Identify the work and author from the following first lines:


Like the brief doomed flare of exploding suns that registers dimly on blind men's eyes, the beginning of the horror passed almost unnoticed; in the shriek of what followed, in fact, was forgotten and perhaps not connected to the horror at all.
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07-08-03, 10:02 AM
Jenny Roberts
Richard Doddridge Blackmore, Lorna Doone [1869]

07-08-03, 10:07 AM
DorianGreyed
Unless, in the throes of insomnia, I made a horrible mistake, or someone did a bit of plagiarism, you are in error. Please double check; I will, too.

07-08-03, 11:32 AM
Patricia
The Exorcist By William Peter Blatty Eek

07-08-03, 01:27 PM
DorianGreyed
Excellent, Patricia. Now kindly undo these straps.

07-08-03, 01:36 PM
Patricia
ROFLOL

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