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[[Image:Canticle For Leibowitz, A - Hard Cover - USA - 1st Edition.jpg|thumb|256x256px|Hard cover, USA, first edition.]]
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| Title            = A Canticle for Leibowitz
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| Author          = {{BookAuthor|Walter M. Miller, Jr.}}
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| PublishedYear    = 1959
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| PublishedMonth  = 10
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| Genre            = {{BookGenre|Drama}}
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'''''A Canticle For Leibowitz''''' is a post-apocalyptic science fiction novel by [[Walter M. Miller, Jr.]].
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'''''A Canticle for Leibowitz''''' is a post-apocalyptic science fiction novel by [[Walter M. Miller, Jr.]] and published on October 1959.
  
==Status==
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==Personal==
I do not own this book, but have listened to an audio book recording.
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| Read    = Audiobook read by [[Jonathan Marosz]].
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I read this book because it was ranked high on a list of science fiction books. I wasn't very impressed.
  
 
==Review==
 
==Review==
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{{BookRating|4}}
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===Good===
 
===Good===
* I think the Miller hits the nail on the head with religion preserving documents, but only when they don't know what they're for. The moment technology can actually progress, they want to hide them away again.
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* I think the Miller hits the nail on the head with religion preserving documents, but only when they don't know what they're for. The moment technology progresses to make use of the document, religion wants to hide them away again.
 
* I love how the church is so incredibly pious about everything, but all of their history is wrong.
 
* I love how the church is so incredibly pious about everything, but all of their history is wrong.
 
* I liked how the book was broken up into three parts, each taking place centuries later.
 
* I liked how the book was broken up into three parts, each taking place centuries later.
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==Links==
 
==Links==
* [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A_Canticle_for_Leibowitz en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A_Canticle_for_Leibowitz] - Wikipedia.
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Latest revision as of 15:57, 24 July 2023

A Canticle for Leibowitz

Canticle For Leibowitz, A - Hard Cover - USA - 1st Edition.jpg

Hardcover - USA - 1st edition.

Author Walter M. Miller, Jr.
Published 1959-10-??
Type Fiction
Genre Drama
Themes Adventure, Post-Apocalyptic, Religion, Science Fiction
Age Group Adult

A Canticle for Leibowitz is a post-apocalyptic science fiction novel by Walter M. Miller, Jr. and published on October 1959.

Personal

Own?No.
Read?Audiobook read by Jonathan Marosz.
Finished2016.

I read this book because it was ranked high on a list of science fiction books. I wasn't very impressed.

Review

Overall:

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— This section contains spoilers! —

Good

  • I think the Miller hits the nail on the head with religion preserving documents, but only when they don't know what they're for. The moment technology progresses to make use of the document, religion wants to hide them away again.
  • I love how the church is so incredibly pious about everything, but all of their history is wrong.
  • I liked how the book was broken up into three parts, each taking place centuries later.
  • The book's depiction of cyclical history and the folly of humans destroying themselves is a grim reminder to be humble.

Bad

  • The book has too many drawn out passages of Latin mass.
  • Having to read about the obnoxiously dogmatic priests tried my patience.
  • Despite the book being named after him, the Leibowitz character is never described other than having been a long-dead electrical engineer.
  • As is common with older sci-fi, the author describes futuristic technology, but doesn't seem to grasp that abundant microchips and storage memory would be necessary before any of it would be possible.
  • Nothing seems to come about from The Wanderer. He's in the first section, and we can assume he is the hermit in the second section, but there's no mention in the third section, or any explanation of his immortality other than the magic goat.

Ugly

  • While I didn't have any major gripes with the book, in general, I was bored most of the time.

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