I picked up ‘*A Canticle For Leibowitz*’ (Walter Miller) in a local bookshop. I was intrigued by the title and the blurb on the back seemed interesting. Accolades from respectable US newspapers. The scenario was good and I was enjoying the way Miller had developed the theme. Frankly, I was thinking “I wonder when this guy will publish a new book”.
I was nearly finished when I was looking at the cover design and noticed a side text that said:
>60th Anniversary Edition
I am not new to Science Fiction. I have read pretty much all the classic authors: Clarke, Le Guin, Asimov, Heinlein, you name them, I have probably read one (FWIW, EE ‘Doc’ Smith is awful). I have literally never heard of this book before, or the author.
I am conscious there is a world of more obscure stuff out there, but it doesn’t get described (even by publishers) as ‘**The** classic novel of a future dark age’ (My emphasis).
So, SciFi readers of r/books, is this a well known book? better known in the US? Have I had my head in a bucket for decades (or been in iso-sleep) ?
By the way, can recommend.
by TabbyOverlord