A Swiftly Tilting Planet, indeed.

Just spent the last hour or so reading about Madeleine L'Engle's books on Wikipedia, specifically the Time Quartet (the fifth one...not so much a part, I thought) and the Austin Family series.

I am floored.

Like Narnia, these are the books I read in childhood. I recognized only the most blatant references (I mean, naming someone Noah and then having a flood and having nephilim/seraphim - quite obvious, even to an atheist, yes?) but it never really occurred to me about the names: why the island Gaea, why the name Adam, the planet named after Uriel (from whence the angels Mrs. Whatsit, et al, are "from"). How Zachary Gray's last name is so perfect for his character I have no words. [also it surprised me that he's played by Padelecki in the TV series. I do not associate that actor with anything outside of SPN.] Even the Biblical lines quoted: the fall of the sparrow, for instance (how that confused me when I read it >.<) And of course the references to the apocalypse by nuclear warfare: the books were published in 1960-1970s era. Of course.

Awash in realizations and the need to read/write fic/canon. *dazed*