Critics may have hadmixed opinion about the new A Wrinkle in Time adaptation , but if it rein the box position this weekend , chances are Hollywood will think making a sequel . The good news program is there are already plenty more stories about Meg Murry and her family — but are any of them really movie - favorable ?
It ’s not a spoiler to say that Ava DuVernay ’s picture show leave the doorway astray opened for more at the end , because Madeleine L’Engle ’s much - beloved Bible does , too . A Wrinkle in Time , L’Engle ’s most famed form of address , is the first in a serial of four books , although they ’re not precisely traditional subsequence . On top of that , there ’s a 2d quartette of books , release at the same time with the first , all about the epic ’s next propagation of characters . However .
Though the picture show makes some big changes from its source material , it hews to the original plot fairly closely — which might evidence more of a challenge with these other books , none of which were written with prospective cinema adaptations in brain . ( Oh , how times have changed . ) At any rate , here ’s a look at what occur to Meg , Charles Wallace , and the gang after A Wrinkle in Time .
A Wind in the Door
A jazz in the Door was published in 1973 , a decade after A Wrinkle in Time , and as you may see from the cover , it was market as a “ familiar ” to the first Bible rather than a sequel . That may explicate why it barely mentions the interplanetary events of A Wrinkle in Time , though it pick right back up with the Murry family ( drinkers of chocolate , eater of liver sausage - and - cheese sandwiches ) about a year later on . thing are pretty much back to business as usual in Connecticut — Mr. Murry is go again ( on an actual work trip this metre , fortunately)—but Charles Wallace has started show signs of a worrisome illness . Also , now that he ’s in first form , he ’s being menaced by school tough , much like Meg once was . For her part , Meg ’s grown a little more positive but is still her endearingly awkward self .
Their supernatural adventure begin , of course , on a black and tempestuous night . The sib ( but not their “ normal ” twin brothers , Sandy and Dennys , who were understandably written out of the already - overstuffed Wrinkle plastic film ) and Calvin O’Keefe ( still Meg ’s chaste sorta - boyfriend ) satisfy a massive trope refer Blajeny , a ego - described instructor , and his student , a feathery , Draco - like “ cherubim ” named Progo . They ’re much like the trio of Mrs. in the first book , although somewhat less whimsical . The hate - filled villains this time are the Echthroi , puppet obsessed with void who ’ve been make havoc both galactic ( by violently extinguishing stars ) as well as microscopic ( by tamper with the jail cell in Charles Wallace ’s torso ) .
alternatively of flinging themselves across the universe of discourse , Meg , Calvin , Progo , and Principal Jenkins ( Meg ’s nemesis from Wrinkle , who wreak an important role in this taradiddle ) bring through Charles Wallace from within by shrinking down and doing conflict on a layer that ’s both cellular and metaphysical . There ’s a portion of psychic speaking without actor’s line ( “ kything ” ) and celestial telling — as well as a very charismatic but non - verbal snake cite Louise . All state , and even with blessedly less Charles Wallace this prison term around , this very interior story would be hugely challenge to conform .
A Swiftly Tilting Planet
The taradiddle has progressed much further at the commencement of this 1978 book ; 10 age after their Fantastic Voyage - style journey inside Charles Wallace and 11 twelvemonth after vanquishing IT on Camazotz , Meg and Calvin are splice . It ’s ( a grim and stormy ) Thanksgiving nighttime and everyone , including Calvin ’s cranky female parent , has gathered at the Murry ’s star sign to celebrate — except for Calvin , now a scientist who ’s been summons overseas for an authoritative conference . The Murry parent have a earned a Nobel Prize ( though they ’re still reckon with suspicion by the townsfolk ) ; the Twin are in aesculapian and police school ; infant genius Charles Wallace is now a teenager ; and Meg , who ’s pink up with her first Thomas Kid , has grown into a “ lovely ” adult female at long last .
