stimulating and surprisingly amicable

One of the novel openings submitted to Evil Editor's blog has provoked some excellent discussion on the nature of openings, specifically whether or not tension should be immediately established in them. So far the discussion has been quite calm and thoughtful.

One of the posters brought up the idea of having people critique some openings of literary classics. I must admit, I've been tempted before now to submit one without telling anyone and see how people react. So far I've resisted the urge, though...