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Walter M. Miller, Jr.

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A Canticle for Leibowitz Summary

A Canticle for Leibowitz follows a Catholic monastic order in its 18-century effort to preserve the legacy of human knowledge as mankind repeatedly destroys itself in nuclear flames.

Six centuries ago, the world suffers a Flame Deluge and violently rejects all learning, in the Simplification. A widowed former weapons scientist, Leibowitz, gathers followers and establishes a monastic order dedicated to preserving remnants human knowledge. Leibowitz is martyred and by the 26th...

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