Re: RARA-AVIS: Canticle for Leibowitz

From: Jeff Vorzimmer ( jvorzimmer@austin.rr.com)
Date: 08 Jan 2005


> A while back we had a hardboiled/noir science fiction
> month. I bought several books that were recommended
> but didn't make it through many. It was a few months
> later before I read Nicola Griffith's SLOW RIVER, and
> I just finished Miller's CANTICLE FOR LEIBOWITZ.
> Although I don't really think it's what you are
> looking for, it does examine one of the major themes
> of the Cold War era, the potential for nuclear
> holocaust.

Actually it is the kind of thing I'm looking for. I read it in college and have thought about rereading it. Another book I've not read is Nevil Shute's On the Beach.

Jeff

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