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A Canticle for Leibowitz
Walter M. Miller
published: 1959, read: 1/7/23
320 pages, genre: Sci-Fantasy
rating: 8.78/10, normalized: 8.644/10
1.387σ better than average
0.125σ or 0.066/10 better than average in Sci-Fantasy genre
C.S. Lewis if he weren't as dry. Cool intersection of religious/moral philosophy + sci-fi. Covers a couple millennia in 3 distinct parts, all tying together the same story. Near perfect execution of what it was trying to do.
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