Book 1 is really engaging, beginning sort of en media res and developing the main characters in a way that made me care about the events that unfold. Book 2 is an engaging and nuanced exploration of the tension between science and faith, but the characters are less fleshed out. Book 3 completely lost my interest, though there are interesting bit-part characters here and there and the ending is thought provoking. I just did not care about any of the characters and the ending is a bit heavy handed. Definitely worth reading, but I would have loved to see more of the characters in book 1, and for the most mysterious character to be more interesting.
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The Great Divorce by C. S. Lewis
C.S. Lewis' The Great Divorce is a classic Christian allegorical tale about a bus ride from hell to heaven. An …
treelzebub rated A Canticle for Leibowitz: 3 stars
A Canticle for Leibowitz by Walter M. Miller Jr.
Highly unusual After the Holocaust novel. In the far future, 20th century texts are preserved in a monastery, as "sacred …
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Highly unusual After the Holocaust novel. In the far future, 20th century texts are preserved …
Starts Strong, Loses Steam After Book 1
3 stars
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A Canticle for Leibowitz by Walter M. Miller Jr.
Highly unusual After the Holocaust novel. In the far future, 20th century texts are preserved in a monastery, as "sacred …
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A Canticle for Leibowitz by Walter M. Miller Jr.
Highly unusual After the Holocaust novel. In the far future, 20th century texts are preserved in a monastery, as "sacred …
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When the Clock Broke by John Ganz
An examination of conservative and reactionary influences on U.S. presidential politics in the early 1990s.
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All Systems Red by Martha Wells (The Murderbot Diaries, #1)
"As a heartless killing machine, I was a complete failure."
In a corporate-dominated spacefaring future, planetary missions must be approved …
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Ancient Christianities: The First Five Hundred Years by Paula Fredriksen
The ancient Mediterranean teemed with gods. For centuries, a practical religious pluralism prevailed. How, then, did one particular god come …
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When Christians Were Jews by Paula Fredriksen
How did a group of charismatic, apocalyptic Jewish missionaries, working to prepare their world for the impending realization of God's …
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Culture and Imperialism by Edward Said
A landmark work from the author of Orientalism that explores the long-overlooked connections between the Western imperial endeavor and the …
