One for the old-school nerds
I was reading Madeleine L'Engle's A Wrinkle in Time again, and something about the description of Mrs. Whatsit struck me. "Several scarves of assorted colors were tied about the head, and a man's felt hat perched atop." She later appeared "in her familiar wild garb of shawls and scarves and the old tramp's coat and hat."
At one point, she changes. No, not clothes: "Now, don't be frightened, loves," Mrs. Whatsit said. Her plump little body began to shimmer, to quiver, to shift.
She goes by a title that clearly isn't her real name:
"But what do we call you now?" Calvin asked.
"Oh my dears," came the new voice…"You can't go on changing my name each time I metamorphose. And I've had such pleasure being Mrs. Whatsit I think you'd better keep to that."
And she travels in time and space with some companions:
"We took a time wrinkle as well as a space wrinkle….We made a nice, tidy little time tesser, and unless something goes terribly wrong we'll have you back about five minutes before you left, so there'll be time to spare…And if something goes terribly wrong it won't matter whether we ever get back at all."
Now who does that remind me of?
At one point, she changes. No, not clothes: "Now, don't be frightened, loves," Mrs. Whatsit said. Her plump little body began to shimmer, to quiver, to shift.
She goes by a title that clearly isn't her real name:
"But what do we call you now?" Calvin asked.
"Oh my dears," came the new voice…"You can't go on changing my name each time I metamorphose. And I've had such pleasure being Mrs. Whatsit I think you'd better keep to that."
And she travels in time and space with some companions:
"We took a time wrinkle as well as a space wrinkle….We made a nice, tidy little time tesser, and unless something goes terribly wrong we'll have you back about five minutes before you left, so there'll be time to spare…And if something goes terribly wrong it won't matter whether we ever get back at all."
Now who does that remind me of?