A Canticle for Leibowitz
| Title | A Canticle for Leibowitz |
| Year for Search | 1960 |
| Authors | Miller, Walter M[ichael] Jr.(1923-96) |
| Date Published | 1960 |
| Publisher | J.B. Lippincott |
| Place Published | Philadelphia, PA |
| Keywords | Male author, US author |
| Annotation | Dystopia tracing the three stages of the re-birth of civilization after a war had completely destroyed the previous civilization. The three stages are religion, which saves documents without understanding them, the re-birth of science using those saved documents, and then a new war that will destroy the new civilization. At the end the entire process is set to begin again on a new planet. See also 1997 Miller. |
| Additional Publishers | Rpt. New York: Bantam Books, 1961; and Boston, MA: Gregg Press, 1975. UK ed. London: Weidenfeld & Nicolson, 1960. Originally published in somewhat different versions as "A Canticle for Leibowitz." The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction 8.4 (April 1955): 93-111; rpt. in The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction 57.4 (341) (October 1979): 98-116; "And the Light Is Risen." The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction 11.2 (August 1956): 3-80; and "The Last Canticle." The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction 12.2 (February 1957): 3-50; rpt. The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction (Australian ed.), no. 13 ([June 1958]): 1-52. See also A Canticle for Leibowitz: A Play in Three Acts. Adapted by Clark Fuller. Chicago, IL: Dramatic Publishing Co., 1962; Walter M. Miller's A Canticle for Leibowitz. Revised and adapted by Richard Felnagle. Woodstock, IL: Dramatic Publishing Co., 1986; and Robert Douglas Manning, "The Abbey": dramatic screenplay based upon the original novel "A Canticle for Leibowitz" by Walter Michael Miller, Jr. (1959) Lethbridge, AL, Canada: Robert Douglas Manning, 1999 (MH). |
| Holding Institutions | NcD, PSt |
| Author Note | (1922-96) |
| Full Text | 1960 Miller, Walter M[ichael], Jr. (1922-96). A Canticle for Leibowitz. Philadelphia, PA: J.B. Lippincott © 1959. Rpt. New York: Bantam Books, 1961; and Boston, MA: Gregg Press, 1975. UK ed. London: Weidenfeld & Nicolson, 1960. Originally published in somewhat different versions as “A Canticle for Leibowitz.” The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction 8.4 (April 1955): 93-111; rpt. in The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction 57.4 (341) (October 1979): 98-116; “And the Light Is Risen.” The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction 11.2 (August 1956): 3-80; and “The Last Canticle.” The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction 12.2 (February 1957): 3-50; rpt. The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction (Australian ed.), no. 13 ([June 1958]): 1-52. See also A Canticle for Leibowitz: A Play in Three Acts. Adapted by Clark Fuller. Chicago, IL: Dramatic Publishing Co., 1962; Walter M. Miller’s A Canticle for Leibowitz. Revised and adapted by Richard Felnagle. Woodstock, IL: Dramatic Publishing Co., 1986; and Robert Douglas Manning, “The Abbey”: dramatic screenplay based upon the original novel “A Canticle for Leibowitz” by Walter Michael Miller, Jr. (1959) Lethbridge, AL, Canada: Robert Douglas Manning, 1999 (MH). NcD, PSt Dystopia tracing the three stages of the re-birth of civilization after a war had completely destroyed the previous civilization. The three stages are religion, which saves documents without understanding them, the re-birth of science using those saved documents, and then a new war that will destroy the new civilization. At the end the entire process is set to begin again on a new planet. See also 1997 Miller. |
