Jeff Noon's literary top ten

Jeff Noon took the Pulp Net quiz.A couple of his answers:My favourite opening line of a novel:“Call me Ishmael.” Imagine: beginning such a massive book (Herman Melville’s Moby Dick), about such a massive subject (hunting for a giant white whale), with such a note of doubt. What does Melville mean by saying “Call me Ishmael?” Isn’t that the narrator’s real name? It’s an alias? He’s keeping