false http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1178677522m/821071.jpg 164154 44 Walter M. Miller's acclaimed SF classic <i>A Canticle for Leibowitz</i> opens with the accidental excavation of a holy artifact: a creased, brittle memo scrawled by the hand of the blessed Saint Leibowitz, that reads: "Pound pastrami, can kraut, six bagels--bring home for Emma." To the Brothers of Saint Leibowitz, this sacred shopping list penned by an obscure, 20th-century engineer is a symbol of hope from the distant past, from before the Simplification, the fiery atomic holocaust that plunged the earth into darkness and ignorance. As <i>1984</i> cautioned against Stalinism, so 1959's <i>A Canticle for Leibowitz</i> warns of the threat and implications of nuclear annihilation. Following a cloister of monks in their Utah abbey over some six or seven hundred years, the funny but bleak <i>Canticle</i> tackles the sociological and religious implications of the cyclical rise and fall of civilization, questioning whether humanity can hope for more than repeating its own history. Divided into three sections--<i>Fiat Homo</i> (Let There Be Man), <i>Fiat Lux</i> (Let There Be Light), and <i>Fiat Voluntas Tua</i> (Thy Will Be Done)--<i>Canticle</i> is steeped in Catholicism and Latin, exploring the fascinating, seemingly capricious process of how and why a person is canonized. <i>--Paul Hughes</i> 250975 book 1959 A Canticle for Leibowitz total:3729|5:1218|4:1435|3:781|2:224|1:71| 3729 14692 5357 477 164154 0060892994 9780060892999 3149 390 3.94 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1172331601m/164154.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/164154.A_Canticle_for_Leibowitz 4 26 false Sun Dec 30 17:48:38 -0800 2007 Sun Apr 27 14:12:11 -0700 2008
A Canticle for Leibowitz is Walter M. Miller's post-apocalyptic science fiction masterpiece. It is wholly unlike any post-apocalyptic book or film I have ever read or seen. It is not populated with disparately armored road-warriors fighting for gasoline, or mutant-monsters blood-thirsty ...more...]]> 164154 0060892994 9780060892999 3149 390 3.94 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1172331601m/164154.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/164154.A_Canticle_for_Leibowitz 4 18 false Tue Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 1974 Sat Dec 20 12:24:15 -0800 2008 Sun Apr 26 06:51:44 -0700 2009 more...]]> 164154 0060892994 9780060892999 3149 390 3.94 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1172331601m/164154.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/164154.A_Canticle_for_Leibowitz 5 12 false Sun Feb 03 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Sun Jan 20 05:40:05 -0800 2008 Mon Feb 04 12:22:16 -0800 2008 A Canticle for Leibowitz is Walter M. Miller, Jr.'s only novel. He was an Air Force engineer who was involved in the WWII bombing of an Italian monastery. Later, he converted to Catholicism, wrote this book, and eventually committed suicide.

Given the context of Miller's life, it's diff...more...]]> 164154 0060892994 9780060892999 3149 390 3.94 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1172331601m/164154.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/164154.A_Canticle_for_Leibowitz 5 5 true Tue Jun 17 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Sat May 17 20:05:01 -0700 2008 Wed Jun 18 16:24:01 -0700 2008 more...]]> 164154 0060892994 9780060892999 3149 390 3.94 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1172331601m/164154.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/164154.A_Canticle_for_Leibowitz 4 3 false Fri Aug 31 21:52:09 -0700 2007 Sat Sep 01 05:20:41 -0700 2007 more...]]> 164154 0060892994 9780060892999 3149 390 3.94 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1172331601m/164154.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/164154.A_Canticle_for_Leibowitz 4 3 false Wed Jul 02 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Thu Jun 19 10:15:27 -0700 2008 Wed Jul 02 10:15:18 -0700 2008
Also, I liked the structure. Supposedly the three sections we...more...]]> 164154 0060892994 9780060892999 3149 390 3.94 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1172331601m/164154.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/164154.A_Canticle_for_Leibowitz 4 2 false Wed Jan 14 08:46:20 -0800 2009 Wed Jan 14 09:02:07 -0800 2009
