Comments on: R.I.P. Madeleine L’Engle

By: Krista

Krista — Tue, 27 Nov 2007 15:43:02 +0000

A Wrinkle in Time was the first scifi bok I ever read, and it really motivated me to read and watch science fiction. I really love the way atypical people, that may very well have disabilities, are also heroes and strong characters. I also love the concept of kything, not sure I’m spelling that right but it’s always been a dream of mine to be able to connect with soeone in such a deep and telepathic way as kything. I’ve only read tha R.I.T. series, but reading this post makes me want to read more books by the same author as well, and reread the series.

By: Shannon

Shannon — Tue, 02 Oct 2007 20:52:15 +0000

Oh, I loved Ms. L’Engle’s works – still do. I saw her speak as a child (my 5th grade teacher’s reward to the few kids who had read most of her books), and will always remember her books as my first experience with “life-altering” literature. There were many authors that followed, of course, whose works spoke to me and changed me, but Ms. L’Engle was the first. I am very sad to hear of her passing.

By: Joeymom

Joeymom — Sat, 29 Sep 2007 23:17:56 +0000

We’ve been gathering a list of characters with ASD. Maybe I should bog about it. ;) Mrs. Who is one of my favorites.

By: bullet

bullet — Fri, 28 Sep 2007 00:27:50 +0000

I have never read it, so will have to look it up to completely understand the relevance of this post.

By: Philip

Philip — Thu, 27 Sep 2007 19:20:03 +0000

Madeleine L’Engle said one reason why “A Wrinkle in Time” took so long to find a publisher is that it was assumed that children would not be able to understand its sophisticated way of looking at time, or not understand Einstein’s theories. But nothing is too hard for children as long as it is part of a story.

The book was rejected by Simon and Schuster because they considered it too difficult for children.

By: Eleanor

Eleanor — Thu, 27 Sep 2007 15:15:14 +0000

You know, when i read that she had died, it occurred to me that I remember A Wrinkle in Time more vividly than almost any other book I read when I was a child. (Although I actually idenitified with Charles Wallace more than Meg, somehow.) I think I’m going to have to get all of those books for my son, although maybe they are considered more “girl” books…

By: ballastexistenz

ballastexistenz — Thu, 27 Sep 2007 14:16:51 +0000

I don’t remember the books with the cassettes in them, but I do remember books with little flimsy plastic records in them. And these days I’ve seen books with audio CDs or computer CD-ROMs in them.

And you’re right, that must’ve been from Peanuts. I now remember my mom repeating that phrase because she found it odd, and that’s how it stuck in my head.

By: gina

gina — Thu, 27 Sep 2007 14:03:04 +0000

Thanks for the link – I would have missed it. I too read her books and have them on my shelves for re-reads in the future.

By: Philip

Philip — Thu, 27 Sep 2007 09:04:16 +0000

I had not heard of Madeleine L’Engle until you mentioned “A Wrinkle in Time” in a blog post. I so want to read that book, and the other books by her. I’m glad that she and her books came to mean so much to you.

By: AnneC

AnneC — Thu, 27 Sep 2007 05:29:39 +0000

I remember coming across the phrase “mousy-blah hair” in a Peanuts cartoon — Peppermint Patty was worried about her hair being “mousy-blah” for a skating competition, IIRC. I used to have an audio tape of that particular cartoon that came with a book (they had these books in the 80s with little plastic pockets in them in which cassette tapes were stored), and I remember thinking that was a really weird phrase to describe hair.

Thanks for linking to my post. I don’t think there’s any way I could express exactly what I’d like to in actual words, but I managed to get some of it across…