Anyone want Walter Miller Jr's "A Canticle For Leibowitz" ??

[DigitalBuddha]

A Canticle For Leibowitz



I have it on MP3s, or check it out here - http://archive.org/details/ACanticleForLiebowitz   (Note: If you listen streaming from this website you have to click on each section you want to listen to or it will play out of order). You can also download the MP3s.

This is a great sci-fi radio drama (not a book reading) produced by NPR (National Public Radio) Playhouse.

2600 AD - Scattered remnants of civilization smolder in the atomic ashes of an earlier century. In the wasteland of old America's desert southwest, the monks of the Order of St. Leibowitz struggle over the next twelve centuries to keep history and knowledge alive.

Preserving the precious relics of their founder - the blessed blueprint, the sacred shopping list, and the holy shrine of Fallout Shelter - they cling to a slender reed of faith, hoping against faint hope that humankind might come to its senses after a second, deadly fall from grace!



Background..........

A Canticle for Leibowitz is a post-apocalyptic science fiction novel by American writer Walter M. Miller, Jr., first published in 1960. Based on three short stories Miller contributed to The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction, it is the only novel published by the author during his lifetime. Considered one of the classics of science fiction, it has never been out of print and has seen over 25 reprints and editions. Appealing to mainstream and genre critics and readers alike, it won the 1961 Hugo Award for best science fiction novel.

Set in a Roman Catholic monastery in the desert of the southwestern United States after a devastating nuclear war, the story spans thousands of years as civilization rebuilds itself. The monks of the Albertian Order of Leibowitz take up the mission of preserving the surviving remnants of man's scientific knowledge until the day the outside world is again ready for it.

Inspired by the author's participation in the Allied bombing of the monastery at Monte Cassino during World War II, the novel is considered a masterpiece by literary critics. It has been compared favorably with the works of Evelyn Waugh, Graham Greene, and Walker Percy, and its themes of religion, recurrence, and church versus state have generated a significant body of scholarly research.


This 15 part serial is based on the novel by Walter M. Miller, Jr. published in 1959. The story had previously been published as a series of novellas in The Magazine of Fantasy and Science. The book won the Hugo award winner for best science fiction novels of all time.

The radio drama adaptation by John Reed, and produced at WHA by Carl Schmidt and Marv Nunn.

The play was directed by Karl Schmidt, engineered by Marv Nunn with special effects by Vic Marsh.

Narrator - Carol Collins and includes Fred Coffin, Bart Hayman, Herb Hartig and Russel Horton.

Music was by Greg Fish and Bob Budney and the Edgewood College Chant Group.

[Abideist]

I read it in highschool, for my my science fiction literature class. Didn't make any fuckin sense.

Martian Chronicles for the win.

[DigitalBuddha]

I read it in highschool, for my my science fiction literature class. Didn't make any fuckin sense.

Martian Chronicles for the win.

The main point was a comment on the stupidity of human beings condemned by their ignorance to repeat the same mistakes over and over again. More or less a story around the concept of "those that do not learn from history are doomed to repeat it's mistakes." In short...people never learn.

For sure, Martian Chronicles is a great sci-fi story. Ray Bradbury is a great writer. Check out - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Martian_Chronicles

[RevJason83]

Sounds like a good book. Gonna have to read the book before I dl the radio drama though. I'm a book addict...time for a visit to the Amazon...

[DigitalBuddha]

Sounds like a good book. Gonna have to read the book before I dl the radio drama though. I'm a book addict...time for a visit to the Amazon...

Far fuckin' out, man. IMHO it's a mark it 9 or 10 book.

[meekon5]

I read it in highschool, for my my science fiction literature class. Didn't make any fuckin sense.

Martian Chronicles for the win.

Funny you should mention Martian Chronicles I just bought the DVD version of the TV series (with Rock Hudson). I'm looking forward to watching them this weekend.

[meekon5]

Dodgy e-book version anyone?:

http://ekp.guylasher.com/ebooks/51%20A%20Canticle%20for%20Leibowitz%20-%20Walter%20M.%20%20Miller,%20Jr/

Actually take a look at the rest as well:

http://www.guylasher.com/ebooks/