1922
Search results
Walter Michael Miller Jr. (January 23, 1923 – January 9, 1996) was an American science fiction writer. His fix-up novel, A Canticle for Leibowitz (1959), the only novel published in his lifetime, won the 1961 Hugo Award for Best Novel. Prior to its publication, he was a writer of short stories.
Bobby Love's 2015 re-arrest revealed to his wife and four kids that he was actually Walter Miller, a convicted bank robber on the run for nearly 40 years.
A Canticle for Leibowitz is a post-apocalyptic social science fiction novel by American writer Walter M. Miller Jr., first published in 1959. Set in a Catholic monastery in the desert of the southwestern United States after a devastating nuclear war, the book spans thousands of years as civilization rebuilds itself.
- Walter M. Miller
- 1959
Oct 15, 2021 · Chery Love and her husband Bobby, who was born Walter Miller, shared their incredible story in an interview with Today host Al Roker.
- Erica Tempesta
Walter M. Miller, Jr. injects a bit of humor throughout his book, most notably when young Francis is out in the desert and encounters an old man and then accidentally discovers a 1950s style Fallout Shelter that Leibowitz used.
- (110.5K)
- Paperback
May 9, 2006 · by Walter M. Miller Jr. (Author), Mary Doria Russell (Introduction) 4.4 3,624 ratings. See all formats and editions. Winner of the 1961 Hugo Award for Best Novel and widely considered one of the most accomplished, powerful, and enduring classics of modern speculative fiction, Walter M. Miller, Jr.'s A Canticle for Leibowitz is a true ...
Jun 11, 2021 · Here, Miller and his science fiction had me. In A Canticle for Leibowitz , Miller takes us to the crux of the problem of suffering and the truth of a good, omnipotent God.
