#A Wrinkle In Time

[abnormalpsychology]

[70sscifiart]

I was just featured in this podcast episode, about the search to find the artist behind everyone's favorite 1976 Wrinkle in Time cover! It's a fun pod, you should all check it out

[prokopetz]

There's a particular literary style where a book will come off as weirdly disjointed because it reads like someone just wrote the "best parts" of a novel and didn't bother with the rest of it – all wham scenes with no connective tissue stringing them together; all emotional payoffs with no character-driven setup to earn them. Sometimes folks talk about this style as "fanfic with the serial numbers filed off", and while I don't deny that a lot of fanfic – perhaps even most fanfic – adheres to this model, any time someone argues that it originated in fanfic all I can think is "clearly this person has never read A Wrinkle In Time".

[dduane]

Finally!!!

So complex, this hunt. But it's worth knowing at last who the artist was. :) (Via Michael Whelan on Twitter, who helped in the search...)

[ghoulnextdoor]

GUESS WHAT Y'ALL THE MYSTERY IS SOLVED

Artist: Known — Illustrator for 'A Wrinkle in Time' gets long-overdue credit

[disneyanddisneyships]

a list of stories that are the reason I cant take reality seriously:

The spiderwick chronicles 2024

The spiderwick chronicles 2008

The Labyrinth

Arthur and the Minymoys/Invisibles

Coraline

Willow

Bridge to Terabithia

Epic 2013

A wrinkle in time 2003

Strange magic

Peter pan

Hook

Alice in wonderland

[pinesource]

Chris Pine as Dr. Alexander Murry and Gugu Mbatha-Raw as Dr. Kate Murry in A Wrinkle in Time (2018)

[sufferboypizza]

if the newly released episode titles are real, I think episode 6 is a reference to a wrinkle in time!! ESPECIALLY considering there is LITERALLY a picture of it in this post on ross's instagram:

since this is a classic sci fi novel it makes total sense for it to be referenced in the show!!

if you haven't read the book, camazotz is a planet in the story that houses a mind-controlling entity called IT, that essentially brainwashes/controls all its residents (if this is a very shallow explanation I apologize, I haven't read it in a while). this is very interesting to me as the idea of an entity controlling/haunting/brainwashing people is also used in stranger things as we know with the mind flayer & vecna. to me, it seems likely that at least this title is real! at least I hope it is, because I love this book and it would be a perfect fit

"escape from camazotz" is a very interesting title too, as to me it feels like that would mean escaping some sort of purgatory or hellscape, which likely refers to the upside down in this context

if anybody else has theories relating to this lmk!!!

(also sorry if this has already been said)

[haveyoureadthisfantasybook]

vote yes if you have finished the entire book.

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[will80sbyers]

I know I already said this while I was reading the book, but Calvin is soooooo Mike Wheeler coded help his biggest fear is being "boring and a big nothing" and he thinks Meg and Charles are special and cool while he's ordinary lol

[70sscifiart]

Uncredited 1976 cover art for A Wrinkle in Time

[haveyoureadthisbook-poll]

[dduane]

A cover mystery

Who’s the artist on this iconic Madeleine L’Engle cover? So far, attempts to track them down have been unsuccessful.

It’s the 1976 Dell Lauref-Leaf edition. (Which is where this becomes of interest to me, because the first three Young Wizards books also appeared as Dell Laurel-Leaf editions in the years that followed.)

…I’m now wondering if whatever editor was working with L’Engle at Dell at that point is still alive to ask: they would certainly have known who was commissioned to do the cover. The only problem with digging that far back in publishing time is that Dell itself is now long gone. A string of corporate mergers mean that whatever remains of it has been subsumed into the depths of Penguin Random House.

It’ll be fascinating to see if anyone can find an answer to this…

[radagasttt]

anyone else think about stranger things s5 a wrinkle in time parallels two siblings and friend venture in to dark alternate universe planet to save other family member and defeat great evil and realize love conquers evil and being different is okay and should be embraced and. calvin and meg and little charles wallace.. will mike and holly🙂. mike and holly meg and charles 😭 AND WILL CALVIN. do you guys know. do you understand. will calvin. mike meg will calvin. Will Byers Calvin O'Keefe. who's "journey as a character reveals the failure of superficial popularity to bring a true sense of belonging and suggests that those who have been deprived of love may be the most capable of showing it" (sparknotes (i love you sparknotes))... Mike Wheeler Meg Murry, who's "self-criticism knows no bounds. In her eyes, she's an ugly, stupid, over-emotional freak whom everybody outside of her family hates. With a self-image like this, who needs enemies? ... And not surprisingly, her attitude becomes a self-fulfilling prophecy: the worse she feels about herself, the worse she acts around other people, and the more people criticize her." (SHMOOP. I LOVE U SHMOOP) and who's "journey to gain self-confidence and embody bravery is riddled with her own insecurity but propelled by her sense of justice and love for those around her" (sparknotes again <3) ????? do you know???? do you guys even know. do you understand. stranger things season 5 episode 6 escape from camazots save me.

[stark-raving-romantic]

Poll one has been complete and the winner is The Lightning Thief! The winner of this poll will face off against the previous winner to declare the true winner and best opening line.

And again, if you feel I've forgotten a particularly good quote, feel free to suggest.

Please reblog to break containment 💙📚

The Voyage of the Dawn Treader: There was a boy called Eustace Clarence Stubbs and he almost deserved it.

Rebecca: Last night I dreamt I went to Manderly again.

The Dark Tower: The man in black fled across the desert, and the gunslinger followed.

The Restaurant at the End of the Universe: In the beginning the Universe was created. This had made many people very angry and has been widely regarded as a bad move.

A Wrinkle in Time: It was a dark and stormy night.

The Book Thief: Here is a small fact: you are going to die.

The Outsiders: When I stepped out into the bright sunlight from the darkness of the movie house, I had only two things on my mind: Paul Newman and a ride home.

The Princess Bride: This is my favorite book in all the world, though I have never read it.

The Night Circus: The circus arrives without warning. No announcements precede it, no paper notices on downtown posts and billboards, no mentions or advertisements in local newspapers. It is simply there, when yesterday it was not.

Anna Karenina: Happy families are all alike; every unhappy family is unhappy in its own way.

The Fellowship of the Ring: When Mr. Bilbo Baggins of Bag End announced that he would shortly be celebrating his eleventyifirst birthday with a party of special magnificence, there was much talk and excitement in Hobbiton.

Frankenstein: You will rejoice to hear that no disaster has accompanied the commencement of an enterprise which you have regarded with such evil forebodings

[chrisquartet]

Chris at the Disney Expo 💙