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Jun 1, 1984 · A Canticle for Leibowitz. Mass Market Paperback – June 1, 1984. In the depths of the Utah desert, long after the Flame Deluge has scoured the earth clean, a monk of the Order of Saint Leibowitz has made a miraculous discovery: holy relics from the life of the great saint himself, including the blessed blueprint, the sacred shopping list, and ...
Oct 22, 2014 · “A Canticle for Leibowitz” sits squarely at the heart of the subgenre of novels about nuclear holocaust. (Miller’s preferred term was “Megawar.”) The subject was enough of an obsession ...
Dec 22, 2014 · A Canticle for Leibowitz by Walter M. Miller Jr is a post-apocalyptic science fiction novel written in 1959. The book is a product of its time period. In 1954 the U.S. had completed the nuclear test on Bikini Atoll with a hydrogen bomb that yielded 14.8 megatons. The Soviets followed in 1955 with a 1.6 megaton test. In 1959 the Cold War was ...
A Canticle for Leibowitz is a post-apocalyptic social science fiction novel by American writer Walter M. Miller Jr., first published in 1959. Set in a Catholic monastery in the desert of the southwestern United States after a devastating nuclear war, the book spans thousands of years as civilization rebuilds itself.
Jan 11, 2010 · A canticle for Leibowitz by Miller, Walter M., 1923-1996. Publication date 1997 Topics Cultural Literacy and Humanities, Reading Level-Grade 7, Reading Level-Grade 8 ...
A Canticle for Leibowitz opens 600 years after 20th century civilization has been destroyed by a global nuclear war, known as the "Flame Deluge." As a result of the war, there was a violent backlash against the culture of advanced knowledge and technology that had led to the development of nuclear weapons.
A Canticle for Leibowitz. Walter M. Miller. Harper & Row, 1986 - Fiction - 320 pages. The winner of the 1961 Hugo Award for Best Novel, Miller's bestselling work is a true landmark of 20th-century literature--a chilling and still-provocative look at a post-apocalyptic future.
