway.
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Fitzhugh Battles realized there were many things in the world he did not know for certain, but of
one thing he was sure: outlaws were no damned good and ought to be ridden down like rabid coyotes.
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The mole had been working very hard all morning, spring-cleaning his little home.
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The blue-steel barrel of the S & W Police Special pointed its accusing two-inch finger in the
general direction of the big man's gut.
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To the red country and part of the gray country of Oklahoma, the last rains came gently, and they
did not cut the scarred earth.
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