tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14733381.post1828282820540768933..comments2024-01-30T00:27:08.622-08:00Comments on Damned Scribbling Women: Childhood heroesKate Diamondhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00987438202240646062noreply@blogger.comBlogger12125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14733381.post-65951879639267633352007-09-20T12:49:00.000-07:002007-09-20T12:49:00.000-07:00The freaky cover with the eyes was A Wind in the D...The freaky cover with the eyes was <I>A Wind in the Door</I>, actually. (I remember arguing with my mom repeatedly about whether it was "wind" like to wind a ball of yarn or "wind" like wind blowing through the trees.) The 1980s cover for <I>A Wrinkle in Time</I> was the kids riding the centaur with a rainbow coming out of his back.<BR/><BR/>(This has been brought to you by the Librarian With No Memory for Anything But Useless Book Information.)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14733381.post-25961919739669192892007-09-17T13:12:00.000-07:002007-09-17T13:12:00.000-07:00Re: freaky cover--was that the one with the thing ...Re: freaky cover--was that the one with the thing with all the eyes and like feathers or fingers or something? I can remember that I avoided the books for a long time b/c the covers scared meDevonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12526459179535104279noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14733381.post-67371691433736006002007-09-14T20:04:00.000-07:002007-09-14T20:04:00.000-07:00I still have the copy of A Wrinkle In Time with th...I still have the copy of A Wrinkle In Time with that freaky cover. Someone gave it to me as a gift, and it took me two years before I finally read it! After that I read everything I could find of hers. I love The Young Unicorns, The Arm of a Starfish, and all the Austen books. Her journals are great, too.<BR/>Sigh.Katyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02240796187895372607noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14733381.post-7243994669635458232007-09-14T19:45:00.000-07:002007-09-14T19:45:00.000-07:00I loved many of her books, but especially A Wind i...I loved many of her books, but especially A Wind in the Door, the sequel to a Wrinkle in Time. I was fortunate enough to hear her speak once in college. (Long ago).Pamhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16174689614784153389noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14733381.post-38016061352653137562007-09-13T21:27:00.000-07:002007-09-13T21:27:00.000-07:00My mom's been asking me what writer died recently....My mom's been asking me what writer died recently. I've been clueless. I read Ring of Endless Light and now I'm sad. I loved that book. I think I still have it. I read it when I was a teenager.Melissa Bluehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04575640016746601582noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14733381.post-7733638162413861802007-09-11T08:23:00.000-07:002007-09-11T08:23:00.000-07:00OH, yes! I loved A Wrinkle in Time, I was also ver...OH, yes! I loved A Wrinkle in Time, I was also very interested in what happened with Calvin and Meg. I was disappointed when the books skipped over their courtship.<BR/>I also remember Ring of Endless Light, that was my all time favorite of her books.<BR/>I don’t remember how old I was when I read her books but I know I made the librarian order everything she ever wrote!Katurahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10846989484441268443noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14733381.post-732974566958360842007-09-11T07:16:00.000-07:002007-09-11T07:16:00.000-07:00It's time to nip over to Amazon...is she still in-...It's time to nip over to Amazon...is she still in-print? Hmm...Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14733381.post-37515459446774619802007-09-10T21:01:00.000-07:002007-09-10T21:01:00.000-07:00TRAUMATIC!!!TRAUMATIC!!!Kate Diamondhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00987438202240646062noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14733381.post-84510944083397742782007-09-10T19:59:00.000-07:002007-09-10T19:59:00.000-07:00Kate, I looked very long and hard online until I f...Kate, I looked very long and hard online until I found the EXACT freaky cover that was on the addition froun our youth. It was a scary, scary thing.Anneliese Kellyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00389340053893292833noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14733381.post-32928066085254636722007-09-10T18:38:00.000-07:002007-09-10T18:38:00.000-07:00It's funny. I didn't read A Wrinkle in Time until ...It's funny. I didn't read <I>A Wrinkle in Time</I> until I was in college, for the GISP. I am unnatural, clearly.<BR/><BR/>But I very much remember that book from childhood, because it was on a spinner rack in the library and the cover really freaked me out.Kate Diamondhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00987438202240646062noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14733381.post-41723352344632988332007-09-10T16:13:00.000-07:002007-09-10T16:13:00.000-07:00That's too bad. Wrinkle in Time didn't make a hug...That's too bad. Wrinkle in Time didn't make a huge impression on me actually. I remember there was one with dolphins (Ring of Endless Light?). I think it had sex in it too!<BR/><BR/>Some important childhood reads/authors: Judy Blume, John Bellairs, What Katy Did, The Children of Greeen Knowe, The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe.Devonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12526459179535104279noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14733381.post-61011277323669476832007-09-10T10:43:00.000-07:002007-09-10T10:43:00.000-07:00I'm not good at picking favorites, but I do know t...I'm not good at picking favorites, but I do know that <I>A Wrinkle in Time</I> was the first book I ever stayed up past 10 p.m. to finish.Marthahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05223352924220773211noreply@blogger.com