description: Deep in the Utah desert, Brother Francis of the Albertian Order of Leibowitz has miraculously discovered the relics of the martyr Isaac Leibowitz himself, including the blessed blueprint and the sacred shopping list. They may provide a ray of hope in a terrifying age of darkness, a time of ignorance and genetic monsters that are the unholy aftermath of the Flame Deluge. As the mystery unfolds, it is the search for meaning, for truth, and for love, that offers hope to a humanity teetering on the edge of an abyss. "Angry and eloquent...a terrific story." (New York Times)
language: English
title: A Canticle for Leibowitz
titlecomplete: A Canticle for Leibowitz
characters: Benjamin Eleazar bar Joshua, Isaac Edward Leibowitz
genres: Fiction, Speculative Fiction, Classics, Science Fiction Fantasy, Science Fiction, Dystopia, Religion, Apocalyptic, Post Apocalyptic, Fantasy
ratings_count: 106948
series: St. Leibowitz
awards: awardedAt: -283968000000
name: Hugo Award
category: Best Novel, awardedAt: 157795200000
name: Locus Award
category: All-Time Best Novel
publisher: Books on Tape, Inc.