Best opening sentence

That was from the royal families version of modern politics by E.F Barnshaw

 

"The last question was asked for the first time, half in jest, on May 21, 2061, at a time when humanity first stepped into the light. The question came about as a result of a five dollar bet over highballs, and it happened this way"

Two sentences. Oh well.

 

hmm thats slaughterhouse 5 isnt it by vonnegut or is it ?

 

if you meant power_13's quote it wasn't the opening to slaughterhouse-five.

however, slaughterhouse-five was written by vonnegut.

in case you were curious the opening line to slaughterhouse-five is:

"All this happened, more or less."