What did you think of the book "Canticle for Leibowitz

Gloriannes · Post by **Gloriannes** » 11 Oct 2013, 02:34

I'm trying to finish a few books so I can start "Canticle for Leibowitz" did you like this book? would you read it if it was on a Ebook form?

-- 11 Oct 2013, 03:36 --

Walter M. Miller's acclaimed SF classic A Canticle for Leibowitz opens with the accidental excavation of a holy artifact: a creased, brittle memo scrawled by the hand of the blessed Saint Leibowitz, that reads: "Pound pastrami, can kraut, six bagels--bring home for Emma." To the Brothers of Saint Leibowitz, this sacred shopping list penned by an obscure, 20th-century engineer is a symbol of hope from the distant past, from before the Simplification, the fiery atomic holocaust that plunged the earth into darkness and ignorance. As 1984 cautioned against Stalinism, so 1959's A Canticle for Leibowitz warns of the threat and implications of nuclear annihilation. Following a cloister of monks in their Utah abbey over some six or seven hundred years, the funny but bleak Canticle tackles the sociological and religious implications of the cyclical rise and fall of civilization, questioning whether humanity can hope for more than repeating its own history. Divided into three sections--Fiat Homo (Let There Be Man), Fiat Lux (Let There Be Light), and Fiat Voluntas Tua (Thy Will Be Done)--Canticle is steeped in Catholicism and Latin, exploring the fascinating, seemingly capricious process of how and why a person is canonized. --Paul Hughes --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.

Estella Magwitch · Post by **Estella Magwitch** » 09 Dec 2013, 15:03

I loved the book. I read it first in highschool and then again a few times since. I would recommend it to anyone who reads. It's heavy and dark but funny too, and downright poetic in parts.
Is it available as an ebook now?

Gloriannes · Post by **Gloriannes** » 10 Dec 2013, 05:49

Yes but no...I have found a few places that say they have the Ebook but to me they are untrusted. I'm waiting for amazon, I messaged them and made a request. I think some books might more charming in Paperback but I hate keeping a book with me during the day waiting for the time to read, I always have my kindle with me.

Well Thank you for letting me know about the book I might just have to get a paperback till it's on Ebook.