A Canticle for Leibowitz

Part 63 of 63

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English · Science Fiction

Walter M. Miller Jr.’s A Canticle for Leibowitz is a post-apocalyptic novel about the preservation of knowledge and the long, uncertain course of civilization. Across a future shaped by catastrophe, the monks of the Albertian Order of Leibowitz safeguard fragments of the past, often without fully understanding the world those fragments once described.

The story unfolds in three linked sections, following the abbey and the wider society around it through changing eras. Its blend of religious life, speculative history, and dark humor gives the work a distinctive perspective on humanity’s attempts to rebuild, remember, and repeat its mistakes.

This recording presents the concluding installment of a serialized reading. The experience is reflective and richly imagined, balancing the intimate routines of monastic life with questions about science, faith, power, and the responsibilities carried by inherited knowledge.


This recording is part of the Old Time Radio collection.