<Li> Uriel--A planet with extremely tall mountains, an allusion to the Archangel Uriel . It is inhabited by creatures that resemble winged centaurs . It is "the third planet of the Star Malak (meaning' angel' in Hebrew) in the spiral nebula Messier 101", which would place it at roughly 25 million light - years from Earth . The site of Mrs Whatsit's temporary transformation into one of these winged creatures, it is the place where "the guardian angels" (i.e. the Mrs Ws, who are explicitly referred to as such by Calvin later in the book) "show the questers a vision of the universe that is obscured on earth ." </Li> <P> They also stop briefly on an unnamed two - dimensional planet and on an unnamed planet in Orion's belt, the latter of which is the home of the Happy Medium . </P> <P> In 1994, Listening Library released an unabridged, 4 - cassette audio edition read by the author . </P> <P> On January 10, 2012, Audible released a 50th anniversary edition recorded by Hope Davis . </P>

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