AWIT: This Is How We Bounce the Ball. First We Bounce It. Then We Bounce It Again.

[Sean]

For everyone who first read this book as children, a question: Is the bouncing the ball scene the one thing you remember about this book more than anything else?

[Phil]

It stuck with me forever, and Kamazotz has been my metaphor for frightening conformity since I first read it decades ago.

Is it the one thing I remember? Hard to say. The sensations of being with Aunt Beast and the mental feedback loop of the Man With The Red Eyes are pretty strong memories.

[Caitlin]

Yup, my memories were of the bouncing ball scene and Aunt Beast.

[Keith]

I'm afraid all I remember is dragon fewmets, and I'm not even sure whether that's in this book or one of the laters one.

[Tassie Dave, S&L Historian]

Keith wrote: "I'm afraid all I remember is dragon fewmets, and I'm not even sure whether that's in this book or one of the laters one."

Not in this one.

[Matthew]

I dont remember the bouning balls very well. I mainly remember trying to wrap my head around how time could be a dimension. That and how Charles Wallace was maybe becoming evil and being scared by it.

Jeez I read this book 26 years ago.

[Shannon]

I did not read it as a child but about 10 years ago and that is what I most remember from it.

[RJ - Slayer of Trolls]

Sean wrote: "For everyone who first read this book as children, a question: Is the bouncing the ball scene the one thing you remember about this book more than anything else?"

Actually I didn't remember that at all. I remember the explanation of the "wrinkle" using the analogy of the ant on fabric, and also for some reason I remember the turkey dinner.

[Jordan]

The only thing I remembered from my childhood read was the first scene with IT. The throbbing, pulsing, disembodied brain definitely stuck with me.

[Charles]

When I think of this book I remember the house and the introduction of the characters. For some reason the wind stood out to me. I definitely remember the ball scene but it doesn't stick with me as much as the scene setting did.

[Iain]

The ball scene strikes me as a lift from John Wyndham's The Midwich Cuckoos. In fact many of the tropes seem to be lifted from 50's SF. Jaunting from The Stars My Destination etc. To my adult eyes, which found the book shallow, this lifts ideas and layers cheap christianity over the top.

[Fresno Bob]

bouncing balls, ant on fabric, the Tesseract, that's what I remember from reading this 40 years ago

[Leesa]

Keith wrote: "I'm afraid all I remember is dragon fewmets, and I'm not even sure whether that's in this book or one of the laters one."

It's in the next one, A Wind In The Door :)