Gary F. (garythefowler) reviewed A Canticle for Leibowitz (St. Leibowitz, Bk 1) on + 65 more book reviews
Helpful Score: 4
Excellent and groundbreaking novel, constantly in print since first in 1959. Three sections: postapocalyptic North America, 26th century, after the "simplification," and deep in a dark age; 600 years later, when "memorabilia" faithfully preserved in an isolated monastery becomes the seed for the resurrection of lost information and technology; and 600 years after that, when... Well, ya just gotta read it!
