2 entries from srah blah blah tagged with 'a swiftly tilting planet':

I raise my mug of Bunsen-burner hot cocoa to you

"It was a dark and stormy night." - A Wrinkle in Time, opening line I was saddened to read this weekend of the passing of Madeleine L'Engle, one of my favorite authors. After reading the articles I realize it has been years since I read A Wrinkle in Time, so that is my current bedside reading for this week. For years I've thought that the other books in the Time Quartet - A Wind in the Door, Many Waters and A Swiftly Tilting Planet - were better than the first book in the series, but upon rereading, this one is...

srah - Wednesday, 12 September 2007 - 7:23 PM
Tags: a swiftly tilting planet, a wind in the door, a wrinkle in time, books, madeleine l'engle, rip

'Le coeur a ses raisons que la raison ne connait point.'

I read A Swiftly Tilting Planet this weekend and decided that Peter Jackson really ought to get in on the Wrinkle in Time action - that the Wrinkle in Time series deserved the same treatment as The Lord of the Rings and that he could probably do it. All through the Harry Potter Extravaganza last night (Sorcerer's Stone plus deleted scenes plus previews from Prisoner of Azkaban) they showed previews for a made-for-TV Disney miniseries of A Wrinkle in Time that airs on ABC tonight. Calvin doesn't have red hair. Mrs Murry isn't beautiful enough. Sandy and Dennys have disappeared....

srah - Monday, 10 May 2004 - 9:01 AM
Tags: a swiftly tilting planet, a wrinkle in time, books, movies