A Canticle for Leibowitz Themes

"Wheel in the sky keeps on turning, I don't know where I'll be tomorrow." Hey, far be it from us to correct Journey, but if they'd read their Miller, then they'd know the answer to this meditation:...

In his Discworld novels, Terry Pratchett created a figure of Death who is unintentionally hilarious, cares for humanity, and enjoys a tasty curry. In A Canticle, death cares neither for humanity no...

Like The Legend of Zelda, A Canticle for Leibowitz has a thematic Triforce and it's composed of religion, scientific knowledge, and primitivity. Both religion and science are positioned to counter...

Like religion, scientific knowledge is one of the Forces of Good that oppose the violent aspects of human nature in A Canticle. And also like religion, knowledge doesn't really succeed in this batt...

Aw yeah, the final part in our thematic Triforce. Primitivity pervades the novel in all three of its eras. Even though they are separated by six hundred years, each one sees humanity wallowing in i...

Who controls your life? Excluding perhaps parental control, your immediate answer might be you. But the deeper you dig, the muddier things become. Are you religious? If so, does the Church control...

When you think of science fiction, you probably imagine flying saucers, faster-than-light travel, and maybe a robot or two. In other words, you think of technology. What you don't think of is a bun...

The past directly influences who we are in the present. Well, either that's true, or we wasted a ton of time studying history. Just kidding, of course it's true. But A Canticle takes the idea of hi...