Madeleine L'Engle dies

Sep 07, 2007 17:44

I originally posted this as a comment in sartorias's lj ( Read more... )

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wild_patience September 7 2007, 22:44:03 UTC
A Wrinkle in Time holds the same meaning for me as Lord of the Rings does for my husband and others. LotR wasn't out in America when I first read AWiT, I think. I read Hobbit in 7th grade and LotR in high school after a friend, straight off the boat from Ireland, pushed it at me.

As a child, I adored L'Engle and read everything my local library had. It wasn't until I was an adult that I found she had written sequels to AWiT. I don't think they were out when I was a kid, and they never had the same power for me. Still, I enjoyed her mundane tales of the Austin family which were in my local library.

I'm so happy she was able to be Mythcon GOH in DC. calimac and I had just gotten married, so it was a pretty special Mythcon all around as far as I was concerned. (This was 1994. Even then, she was pretty frail and not up to much evening activity.)

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medrenmaiden September 9 2007, 01:58:42 UTC
Have you ever read Walking on Water by her? It's really wonderful, and I highly recommend it to anyone with any ounce of creativity in them. I've only read A Wrinkle in Time once, and I've "planned on" reading the rest of her books...eventually. I just haven't gotten around to it yet. But definitely read Walking on Water. You will not be disappointed.

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