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A Canticle for Leibowitz (St. Leibowitz, Bk 1)
A Canticle for Leibowitz - St. Leibowitz, Bk 1
Author: Walter M. Miller Jr.
In the Utah desert, Brother Francis of the Albertian Order of Leibowitz has made a miraculous discovery: the relics of the martyr Isaac Leibowitz himself, including the blessed blueprint and the sacred shopping list. They may provide a bright ray of hope in a terrifying age of darkness, a time of ignorance and genetic monsters that are the unhol...  more »
PBS Market Price: $8.09 or $4.19+1 credit
ISBN-13: 9780553273816
ISBN-10: 0553273817
Publication Date: 1976
Pages: 320
Edition: Reissue
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3.8 stars, based on 53 ratings
Publisher: Bantam
Book Type: Paperback
Other Versions: Hardcover
Members Wishing: 2
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garythefowler avatar reviewed A Canticle for Leibowitz (St. Leibowitz, Bk 1) on + 65 more book reviews
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Excellent and groundbreaking novel, constantly in print since first in 1959. Three sections: postapocalyptic North America, 26th century, after the "simplification," and deep in a dark age; 600 years later, when "memorabilia" faithfully preserved in an isolated monastery becomes the seed for the resurrection of lost information and technology; and 600 years after that, when... Well, ya just gotta read it!
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nccorthu avatar reviewed A Canticle for Leibowitz (St. Leibowitz, Bk 1) on + 569 more book reviews
A Very interesting story. Read it 40 or so years ago and always remembered it. I think people will like it


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