An edition of A Canticle for Leibowitz (1959)

A Canticle for Leibowitz

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An edition of A Canticle for Leibowitz (1959)

A Canticle for Leibowitz

  • 3.8 (67 ratings) ·
  • 316 Want to read
  • 8 Currently reading
  • 99 Have read

Highly unusual After the Holocaust novel. In the far future, 20th century texts are preserved in a monastery, as "sacred books". The monks preserve for centuries what little science there is, and have saved the science texts and blueprints from destruction many times, also making beautifully illuminated copies. As the story opens to a world run on a basically fuedal lines, science is again becoming fashionable, as a hobby of rich men, at perhaps 18th or early 19th century level of comprehesion. A local lord, interested in science, comes to the monastery. What happens after that is an exquisitely told tale, stunning and extremely moving, totally different from any other After the Holocaust story

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Eos
Language
English
Pages
352

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Cover of: A Canticle for Leibowitz
A Canticle for Leibowitz
May 9, 2006, Eos
Paperback in English
Cover of: A Canticle for Leibowitz
A Canticle for Leibowitz
May 9, 2006, Eos
in English
Cover of: A  canticle for Leibowitz
A canticle for Leibowitz
2006, Eos
in English
Cover of: Canticle for Leibowitz
Canticle for Leibowitz
October 1999, Tandem Library
School & Library Binding in English
Cover of: L'héritage de saint leibowitz
L'héritage de saint leibowitz
Jul 02, 1998, Denoël, DENOEL
Cover of: A  canticle for Leibowitz
A canticle for Leibowitz
1997, Bantam Books
in English - Bantam trade pbk. ed.
Cover of: A Canticle for Leibowitz
A Canticle for Leibowitz
June 1, 1984, Bantam Spectra
Hardcover in English
Cover of: A Canticle for Leibowitz
A Canticle for Leibowitz
1973, J.B. Lippincott
in English
Cover of: A  canticle for Leibowitz
A canticle for Leibowitz: a novel.
1960, Lippincott
in English - [1st ed.]

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OL7283742M
ISBN 10
0060892994
ISBN 13
9780060892999
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48053
Goodreads
164154

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