Walter M. Miller, Jr. (1923–1996)
Autor(a) de A Canticle for Leibowitz
About the Author
Miller's participation in the bombing of Casino, Italy, during World War II apparently had a lasting impact on the writer, for his only novel, A Canticle for Leibowitz (1960), is rife with images of massive destruction caused by war. Miller began writing short stories in 1950 while recovering from mostrar mais an automobile accident, and most of his writing was done between 1950 and 1960. Often regarded as one of the best science fiction novels ever written, A Canticle for Leibowitz is a complex, beautifully written book that traces human history from a twentieth-century nuclear war forward to another war in a.d. 3781. It stands as one of the best examples of the fear that millions of people have of the power of nuclear weapons and the aftermath of nuclear holocaust. Richly symbolic and multilayered, the novel lends itself to critical commentary more than do most popular works of literature. Critic John B. Ower remarks that, perhaps because of his conversion to Catholicism, "Miller's religious belief is complex and comprehensive enough to contain within itself the dark misgivings, the ironies, and the ambiguities of our deeply disturbed century." (Bowker Author Biography) mostrar menos
Séries
Obras por Walter M. Miller, Jr.
Un cantico per Leibowitz - Benedizione oscura - Umani a condizione - Il mattatore (1988) 8 exemplares
Classic Science Fiction by Walter M. Miller, Jr. (Unexpurgated Edition) (Halcyon Classics) (2010) 5 exemplares
I Made You [short fiction] 4 exemplares
MillemondiEstate 1995 3 exemplares
And the Light Is Risen {story} 2 exemplares
Izzard And The Membrane 2 exemplares
The magazine of fantasy and science fiction #13 2 exemplares
Um Cântico Para Leibowitz, 3 2 exemplares
Um Cântico Para Leibowitz - 3 1 exemplar
Um Cântico para Leibowitz, 1 1 exemplar
Fantastic, May 1968 (Vol. 17, No. 5) 1 exemplar
Nova SF* 11 - II serie 1 exemplar
CONDICIONALMENTE HUMANO 1 exemplar
C'era una volta un mondo 1 exemplar
Um Cântico Para Leibowitz - volume 2 1 exemplar
God Is Thus {story} — Autor — 1 exemplar
The Song Of Marya 1 exemplar
The Yokel 1 exemplar
The Reluctant Traitor 1 exemplar
Six And Ten Are Johnny 1 exemplar
Bitter Victory 1 exemplar
Let My People Go 1 exemplar
Um Cântico para Leibowitz 1 1 exemplar
Um Cântico para Leibowitz 2 1 exemplar
Associated Works
The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction: A 30-Year Retrospective (1980) — Contribuidor — 86 exemplares
The Mammoth Book of Vintage Science Fiction: Short Novels of the 1950s (1990) — Autor — 70 exemplares
A Century of Science Fiction 1950-1959 : The Greatest Stories of the Decade (1996) — Contribuidor — 56 exemplares
The Wild Years 1946-1955 (Amazing Science Fiction Anthology Series) (1987) — Contribuidor — 25 exemplares
The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction October/November 1997, Vol. 93, No. 4 & 5 (1997) — Contribuidor — 17 exemplares
Etiquetado
Conhecimento Comum
- Nome canónico
- Miller, Walter M., Jr.
- Outros nomes
- Miller, Walter Michael, Jr. (birth name)
- Data de nascimento
- 1923-01-23
- Data de falecimento
- 1996-01-09
- Localização do túmulo
- Mosquito Lagoon, Florida, USA (cremated, ashes scattered)
- Sexo
- male
- Nacionalidade
- USA
- Local de nascimento
- New Smyrna Beach, Florida, USA
- Local de falecimento
- Daytona Beach, Florida, USA
- Locais de residência
- New Smyrna Beach, Florida, USA
- Educação
- University of Tennessee
University of Texas - Ocupações
- novelist
short story writer - Agente
- Don Congdon
Membros
Discussions
Second Round: A Canticle For Leibowitz (Miller) em Consensus Press (Novembro 2022)
Second Round: A Canticle for Leibowitz by Walter Miller Jr. em Consensus Press (Novembro 2022)
Leibowitz: what's the appeal? em Consensus Press (Outubro 2022)
A Canticle for Leibowitz (Book 10) discussion em Group Reads - Sci-Fi (Fevereiro 2014)
Críticas
Saint Leibowitz and the Wild Horse Woman por Walter M. Miller Jr.
Not a thriller, but an emotional pressure cooker. This story takes place in the interim between the beginning and end of "A Canticle for Leibowitz"; it seems to describe the difficulties of recovering the lost civilization. While there's a lot of pessimism in this book, Miller does give us a relatively believable structure for the various attempts at a new civilization. Sadly, he doesn't give us much hope for any quick revival. What made the story tolerable for me, and kept me reading, was the in-depth exploration of the mental and emotional states of most of the characters--most of it pretty dark, but sadly realistic.… (mais)
½
She leaned close to whisper behind her hand. “I need be giving shriv’ness to Him, as well.”
The priest recoiled slightly. “To whom? I don’t understand.”
“Shriv’ness-to Him who made me as I am,” she whimpered. But then a slow smile spread her mouth. “I-I never forgave Him for it.”
“Forgive God? How can you-? He is just. He is Justice, He is Love. How can you say-?”
Her eyes pleaded with him. “Mayn’t an old tumater woman forgive Him just a little for His Justice? Afor I be asking His shriv’ness on me?”
A book about hope, death, suffering, endings, nostalgia, heritage, preservation, change, what actually matters, whether a small group of people has the power to change the world, tradition, and other stuff that I'm bad at articulating. Pretty depressing too. It gives an amazing sense of time passing, of how things change, how people forget and remember. The society presented feels real.
I came away with a feeling of just how important nuclear disarmament is, how important peace is, how disgusting justifications for war are. I feel like there's more to say but it's hard to articulate, there's a lot to think about that feels like it needs an essay to put into words.
The ending is a little weird and it's really depressing sometimes and the Latin can be a bit confusing with no translation (BUT whenever it's key to the story it's translated) but otherwise it's great.
Also, I will say that although they get only minimal mention in the book: I have strong sympathy for the "Simpletons" (very minor early spoiler)
This is my book. I hardly ever read books twice, but I've read this at least four times. I'm not sure I can write anything about it that would be useful for another person. I find it utterly wrenching, sorrowful, human.
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Estatísticas
- Obras
- 63
- Also by
- 55
- Membros
- 13,387
- Popularidade
- #1,740
- Avaliação
- 3.9
- Críticas
- 334
- ISBN
- 149
- Línguas
- 16
- Marcado como favorito
- 19
- Pedras de toque
- 451
