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more about #matthewdeabaitua Perhaps Not: Terrific list. My two cents: "It is possible that from the beginning Severian had some presentiment of his future." -Gene Wolfe, "The Citadel of the A... more » DigitalJoss: I read this book again and again Alan Dean Foster's "The Man Who Used the Universe" "... You are the most monstrously evil, self-centered, cold and ... more » Batmanuel: Despite all the other flaws of the end of the series, I honestly have to say that I can't think of any better last line to the series than: "The man ... more » liveware.problem: "I have no mouth. And I must scream." Harlan Ellison (granted a short story not a novel, but that's gotta be worth an hounourable mention...) more » drdoombot: I'd have been upset if you guys didn't mention 1984; that last line stayed with me for weeks after I read it at the age of 15 or so. I've always been... more » Moff: I always thought Frank Miller did a nice job with The Dark Knight Returns: "This will be a good life... ...good enough." more » enelsen0: What a great collection! Novel last lines are likely harder to make memorable than those for short stories, which frequently depend on their final li... more » dlomax: What about something by Jack Womack? I don't have any of my books right here, but Ambient, Elvissey, Heathern, Random Acts of Senseless Violence and ... more » Timeshredder: Typo: Arthur C. Clarke, not Clake! more » Timeshredder: "Sometimes he moaned and sometimes he screamed and sometimes he smiled and babbled contentedly about cars as he stumbled across the achingly empty con... more » Arvedui: The ones I believe should've been mentioned: "The Ramans do everything in threes." - Rendezvous with Rama, Arthur C. Clarke "For though he was maste... more » Kamigoroshi: I loved the ending from Children of Dune, it gets me every time I read the book. The last few lines from Phillip Pullman's His Dark Materials is awes... more » capnrob: Missed the two definitive last lines of SF, there, kids (not counting _The Nine Billion Names Of God): (books in question are in boxes, so I ain't a'... more » Grey_Area: Tor.com did a similar post last week but left it all up to the commenters to provide examples. You and Alexis really put in a lot of work for this one... more » Cash907Censored: I have been trying to get through Pattern Recognition for two years now, and I'm only halfway there. I try, I really try, but after ten pages I would ... more » bibble3000: I'm so glad you included 'Soon I Will Be Invincible". Though its kind of two books intertwined within each other, so you could have easily included th... more » RavenNemain: I know it seems cliche at this point, but Watchmen? "I leave it entirely in your hands." more » perfectly nomal beast: I've always loved the end of Mostly Harmless. It is powerful, in a Douglas-y kind of way: In spite of having taken what he regarded as an extremely p... more » Chip Overclock: "Remember me to her." I still get misty when I think of it. more » Xicer: The last line of Brave New World always seemed pretty morbid: Slowly, very slowly, like two unhurried compass needles, the feet turned toward... more » -
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Our Favorite Last Lines From Science Fiction Novels
Science fiction is the literature of the future. So the best SF novels have endings that resolve the story and leave you feeling as though it continues after the last page. Here are our favorite last lines from SF books.
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