• the_infernal_optimist said on Sep 08, 2007....

  Would you believe I never read that book? Bad English geek, bad!
  
  ~Infernal
  

• travelr712 said on Sep 08, 2007....

  i've not heard of her, i've heard of the book you mentioned, but never read it.

• pickersplock said on Sep 08, 2007....

  As an English major, in college, I concentreted heavily on Children's Lit.
  She was one of my favorites.  I had not heard that she passed away.  I've been wanting to read A Wrinkle in Time to my boys, but they're a little scared of the cover art.  It is, in a way, more terrifying than the Harry Potter books.  So, I think I'll wait a while longer.
  Thaks for posting this, ed.

• Zayda said on Sep 08, 2007....

  l'engle was always one of my favorite authors. i can remember reading several of her books when i was younger and then reading them again in college and graduate school for various children's literature courses.
  
  i'm hoping to be able to read a wrinkle in time to the little man soon, but i think i'll have to get a new copy as my dog-earred copy is falling apart from all it's use over the years.
  
  
  

• GrapeKoolaid said on Sep 08, 2007....

  First Pavarotti and now this....  Yet another loss to the arts....  Celebs tend to pass in threes, so I wonder who the next will be...  
  
  Thanks for posting this ed. 
  

• silverwhisper said on Sep 08, 2007....

  infernal: [trout-smack!] your penance is 3 viewings of monty python films!
  
  trav: that's a shame, you might want to consider visiting your local library or a book store.
  
  pickers: it scared the hell out of me when i read it!
  
  super z: i had a feeling that you've had fond memories of reading her, to be honest. sadly, they'll likely have displays in all the major bookstores shortly. :<
  
  grape: yes, i was thinking about the rule of threes too. you're welcome.
  
  ed

• nytquill17 said on Sep 08, 2007....

  I forget how old I was now when my mother first introduced me to "Wrinkle," but it was one of the literary "greats" of my childhood.  I have it now as part of a set of four.  I only realized today that the book was written in the sixties!  I reread it earlier this year and it still seems current.
  
  The world is a little bit less today.  We have lost something irreplacable.
  

• the_infernal_optimist said on Sep 08, 2007....

  Oh, now there's a penance I can handle! :-D
  
  ~Infernal
  

• CreativeWoman said on Sep 08, 2007....

  I have never had the pleasure of reading this author.  It sounds like a treasure has been lost.
  
  CW
  

• StillSeeking said on Sep 08, 2007....

  I LOVED Madeleine L'Engle.  The "Wrinkle in Time" series was amazing, and I really liked "Meet the Austins."  She was a really interesting, intelligent, spiritual writer, and she will be missed.

• silverwhisper said on Sep 10, 2007....

  nyt: that to me is the magic of superior writing--it always seems current.
  
  infernal: then, you must go into the forest, find the tallest true and cut it down...with a herring!
  
  CW: you might want to consider checking her out at your local library--i can guarantee they'll have her work.
  
  stillseeking: welcome to my blog and thank you for visiting! and i agree completely with your sentiments.
  
  ed

• Zayda said on Sep 17, 2007....

  Grape, in answer to your wondering who would be next, as unassuming noted in a post, Robert Jordan died Sunday.

• nytquill17 said on Sep 17, 2007....

  But then where does Brett Somers fit? (And Charles Nelson Reilly passed earlier this year...does that mean Richard Dawson is next??)

• Zayda said on Sep 17, 2007....

  Honestly, I didn't even know who Brett Somers was until I clicked that link.

• silverwhisper said on Sep 17, 2007....

  holy hell, i didn't know that brett somers was still with us until now!
  
  ed

• the_infernal_optimist said on Sep 18, 2007....

  *shocked*
  
  Robert Jordan is gone?? Now who the hell am I going to pick on for "and they walked..." hacks?
  
  ~Infernal
  

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