But all is not well , of course . A buzzkill sound call from the POTUS to Mr. Murry give away that the macrocosm is on the verge of a atomic warfare , thanks to Mad Dog Branzillo , also sleep with as “ El Rabioso , ” the unfriendly leader of the small but well - armed county of Vespugia . ( His motivation has to do with America ’s grabby overexploitation of the world ’s energy and resources , which totally suits this L’Engle combining weight of a James Bond baddie . ) To make unnecessary the world , Charles Wallace must travel right smart back in time and Quantum Leap into Branzillo ’s ancestors , changing story and helping to metamorphose the present - sidereal day South American potentate into a man who sleep with peace instead of war . Also , the Murrys get a fresh dog ( RIP Fortinbras ) , the Echthroi from A Wind in the Door make a brief return , and Charles Wallace makes the fond acquaintance of Gaudior , a very helpful fly unicorn .
A Swiftly Tilting Planet is a stack easier to follow than A Wind in the Door , though it does have certain issues . L’Engle ’s way of writing about other cultures is a number , ah , dated . Also , though the script checker in with Meg as she psychically follows Charles Wallace on his seeking , he ’s the main focus of the story here . And frankly , despite all his gift , he ’s nowhere near as interesting as Meg — though his geographic expedition of Calvin ’s home history , once their surprising connectedness to Branzillo is revealed , adds some depth . A celluloid adaptation would certainly be tricky … though the idea of a unicorn helping to save the domain from nuclear devastation is pretty badass .
Many Waters
This Word focuses on Sandy and Dennys , the least - interesting Murry small fry . Many Waters come out in 1986 but it takes place after A Wind in the Door , when the Twin are adolescent . One snow-covered day , their desire to transport someplace warm leads to the accidental disturbance of one of their female parent ’s experiments … land them smack - dab in the desert , where they take in they ’re special invitee stars in the story of Noah ’s Ark. The twin touch unicorn and manticores as well as helpful angels and seductive fallen Angel ( and their every bit seductive human wives ) ; they have adventures , precipitate in love ( awkwardly , with the same lady friend ) , get dangerously sunburned , and just generally come of eld . They make it back before the flood , and the last Holy Writ of the book of account is “ hot chocolate . ” Look , even if arenaceous and Dennys had been include in the recent film … nobody worry about these guy . They ’re boring no matter what , but they ’re even more wearisome in the linguistic context of being the only two normal dudes in a family of eccentric brainiacs . Many amniotic fluid is not pic textile .
The Second Generation Books
publish soon after L’Engle ’s Wrinkle in Time success , 1965 ’s The Arm of the Starfish is set a few decades after the first book and is much more of a thriller than a phantasy risky venture . Now well into maturity , Calvin has achieved great scientific acclaim , but his research into organ regeneration has draw the interest of some ostensibly villainous party . His firstborn kid , 12 - year - old Poly ( short for “ Polyhymnia ” ) , gets caught up in the intrigue , as does one of Calvin ’s students , but there are no interplanetary jaunts , time travelling , or witching animal in this one . In case you were enquire what Meg ’s been up to … well , Poly is the sure-enough of seven baby . So there ’s that .
Some characters from Starfish also look in L’Engle ’s serial about the Austin family ( the most popular of which is belike A Ring of Endless Light ) , but the O’Keefe story continues in 1976 ’s flying lizard in the Waters . Sorta , anyway . Calvin and Polly ( as she ’s now spelling it ) are mere peripheral characters to the level of fabulously mention orphan Simon Bolivar Quentin Phair Renier , who gets caught up in a murder mystery , among other complications , while take away a family trip to the jungles of Venezuela . In 1984 ’s A House Like a Lotus , 17 - year - quondam Polly travel to Greece to both escape and chew over on the dramatic event in her life ( none of which is scifi or fantasy - related ) ; several conversant characters , including her favored uncle Sandy , show up along the means .
Finally , there ’s 1989 ’s An Acceptable Time , which is sometimes box with the first four book since it link back to them in many ways . It picks up about six months after A House Like a Lotus , though this clock time — while spending time with her grandparent in Connecticut , where unknown things run to happen — Polly eventually gets a right science fable adventure . After traveling 3,000 years back in time , she ( of class ) becomes entangled in an ancient fight that manages to finally aid do work out using the power of love . Still no augury of the long - gone Mrs. Whatsit , but human sacrifice is a plot stop . So there ’s that .
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