I enjoyed the book because it dealt with a future of nuclear annihilation. Most stories ...more...]]> 815554 0553257498 9780553257496 36 7 3.94 http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/815554.A_Canticle_for_Leibowitz 4 2 false Tue Aug 05 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Thu Jul 24 15:15:43 -0700 2008 Fri Oct 31 07:42:10 -0700 2008 more...]]> 164154 0060892994 9780060892999 3149 390 3.94 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1172331601m/164154.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/164154.A_Canticle_for_Leibowitz 2 6 false Wed May 28 13:24:05 -0700 2008 Wed Jul 02 16:18:37 -0700 2008 more...]]> 164155 0553141244 9780553141245 35 11 3.94 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1204958985m/164155.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/164155.A_Canticle_for_Leibowitz 4 3 false Sun Jun 15 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Tue Jan 22 11:49:41 -0800 2008 Sun Jun 15 06:58:12 -0700 2008 A Canticle for Leibowitz is one of the classic post-apocalyptic novels. That it strikes so mercilessly at so many of our deepest fears, it is no wonder the tale has held up well over time. There is a fantastic interplay here of innocence vs. corruption, of reason vs. faith and int...more...]]> 164154 0060892994 9780060892999 3149 390 3.94 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1172331601m/164154.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/164154.A_Canticle_for_Leibowitz 5 2 false Sat May 01 00:00:00 -0700 1999 Fri Jan 04 12:27:57 -0800 2008 Wed Jan 09 08:52:45 -0800 2008
We see a picture of the church as a giant institution, slow to ...more...]]> 164154 0060892994 9780060892999 3149 390 3.94 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1172331601m/164154.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/164154.A_Canticle_for_Leibowitz 5 2 false Sun Jun 08 17:37:27 -0700 2008 Thu Jun 05 15:27:48 -0700 2008 Sun Jun 08 17:37:27 -0700 2008 more...]]> 164154 0060892994 9780060892999 3149 390 3.94 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1172331601m/164154.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/164154.A_Canticle_for_Leibowitz 5 1 false Mon Feb 02 07:58:59 -0800 2009 Mon Feb 02 08:02:23 -0800 2009 more...]]> 164154 0060892994 9780060892999 3149 390 3.94 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1172331601m/164154.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/164154.A_Canticle_for_Leibowitz 4 1 true Wed Nov 05 13:43:23 -0800 2008 Wed Oct 22 14:06:36 -0700 2008 Wed Nov 05 13:43:23 -0800 2008 more...]]> 2942745 2207500462 9782207500460 3 2 3.94 http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/2942745.Un_cantique_pour_Leibowitz 2 1 false Fri May 19 00:00:00 -0700 2006 Sun Sep 21 09:15:26 -0700 2008 Thu Oct 09 08:38:16 -0700 2008 Il s'agit clairement là de SF classique, par son thème et son
traitement. Par son thème tout d'abord, car il est avant tout question dans ce roman des conséquences de l'usa...more...]]> 164154 0060892994 9780060892999 3149 390 3.94 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1172331601m/164154.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/164154.A_Canticle_for_Leibowitz 5 1 false Fri Mar 01 00:00:00 -0800 1996 Fri Mar 21 16:48:00 -0700 2008 Sat May 24 17:21:10 -0700 2008 more...]]> 164154 0060892994 9780060892999 3149 390 3.94 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1172331601m/164154.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/164154.A_Canticle_for_Leibowitz 4 1 false Fri Mar 14 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Mon Feb 25 09:46:13 -0800 2008 Tue Mar 25 10:45:21 -0700 2008 more...]]> 164154 0060892994 9780060892999 3149 390 3.94 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1172331601m/164154.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/164154.A_Canticle_for_Leibowitz 5 1 false Sat Jan 10 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Sat Jan 10 18:19:13 -0800 2009 Thu Jan 15 19:24:53 -0800 2009 more...]]> 164154 0060892994 9780060892999 3149 390 3.94 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1172331601m/164154.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/164154.A_Canticle_for_Leibowitz 0 1 false Mon Jan 26 09:42:29 -0800 2009 Mon Jan 26 09:44:06 -0800 2009 more...]]> 164154 0060892994 9780060892999 3149 390 3.94 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1172331601m/164154.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/164154.A_Canticle_for_Leibowitz 5 1 false Tue Sep 09 16:04:32 -0700 2008 Thu Sep 25 11:52:02 -0700 2008 more...]]> http://www.goodreads.com/book_link/follow/8?book_id=821071