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A canticle for Leibowitz / Walter M. Miller, Jr.
Van Pelt Library PS3563.I4215 C3 1971
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Miller, Walter M., Jr., 1923-1996.
- Language:
- English
- Genre:
- Novels.
- Physical Description:
- 278 pages ; 18 cm
- Place of Publication:
- New York : Bantam Books, 1971.
- Summary:
- "Here is science fiction of the highest literary excellence and thematic intelligence. A monastery founded by the scientist Liebowitz is discovered decades after an atomic war. In the first part of the book a young novice in the monastery is the protagonist; in the second part we see scholars in a new period of enlightment; and in the final section we observe man's proclivity for repeating mistakes and the apparent inevitability of history's repeating itself." Shapiro. Fic for Youth, 3rd edition.
- Contents:
- Fiat homo
- Fiat lux
- Fiat voluntas tua.
- OCLC:
- 2007068
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