A Canticle for Leibowitz
Mass Market
Random House Worlds · Paperback · February 1, 1961
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 the hallowed shrine of the Fallout Shelter.
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- Who it’s for
- A rigorous, wryly human read where science and faith keep colliding.
- Genres
- Apocalyptic & Post-Apocalyptic, Dystopian, Faith & Fiction
- Published
- Random House Worlds, February 1, 1961
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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 the hallowed shrine of the Fallout Shelter. In a terrifying age of darkness and decay, these artifacts could be the keys to mankind's salvation.
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But as the mystery at the core of this groundbreaking novel unfolds, it is the search itself—for meaning, for truth, for love—that offers hope for humanity's rebirth from the ashes.
Science Meets Faith
A rigorous, wryly human read where science and faith keep colliding.
Come here for
- hard-SF signals with theological undertow
- layered conversation fuel
Expect
- post-apocalyptic scope
- serious book-club room for debate
Where it sits
| Apocalyptic & Post-Apocalyptic | 100% |
|---|---|
| Faith & Fiction | 39% |
| Dystopian | 37% |
Percentages are BookFrontier’s reading of the book.
Publisher categories
- Hard Sci-Fi
- Apocalyptic & Post-Apocalyptic
- Dystopian
- Authors
- Walter M. Miller Jr.
- Publisher
- Random House Worlds
- Published
- February 1, 1961
- Format
- Paperback
- Reading lane
- Hard Sci-Fi