A Swiftly Tilting Planet
- 278
- Pages
- about 5 h
- Reading time
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Our view
“A Swiftly Tilting Planet” is an ambitious time-travel story about how every life is tied to every other. Some readers find its turns surprisingly dark; some lose track of the recurring names as the stories wind back on themselves. Some miss the joy of the earlier books and hear a sermon crossed with a history lesson. Readers drawn to L’Engle’s ideas get the most from this third “Time Quintet” volume.
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About the book
A Swiftly Tilting Planet is a science fiction novel by American author Madeleine L'Engle, the third book in the Time Quintet. It was first published in 1978 with cover art by Diane Dillon.
Reading order · Time Quintet
Full order & progress →- A Wrinkle in TimeStart here
7.57.5 / 10 - A Wind in the Door
7.77.7 / 10 - A Swiftly Tilting PlanetThis book
7.77.7 / 10 - Many Waters
7.77.7 / 10 - An Acceptable Time
7.67.6 / 10
Where the score comes from
The sources average 7.7 across 244 ratings — not yet many, so the reader vote carries 62% of the weight and the rest pulls toward the Science fiction average of 7.8. That is how 7.7 comes out.
| Source | Average | Ratings | Weight |
|---|---|---|---|
| Open Library | 7.4 | 25 | 10% |
| Hardcover | 7.7 | 219 | 90% |
Frequently asked
How long is A Swiftly Tilting Planet?
It has 278 pages — shorter than 82% of the ranked books in Science fiction.
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