A Canticle For Liebowitz

A Canticle for Leibowitz by Walter M. Miller Jr.

My rating: 5 of 5 stars


I can't remember if I read this book before my days in ISKCON or after, but whichever it was I was not mature enough at the time to appreciate it. However, parts of the book stayed with me and no doubt influenced my own first novel.

I just finished listening to a 15 part radio adaption of the novel which you can download for free here:

https://archive.org/details/ACanticle...

This radio drama was very faithful to the book and made me appreciate it all the more.

The novel is unusual for science fiction because the protagonists are monks. They are presented sympathetically. Even though some of the things they do might be considered foolish, they are not fools. I am not particularly religious, but I was intrigued by these characters and moved by their story.



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