A Wrinkle in Time
by Madeleine L'Engle · first published 1962
62% recommend31% neutral7% critical
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Children's science fiction that many read as a first sci-fi novel and still remember fondly. Praised for introducing physics, time, creativity, nonconformity and love, with ideas that stay with readers into adulthood.
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A Wrinkle in Time is a science fiction fantasy novel by American writer Madeleine L'Engle, first published in 1962. It is about Meg And Charles Walence. Their father, who was working on a interesting project called a tesseract, goes missing! Then they meet a boy and some strange women. This story won a Newbery Medal, Sequoyah Book Award and Lewis Carroll Shelf Award For this amazing story! It also has a movie! I Hope you all enjoy!
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…addition to stephenson, the books i come back to over and over again for comfort and wisdom include: - Lord of the Rings: The other bible. Not even the very wise can see all ends; be of good cheer. - A Wrinkle In Time: 9 year old me, there is such a thing as a tesseract, and there is also Mrs. Beast. - The Master and Margarita: apocalyptic reading from someone who knew, and a cat who always pays his way. - the Discworld…
on “Ask HN: Great fiction books that have had a positive impact on your life?” ↗A Wrinkle In Time, by Madeleine L'Engle I probably read it in fourth or fifth grade, not too many years after it was published. It was definitely the first science fiction novel I ever read. It wasn't until many years…
on “Ask HN: What book changed your life?” ↗"Have Spacesuit, Will Travel", Robert A. Heinlein. "Citizen of the Galaxy", Robert A. Heinlein. "The Rolling Stones", Robert A. Heinlein. "A Wrinkle in Time", Madeleine L'Engle. Any of the ones skmurphy recommended.
on “Science fiction for the young” ↗…Pretty much anything by Jules Verne, especially The Mysterious Island. Definitely some HG Wells, and definitely some Choose Your Own Adventure books (anybody remember The Cave of Time?) Glad to see A Wrinkle in Time and The Mad Scientists Club on the list. Those were awesome reads as a kid. [1]: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Great_Brain [2]: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tom_Swift,_Jr. [3]: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Three_Investigators…
on “Books geeks should read to their kids” ↗Zen and the art of Motorcycle Maintenance Godel Escher Bach Time enough for love - Heinlein Illusions -Richard Bach A wrinkle in time Stranger from the depths Sidartha and all the other books by Hess Zen MInd Beginners mind MOre to come Books by Bradbury Books by asimov Just starting Antifragile and it might make the list
on “Ask HN: What are the most thought-provoking books that you have read?” ↗A Wrinkle in Time, and to a lesser extent rest of the L'Engle Time Quartet. Taught me very early on about physics, time, creativity, nonconformity, love, and the mystery and wonder of the universe.
on “Ask HN: Which non-technology book has influenced you the most and why?” ↗…years which mention the notion that kids and teens relate to dystopian heroes precisely because of their own daily environment. [3] Also surprising that the article doesn't mention Madeline L'Engle's A Wrinkle in Time, which I would place on the level with The Giver in terms of establishing the recent youth focus of dystopian fiction. [1]: http://www.laweekly.com/news/ray-bradbury-fahrenheit-451-mis... [2]: http://www.paulgraham.com/nerds.html…
on “The Rise of Dystopian Fiction” ↗…King Sleeping Beauties - Stephen King & Owen King The Fallen - David Baldacci Zeroes - Chuck Wendig The Supernatural Enhancements - Edgar Cantero A Canticle for Leibowitz - Walter M. Miller Jr. A Wrinkle in Time - Madeleine L'Engle
on “Ask HN: Favorite Fiction Books of 2018?” ↗…King Sleeping Beauties - Stephen King & Owen King The Fallen - David Baldacci Zeroes - Chuck Wendig The Supernatural Enhancements - Edgar Cantero A Canticle for Leibowitz - Walter M. Miller Jr. A Wrinkle in Time - Madeleine L'Engle
on “Ask HN: Favorite fiction books of 2018?” ↗…Magpie (1962), two short story collections edited by Clifton Fadiman Mathenauts (1967), short story collection edited by Rudy Rucker The Space Child's Mother Goose (1958?), poetry Come to think of it, A Wrinkle In Time by Madeline L'Engle (1962) fits right in with this group. The math and cold war anxiety themes are stronger in the book than in the recent movie.
on “Ask HN: Books that blend math and fiction” ↗There's a passage that I love near the end of Madeleine L'Engle's "A Wrinkle in Time" (1962) that mentions exactly this idea in the context of a discussion on predestination vs. free will, and not knowing what the future holds. "There are fourteen lines, I believe, all in iambic pentameter.…
on “The constraints and ‘small freedoms’ of the sonnet” ↗A Wrinkle in Time by Madeleine L'Engle
on “What's your favorite children's book?” ↗…me to answer as I'm refactoring much of my thinking presently. I'll offer a list, some authors, and some guidelines, largely based on books which radically changed my thinking. Madelaine l'Engle's A Wrinkle in Time. A quite profound children's book with lifelong impacts. https://www.worldcat.org/title/wrinkle-in-time/oclc/22421788 Frank Herbert's Dune introduced true complexity into storytelling for me. https://www.worldcat.org/title/dune-frank-herbert/oclc/52908...…
on “Ask HN: What book have you given as a gift?” ↗Logicomix A wrinkle in Time
on “Ask HN: Books that blend math and fiction” ↗Ah, fond memories of A Wrinkle in Time by Madeleine L’Engle.
on “Electromagnetism is a property of spacetime itself, study finds” ↗