Thanks for the kudos. I felt my choice was not as engaging as some of the others, but still an enjoyable read.

I'm hoping a few of the new titles I thought of for a book selection will come out in paperback so I can choose them and keep the cost reasonable for folks.

I'd also love to throw out a Philip K Dick book; he writes such lovely, mind-bending titles.

Hunter | June 16, 2003 10:25 PM

I think those of us who read Canticle did really get into it. Enjoyable, but also full of great things to discuss. It was a good choice.

marydell | June 17, 2003 10:14 PM

Does anyone know where I can find a study guide for A Canticle for Leibowitz?

Denise | June 24, 2003 1:44 PM

Denise,

Try here.

marydell | June 24, 2003 6:30 PM

This is the first blog I have ever attempted to blog on.

I took a library copy of CfL on holiday -- to the Joshua Tree National Wilderness. Part 1 was weird, reading it in the Califonia Mojave Desert, 30 years after I read it in high school. I got it because of the Walker Percy mention in TIMESLIPS.

What a great book! What elevation of suffering, over salvation, in Part III! I don't read science fiction, about little people with big feet or any of that stuff, but this book is like other fine literature -- it glistens with new light, depending on how you turn it. And post-Cold War, it's even more chilling.

Does anyone know if someone attemped a movie of this book?

John F. Rudisill | August 15, 2003 6:35 PM

As far as I know, it hasn't been made into a movie. Which is a real shame since it's such an entertaining book.

marydell | August 16, 2003 12:54 AM

I came belatedly upon this discussion. I read Canticle when I was fourteen (in the dark ages, actually) and it changed my life. I began to question what I knew about history, religion, and everything I was TOLD about the world around me. I discovered a copy a few months ago, and it's as pertinent today as it was then. I gave it to my college senior daughter with instructions to READ IT.

Chandler | April 13, 2004 10:55 AM