Why oh why would they have A Wrinkle in Time but not A Swiftly Tilting Planet?
Cockatiel of Doom Send a noteboard - 25/10/2010 03:27:01 AM
I came across <a href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/books/2010/oct/20/charles-yu-top-10-time-travel-books">this list</a> on the Guardian. It is Charles Yu's list, and I cannot say I have read all of them. But I thought it might be interesting to bring it up here. I like books with time travel, despite the headaches I sometimes get.
Are there any that should be on the list that aren't?
Are there any that should be on the list that aren't?
Before I even clicked on the link, I had a feeling that Planet wouldn't be on there (and it should), but when I saw Wrinkle instead I was a little shocked. The latter is a brilliant book, of course, and I suppose you can make the case of the space-time continuum thing for the travel, but it is not about time travel in the sense that Planet is.
It follows descendants of the same people through many different time periods, changing subtle things along the way, and introducing variations on a name I really like (Zillie, Zilla, etc.)
The way it makes connections between names and times and the connecting rune is not always subtle, but oh-so-powerful. If I had it here, I would read it again right now.
Taking a break from being Ella
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Why oh why would they have A Wrinkle in Time but not A Swiftly Tilting Planet?
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