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A Canticle for Leibowitz

By: Walter M. Miller Jr.
Narrated by: Tom Weiner
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Hugo Award Winner, Best Novel, 1961

Winner of the 1961 Hugo Award for Best Novel and widely considered one of the most accomplished, powerful, and enduring classics of modern speculative fiction, Walter M. Miller’s A Canticle for Leibowitz is a true landmark of 20th-century literature - a chilling and still-provocative look at a post-apocalyptic future.

In a nightmarish, ruined world, slowly awakening to the light after sleeping in darkness, the infantile rediscoveries of science are secretly nourished by cloistered monks dedicated to the study and preservation of the relics and writings of the blessed Saint Isaac Leibowitz. From there, the story spans centuries of ignorance, violence, and barbarism, viewing through a sharp, satirical eye the relentless progression of a human race damned by its inherent humanness to recelebrate its grand foibles and repeat its grievous mistakes.

Seriously funny, stunning, tragic, eternally fresh, imaginative, and altogether remarkable, A Canticle for Leibowitz retains its ability to enthrall and amaze. It is now, as it always has been, a masterpiece.

©1959 Walter M. Miller, Jr. (P)2011 Blackstone Audio, Inc. Classics Dystopian Fiction Genre Fiction Literary Fiction Post-Apocalyptic Science Fiction Witty Funny Thought-Provoking

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“Chillingly effective.” (Time)
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Great story, set over millennia. It was very thought provoking too. Good characters and a nice pace.

classic.

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Very much worth sticking with this story, intimate and epic by turns. bleak, funny, humane, comforting. rightly considered a classic.

bleak, funny, humane, comforting.

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I was drawn to this title when I found out it was the basis for the Brotherhood of Steel in the Fallout series. I doubt I'd have read far if I'd gone with the book version, but Tom Weiner's masterful performance is perfectly suited to the monastic theme running throughout, complete with ecclesiastical Latin to boot.

Definitely worth a try x

Thought-provoking story from the nuclear age

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I went into this Audiobook thinking I was in for a real treat. In reality I found it incredibly slow and difficult going. It is a very interesting concept and I can understand why so many people rate it highly. However, I would suggest that you don't raise your expectations too high, as you may then get more out of it than I did.

Over hyped

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Would you listen to A Canticle for Leibowitz again? Why?

I've listened to it several times and have even about a copy of the book. This book is a poem to the circular nature of humanity. A prophetic testament to our desire to control the cataclysmic power of physics and its inevitable triumph over us.

The Best Author Ever.

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