A Canticle for Leibowitz (St. Leibowitz, #1)
Recommended by The Centre for the Study of Existential Risk, and 1 others. See all reviewsRanked #8 in Saints, Ranked #17 in Hugo Award — see more rankings.
Winner of the 1961 Hugo Award for Best Novel and widely considered one of the most accomplished, powerful, and enduring classics of modern speculative fiction, Walter M. Miller, Jr.'s A Canticle for Leibowitz is a true landmark of twentieth-century literature—a chilling and still provocative look at a post-apocalyptic future.
In a nightmarish ruined world slowly awakening to the light after sleeping in darkness, the infant rediscoveries of science are secretly nourished by cloistered monks dedicated to the study and preservation of the relics and writings of the blessed... more
In a nightmarish ruined world slowly awakening to the light after sleeping in darkness, the infant rediscoveries of science are secretly nourished by cloistered monks dedicated to the study and preservation of the relics and writings of the blessed... more
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The Centre for the Study of Existential Risk This book is both quite depressing, and surprisingly hopeful, and I think that characterises the entire field of existential risks quite well. (Source)
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A Canticle for Leibowitz (St. Leibowitz, #1) is ranked in the following categories:
- #74 in Catholicism
- #36 in Classic Sci-Fi
- #30 in End Of The World
- #70 in Leather
- #21 in Post-Apocalyptic
- #85 in Science Fiction
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