Canticle for Leibowitz (Lippincott Paperback, LP 20) (Black Swan S.)

by Walter M. Miller

The classic science fiction novel of a future dark age and humanity's new renaissance

It is a new dark age of fear and ignorance.

An atomic Flame Deluge has ravaged the earth, and humanity's survivors have turned against science.

In the depths of a hellish desert, the Order of St Leibowitz preserves the few remnants of mankind's knowledge. Then a humble monk makes a miraculous discovery of several artefacts - including a note written by blessed St Leibowitz himself, which reads:

Pound pastrami
can kraut
six bagels
- bring home for Emma

Could this holiest of relics hold the key to humanity's salvation?

A Canticle For Leibowitz is a sharp, satirical examination of humanity that is chilling, provocative and endlessly imaginative - an undisputed science fiction classic.

• ISBN10: 0552991074
• ISBN13: 9780552991070
• Publish Date: 7 December 1984 (first published 1 January 1969)
• Publish Status: Out of Print
• Out of Print: 6 January 2005
• Publish Country: GB
• Publisher: Transworld Publishers Ltd
• Imprint: Black Swan
• Edition: New edition
• Format: Paperback
• Pages: 368
• Language: English

Reviews

[teachergorman]

This was assigned in a class at my small, Christian university 20 years ago ... and I didn't read it. As I now know, when you fail to do the assigned reading, you haven't gotten away with anything. You've just cheated yourself. I finally came back to it, and I'm kicking myself, though I might not have been able to appreciate it at the time. I was surprised it was assinged at a Christian university; while it traffics in themes that are flattering to general religious principles at the end, it does a marvelous job of pointing out the absurdities of some religious dogma in a way that would not have been popular among many of my classmates. I guess I wasn't the only one who didn't read it! Don't make my mistake. It's a masterpiece.

[kalventure]

Really sophisticated book, but overly complicated at times.