{"id":48887,"date":"2019-06-12T06:00:34","date_gmt":"2019-06-12T10:00:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/quotulatiousness.ca\/blog\/?p=48887"},"modified":"2020-01-02T12:52:02","modified_gmt":"2020-01-02T17:52:02","slug":"a-canticle-for-leibowitz-dystopias-and-apocalypses-extra-sci-fi","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/quotulatiousness.ca\/blog\/2019\/06\/12\/a-canticle-for-leibowitz-dystopias-and-apocalypses-extra-sci-fi\/","title":{"rendered":"<em>A Canticle for Leibowitz<\/em> &#8211; Dystopias and Apocalypses &#8211; Extra Sci Fi"},"content":{"rendered":"<p align=\"center\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"853\" height=\"480\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/TzGK9UTyf-8\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<blockquote><p><strong>Extra Credits<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>Published on 11 Jun 2019<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><em>A Canticle for Leibowitz<\/em> is a book about cycles and violence &mdash; about the cost of progress. But it is also about the persistence of humanity&#8217;s quest for knowledge and endless resilience. Unlike other post-apocalyptic fiction tropes, it is focused on the lives and goings of everyday people, rather than on the setting itself, and is a critical work to study if you want to understand the post-apocalyptic genre better.<\/p>\n<p>Inspired by his own experience being part of the bombing campaign that leveled the ancient monastery of Monte Cassino during World War 2 and the fear of nuclear annihilation that gripped America during the Cold War, Walter M. Miller Jr. imagined the world in a brand new dark age, ushered in by the hubris of humankind &mdash; in the only novel he ever published.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/quotulatiousness.ca\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/Screenshot_2019-06-12-A-Canticle-for-Leibowitz-\u2013-Dystopias-and-Apocalypses-\u2013-Extra-Sci-Fi.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/quotulatiousness.ca\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/Screenshot_2019-06-12-A-Canticle-for-Leibowitz-\u2013-Dystopias-and-Apocalypses-\u2013-Extra-Sci-Fi-480x270.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"480\" height=\"270\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-48890\" srcset=\"https:\/\/quotulatiousness.ca\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/Screenshot_2019-06-12-A-Canticle-for-Leibowitz-\u2013-Dystopias-and-Apocalypses-\u2013-Extra-Sci-Fi-480x270.png 480w, https:\/\/quotulatiousness.ca\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/Screenshot_2019-06-12-A-Canticle-for-Leibowitz-\u2013-Dystopias-and-Apocalypses-\u2013-Extra-Sci-Fi-150x84.png 150w, https:\/\/quotulatiousness.ca\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/Screenshot_2019-06-12-A-Canticle-for-Leibowitz-\u2013-Dystopias-and-Apocalypses-\u2013-Extra-Sci-Fi-768x432.png 768w, https:\/\/quotulatiousness.ca\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/Screenshot_2019-06-12-A-Canticle-for-Leibowitz-\u2013-Dystopias-and-Apocalypses-\u2013-Extra-Sci-Fi-853x480.png 853w, https:\/\/quotulatiousness.ca\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/Screenshot_2019-06-12-A-Canticle-for-Leibowitz-\u2013-Dystopias-and-Apocalypses-\u2013-Extra-Sci-Fi.png 930w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 480px) 100vw, 480px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Extra Credits Published on 11 Jun 2019 A Canticle for Leibowitz is a book about cycles and violence &mdash; about the cost of progress. But it is also about the persistence of humanity&#8217;s quest for knowledge and endless resilience. 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