內容簡介
內容簡介 「時光五部曲」以其遼闊的想像、深刻的寓意與詩意的美感,在兒童文學史上樹立不朽地位。每冊故事獨立,可分別閱讀。作者麥德琳.蘭歌說:「一本書也可以是一顆星星,一種爆裂物,能不停激發新的生命,一把照亮黑夜的熊熊火把,指引我們走向不斷擴大的宇宙。」正為這五部曲下了最好的註解。「時光五部曲」1~5集故事介紹1. 時間的皺摺梅格愛打抱不平,卻常常因此弄得滿身傷。她的五歲弟弟查爾斯天賦異稟,卻總是被其他的孩子嘲笑。梅格的同學凱爾文善體人意,在學校是風雲人物,卻有不為人知的家庭窘境。在一個狂風暴雨、雷電交加的夜晚,梅格家來了一個神祕的訪客……沒想到這就是他們展開跨時空旅程的序曲。2. 銀河的裂縫查爾斯在菜園裡看到一大群龍,不久後他就病倒了。梅格後來才發現,弟弟口中的「龍」其實不是龍,而是身上有好多翅膀和眼睛,會飛會噴火的天使!這一次,梅格要跟天使和好麻吉凱爾文一同合作,拯救弟弟查爾斯脫離險境。他們必須把握時間,對抗在宇宙間散播仇恨的以棄烙,找回宇宙萬物的運行節奏,阻止以棄烙的勢力繼續壯大!3. 傾斜的星球查爾斯長大了。十五歲的他,必須在二十四小時之內完成一個天外飛來的任務,不然南美洲獨裁者「瘋狗布蘭茲洛」就會發動核武戰爭,毀滅全世界。這一次,查爾斯要和獨角獸搭檔,穿梭時間,回到過去,進出不同人物的腦海深處,扭轉歷史中的某一件「可能發生卻沒發生的事」。4. 末日的逆襲雙胞胎山迪和丹尼斯誤碰了父親正在進行的實驗,陰錯陽差掉進別的時空,發現熟悉的家變成一片沙漠,兩人來到了獨角獸忽隱忽現、猛瑪象和蠍尾獅四處跑的奇特世界。他們除了想辦法回家,還要幫助一對疏遠已久的父子重新和好。這件事可不簡單,特別是當事人名叫諾亞,他準備在長年缺水的沙漠中建造一艘大船。5. 超時空之謎波麗散步到媽媽梅格以前最愛的觀星岩,卻一腳踏進了互相重疊的時間迴圈,波麗的朋友查克力卻在這時候出現,讓情況脫離掌控──他們又墜入三千年前,但這次時間之門關上,他們回不來了。在這裡等待他們的,是險惡的部落戰爭,還有相信活人獻祭的野人。然而在古代智者德魯伊的幫助下,波麗漸漸發覺自己被送來這裡的使命。The Time Quintet consists of A Wrinkle in Time, A Wind in the Door, A Swiftly Tilting Planet, Many Waters, and An Acceptable Time. The digest box set features the art of Taeeun Yoo.A Wrinkle in Time is one of the most significant novels of our time. This fabulous, ground-breaking science-fiction and fantasy story is the first of five in the Time Quintet series about the Murry family.A Wind in the Door—When Charles Wallace falls ill, Meg, Calvin, and their teacher, Mr. Jenkins, must travel inside C.W. to make him well, and save the universe from the evil Echthros.A Swiftly Tilting Planet—The Murry and O’Keefe families enlist the help of the unicorn, Gaudior, to save the world from imminent nuclear war.Many Waters—Meg Murry, now in college, time travels with her twin brothers, Sandy and Dennys, to a desert oasis that is embroiled in war.An Acceptable Time—While spending time with her grandparents, Alex and Kate Murry, Polly O’Keefe wanders into a time 3,000 years before her own.
作者介紹
作者介紹 Madeleine L'Engle (1918�2007) wrote more than 60 books, the most famous of which is A Wrinkle In Time, winner of the Newbery Award in 1963. Two companion novels, A Wind in the Door and the Newbury Honor book A Swiftly Tilting Planet, complete what has come to be known as The Time Quintet. She also wrote a semi-autobiographical series featuring the Austin family, beginning with the novel Meet The Austins and including the Newbury Honor Book A Ring of Endless Light.