Comment Canticle for Leibowitz (was Re:Dune: Hs Atrds) (Score 1) 672
Canticle for Leinowitz is one of the most powerful and moving books I've ever read, but I don't know if a 13yearold nowadays would understand much of it without a pre-Vatican II Catholic to explain parts of it. Heck, I'm 20, was raised Catholic, and specialize in knowing something about everything, and I still had to ask my parents on a couple of things. That said, given a basic understanding of that to which Miller is referring, Canticle is one of the most chilling, terrifying books around. I would actually rank it above Fahrenheir 451 and 1984, because those depend on the evil of government for their scare power, but Canticle depends only on the stupid ability of people to shoot themselves repeatedly in the pedal extremity. Without spoiling it, I will tell those of you who don't speak Latin that the main section headings mean. "Let There Be Man", "Let There Be Light", and "Let Thy Will Be Done". Considering it's set as humanity recovers from nuclear war, just the section titles alone were enough to chill me.
Note that there is a sequel, published posthumously from Miller's notes. My dad read this and said it was tolerable, but not really worth reading. Lots of publisher's errors in it too, email me at clouti11@pilot.msu.edu if these annoy you as badly as they do me.
Note that there is a sequel, published posthumously from Miller's notes. My dad read this and said it was tolerable, but not really worth reading. Lots of publisher's errors in it too, email me at clouti11@pilot.msu.edu if these annoy you as badly as they do me.
