Thank you for this! I discovered "A Canticle for Leibowitz" around 1975, when I found it in my high school library, and I've loved it ever since. It helped that I picked up a good bit of church Latin in my younger years, so I was able to understand the texts of the various Latin hymns and chants without needing a Latin/English dictionary. I've spoken with others that found this something of a stumbling block, but the book is well worth reading even if you don't understand Latin.
First heard about this book when J. Michael Straczynski mentioned it in relation to a scene from Babylon 5. He said a friend of his made the comparison between the scene and Canticle. The book's been on my TBR pile ever since 😅
I immediately thought the same thing when I first saw "The Deconstruction of Falling Stars" from Babylon 5. I didn't realize that J. Michael Straczynski knew he was referencing it directly, but I'm not at all surprised.
I remember scouring the Internet about the inspiration of the Babylon 5 episode "The Deconstruction of Falling Stars" when I first saw the episode and reading what JMS had to say about it as the episode seemed to resonate with me on a fundamental level. I subsequently bought the book and read it front to back. It is really a science-fiction master piece of the highest order and it resonated with me in so many ways, just like the B5 episode had. The book should be required reading in class, not just because its literary status, but also because it should teach future generations about the dangers and the habit of history repeating itself. I feel the same way about Babylon 5. It should be required viewing, especially now the number of people believing in fascist dictators all over the world is on the rise and with fascism slowly taking hold of our world's governments again.
I first read A Canticle for Leibowitz shortly after it was published and have reread it roughly every other year since. It has retained its power over the decades.
Canticle is one of my all-time favorite books and I reread it every decade or so. It is one of those books that my perspective changes about as I grow older. I loved the satirical nature of the book when I first read it in the 1980s but now, reflect on the complexities of the human condition more and more. I don't know if it helps to be raised in the Catholic Church to understand the satire more fully.
If current events can teach us anything it's that we are driven by the recurring urge to harness the best and worst of ourselves, because we can't really separate the two except in retrospect.
Recently read this and found it not so great. Too much reliance on the Catholic church as a main factor and the ending was far fetched. I suppose it was a fun read back when it was written but it's dated badly.
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Reminds me in a way of the cyclical view of History explained by Oswald Spengler "The Decline of the West" Kali Yuga...
One of my favorites along with Dhallgren
Thank you for this! I discovered "A Canticle for Leibowitz" around 1975, when I found it in my high school library, and I've loved it ever since. It helped that I picked up a good bit of church Latin in my younger years, so I was able to understand the texts of the various Latin hymns and chants without needing a Latin/English dictionary. I've spoken with others that found this something of a stumbling block, but the book is well worth reading even if you don't understand Latin.
Read it for the first time a couple years ago and I have to say it has stuck with me ever since.
Found this book when I was 14. Love it.
So now you are 15? :D
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First heard about this book when J. Michael Straczynski mentioned it in relation to a scene from Babylon 5. He said a friend of his made the comparison between the scene and Canticle. The book's been on my TBR pile ever since 😅
I immediately thought the same thing when I first saw "The Deconstruction of Falling Stars" from Babylon 5. I didn't realize that J. Michael Straczynski knew he was referencing it directly, but I'm not at all surprised.
I remember scouring the Internet about the inspiration of the Babylon 5 episode "The Deconstruction of Falling Stars" when I first saw the episode and reading what JMS had to say about it as the episode seemed to resonate with me on a fundamental level.
I subsequently bought the book and read it front to back. It is really a science-fiction master piece of the highest order and it resonated with me in so many ways, just like the B5 episode had.
The book should be required reading in class, not just because its literary status, but also because it should teach future generations about the dangers and the habit of history repeating itself.
I feel the same way about Babylon 5. It should be required viewing, especially now the number of people believing in fascist dictators all over the world is on the rise and with fascism slowly taking hold of our world's governments again.
Who?
The image of a robed man shaking the dust off his sandals, walking along a ruined road
Sic transit gloria mundi
Et sic transit vir.
I first read A Canticle for Leibowitz shortly after it was published and have reread it roughly every other year since. It has retained its power over the decades.
I have read it 3 times.. one of my absolute favourites.
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Canticle is one of my all-time favorite books and I reread it every decade or so. It is one of those books that my perspective changes about as I grow older. I loved the satirical nature of the book when I first read it in the 1980s but now, reflect on the complexities of the human condition more and more. I don't know if it helps to be raised in the Catholic Church to understand the satire more fully.
If current events can teach us anything it's that we are driven by the recurring urge to harness the best and worst of ourselves, because we can't really separate the two except in retrospect.
Dark Benedictions short stories by Miller were mostly amazing too. He shot himself in late life after solitude. In the war he bombed churches.
Ahhh so its from here that 40k got the adeptus mechanichus
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I just read it recently and found it fantastic. However, while reading it I couldn't help but to swap nuclear holocaust with climate change.
Recently read this and found it not so great. Too much reliance on the Catholic church as a main factor and the ending was far fetched. I suppose it was a fun read back when it was written but it's dated badly.