A Canticle for Leibowitz

Name: A Canticle for Leibowitz
Author: Walter M. Miller Jr.
ISBN: 9780060913212

by Walter M. Miller Jr.

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Originally published by J. B. Lippincott & Co.

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 1959320 pages

Hugo Award for Best Novel (1961)NPR Top 100 Science Fiction and Fantasy Books

813.54

Category: Science Fiction
Priority: Must-Read
Author works: 1
Editions known: 72

Classification

Dewey (DDC): 813.54813823.91
Library of Congress (LCC): PZ0004.M6496 Can6PS3563.I4215C3 2006PS3563 I3858 C3 1973PS3563.I4215

Subjects

American Science fictionAmerican fictionAmerican literatureChristianityFictionFiction, generalFiction, science fiction, generalFreedom of informationHugo Award WinnerKnowledge managementLong Now Manual for CivilizationMonastic and religious life

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ISBN 9780060913212English

DATE DUE

First published1959

Hugo Award for Best Novel1961

Adaptation adaptation2025

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