A Canticle for Leibowitz

You'll rarely hear me say I can't put a book down (mostly because work), but with a four-day weekend, I plowed through A Canticle for Leibowitz.

This is a cautionary tale about the centuries after World War III (written less than two decades after entering the nuclear age) when a second Dark Ages has fallen on the world and a monastery has taken as its mission to preserve what it can of history and knowledge. What's poignant about that is the monks don't understand what they're preserving. They just know they must preserve it for the future. Even though it was written more than 60 years ago, its reads like a contemporary best seller. Amazing how timeless the writing is!

The book is full of Latin references from Catholicism and The Bible that relate to the story, which forces you to slow down if you reference everything. Do it. It's worth it! Wish I hadn't found this full reference after I was halfway through the book!

https://brians.wsu.edu/2016/10/12/study-guide-for-walter-m-miller-jr-a-canticle-for-leibowitz-1959/