Comments on: A Canticle for Leibowitz, Walter M. Miller, Jr. https://readingtheend.com/2009/01/13/a-canticle-for-leibowitz-walter-m-miller-jr/ before I read the middle Sat, 23 May 2015 21:27:20 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.8.2 By: GPS https://readingtheend.com/2009/01/13/a-canticle-for-leibowitz-walter-m-miller-jr/#comment-26845 Sat, 23 May 2015 21:27:20 +0000 http://readingtheend.com/?p=427#comment-26845 Consider myself a scifi fan but just found out read this book. Fascinating… The obvious parallel to Western civilization after the Roman Empire, the dark ages, the Renaissance to today retold in a future setting (with the Catholic Church being a vehicle for preserving knowledge). And yes, the eternal question to whether we are doomed to make the same mistakes, or not. 1) the book does not push or advocate religion or a particular religion, so feel free to read whatever your beliefs or spirituality. I do not believe Miller wrote this book to swell the ranks of Catholics in the world. 2) no clear cut good or bad aka Star Wars, Lord of the Rings etc… Makes the book more human to me… A writer of a lessor degree would not have even tried this. 3) the items being preserved by the monks (because that’s what they do following the end of the world) is also noteworthy… Shopping lists etc… As it turns out. That’s the part that got me the most. What do we as a society consider worth saving and possibly even hold sacred? How do we decide what is sacred and how much do we really know about it? What if it’s just someone’s shopping list or random rambling. Are you going to base a religion on that. Perhaps we have already done so? Ouch… There is a wonderful review of this book from The New Yorker magazine https://m.facebook.com/story.php?story_fbid=867525949941738&id=100000530230284 that is worth checking out. Yes, I highly recommend the book.

]]> By: Jenny https://readingtheend.com/2009/01/13/a-canticle-for-leibowitz-walter-m-miller-jr/#comment-12765 Sun, 13 Sep 2009 22:03:10 +0000 http://readingtheend.com/?p=427#comment-12765 In reply to adam emanuel.

I think it would be a really difficult book to adapt to film – because the separate parts are so separate. I bet it would make a good miniseries though – each part of the book could be filmed on a different night, you know? That might be neat.

]]> By: adam emanuel https://readingtheend.com/2009/01/13/a-canticle-for-leibowitz-walter-m-miller-jr/#comment-12764 Sun, 13 Sep 2009 17:06:33 +0000 http://readingtheend.com/?p=427#comment-12764 Hallo from Poland. In Poland we have two translations of this book that were published in the same year by two different labels… 30 years after international debut. I read this book two years ago and I didn’t want to return it to local library too 😉 I don’t know too much about author, in Poland we have only translations of “Canticle…” and “…Wild Horse Woman”. I am completly noob in matter of his short novel. His suicide is not wide known fact in Poland. Well, frankly speaking he is not so popular in my country as f.Ex. Stephen King. But HE IS one of my MOST FAVOURITE AUTHOR of whole globe. Recently I found out and bought both books in Polish at net-shop I going to read it one more time.

Quite interesting is music of John Kannenberg published in Internet for free (use google) that was composed and recorded by inspiration with this book. This is one of few books that makes me cry, that makes me depressed (this is my reaction, but other reader may have another, you know), that makes me think.

I found your page by surprise, but this is always very nice to find another traveller in this world that loves the same thing (book). I think that big good movie based on this book (but none typic hollywoodish soupsupermegaproductionwithbilliondollarsstars) shall be shot at ten. I never heard if somebody tried to move it from pages into film-cliche…

send greetings
adam emanuel

]]> By: jennysbooks https://readingtheend.com/2009/01/13/a-canticle-for-leibowitz-walter-m-miller-jr/#comment-12763 Thu, 29 Jan 2009 02:42:10 +0000 http://readingtheend.com/?p=427#comment-12763 Oh, no, or get it on paperbackswap. Or else I will. Actually, yeah, I will. Stand by.

]]> By: Mumsy https://readingtheend.com/2009/01/13/a-canticle-for-leibowitz-walter-m-miller-jr/#comment-12762 Thu, 29 Jan 2009 00:29:11 +0000 http://readingtheend.com/?p=427#comment-12762 Sounds pretty good, actually. Do you own it? Can I borrow it?

]]> By: Riot https://readingtheend.com/2009/01/13/a-canticle-for-leibowitz-walter-m-miller-jr/#comment-12761 Wed, 21 Jan 2009 04:26:57 +0000 http://readingtheend.com/?p=427#comment-12761 Man, I completely forgot that this book exists. It sounds absolutely spellbinding, Jenny. Thanks for the review…it’s getting sped up on the list.

]]> By: jennysbooks https://readingtheend.com/2009/01/13/a-canticle-for-leibowitz-walter-m-miller-jr/#comment-12760 Mon, 19 Jan 2009 21:35:18 +0000 http://readingtheend.com/?p=427#comment-12760 Oh, it’s so good. I particularly like the way it makes everything seem inevitable – that whole circle of life thing. Inevitable and at the same time completely, idiotically preventable. Impressive.

]]> By: Nymeth https://readingtheend.com/2009/01/13/a-canticle-for-leibowitz-walter-m-miller-jr/#comment-12759 Sun, 18 Jan 2009 21:32:49 +0000 http://readingtheend.com/?p=427#comment-12759 I remember reading somewhere that this book was doing most of what The Road does years ago. That plus your review makes me really want to read it.

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