A Wrinkle in Time

50th Anniversary

melissa gleason Was this one of your faves or was it before your time?

This book, Star Trek and Star Wars have all spawned armies of geeky sci-fi loving girls. I am glad to be one of them. Happy Anniversary to "Wrinkle in Time"!

Oh, wow! This was my favorite book!! I recently bought the series for my daughter, now 9.

So loved A Wrinkle in Time, and can't believe it's been 50 years. I must read it again, soon.

This is one of my all-time favorite books. I've purchased it for gifts, recommended it for many a young reader, and used illustrations as metaphors in therapy sessions. My favorite for people who have body dismorphic disorder...the illustration where Ms. Thing (?) heals Meg. They can't see, so they "feel" a person. Without sight, all of the sudden people are seen in entirely different ways. Le sigh...Madeline L'Engle, you ARE truly one of my author heroines.

Madeleine L'Engle is one of my favorite authors. I hope everyone knows that she wrote for young people and for adults. . . .

"A Wrinkle in Time" is, of course, the first of a four-part Time Quartet. Madeleine also wrote about Meg and Calvin's children, and also has several characters who interact closely with both Meg's daughter and the Austin Family daughter. Um, y'all do know about her Austin Family series, right?

I often read about people who think her books should be banned. I always assume these people have never read them and are morons.

Did I say that out loud? Good.

If "Wrinkle" is your only L'Engle experience, I encourage you to read the sequels and the other series and all of her individual books, both fiction and non-fiction.

It will change your life. It will turn you into a smarter, better person.

I loved her so much. Her books fill three shelves in my large bookcase.

Go forth and improve yourselves! Make sure your kids read them all, too.

Actually, I have no words. Her books are just too breathtaking.

Hello everyone! Madeleine L'Engle mentored our own BlogHer blogger and author, Isabel_anders http://www.blogher.com/spinning-straw-weaving-gold... Ms. L'Engle wrote the Introduction to Isabel's first book in 1987 and recently reissued: http://www.amazon.com/Blessings-Prayers-Married-Co...