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Science Fiction Classic–A Canticle for Leibowitz (Part 2–Analysis)

December 21st, 2011 | Posted in Daily Rants, Literature

In part one of my review of A Canticle for Leibowitz I provided a plot summary and pointed out how the story focused on the cyclical nature of history. Within that broad theme Miller looked at two more specific recurring conflicts–that of science and religion, and of Church and State, and did so in a […]

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Science Fiction Classic–A Canticle for Leibowitz (Part 1–Summary)

December 20th, 2011 | Posted in Daily Rants, Literature

In the process of writing my last article my mind wandered, as it is wont to do, down a myriad of paths suggested by what I was writing. One of those paths was the cyclical nature of end-of-world prophesies, which in turn reminded me of a classic genre piece that revolves around the cyclical nature […]

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