MILLER, Walter M.

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A Canticle for Leibowitz. In: The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction. First appearance in print of the short stories that became A Canticle for Leibowitz, in issues of Fantasy and Science Fiction. "A Canticle for Leibowitz", "A Light Has Risen", and "The Last Canticle" were published in book form in 1959, and won Miller the 1961 Hugo Award.Miller's novel is set in a post-apocalyptic America, in which nuclear war has erased nearly all scientific progress. We are introduced to an order of monks who revere the technicians of old, and attempt to reconstruct their electronic schematics as illuminated manuscripts. Miller jumps forward about 600 years between each story, greatly expanding his exploration of science and faith.

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