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A Canticle for Leibowitz

by Walter M. Miller Jr.

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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. The monks of the Albertian Order of Leibowitz preserve the surviving remnants of man's scientific knowledge until the world is again ready for it.

First published: 1959
Category
Science Fiction
Priority
Must-Read
Author works
1
Language
eng
Subjects
Hugo Award Winneraward:hugo_award=1961award:hugo_award=novelAmerican Science fictionapocalypsenuclear warcivilizationscience fictionchurch versus stateLong Now Manual for Civilization

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