Walter M. Miller, Jr. (1923–1996)
Autor von Lobgesang auf Leibowitz
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Miller's participation in the bombing of Casino, Italy, during World War II apparently had a lasting impact on the writer, for his only novel, A Canticle for Leibowitz (1960), is rife with images of massive destruction caused by war. Miller began writing short stories in 1950 while recovering from mehr anzeigen an automobile accident, and most of his writing was done between 1950 and 1960. Often regarded as one of the best science fiction novels ever written, A Canticle for Leibowitz is a complex, beautifully written book that traces human history from a twentieth-century nuclear war forward to another war in a.d. 3781. It stands as one of the best examples of the fear that millions of people have of the power of nuclear weapons and the aftermath of nuclear holocaust. Richly symbolic and multilayered, the novel lends itself to critical commentary more than do most popular works of literature. Critic John B. Ower remarks that, perhaps because of his conversion to Catholicism, "Miller's religious belief is complex and comprehensive enough to contain within itself the dark misgivings, the ironies, and the ambiguities of our deeply disturbed century." (Bowker Author Biography) weniger anzeigen
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Um Cântico para Leibowitz, 1 1 Exemplar
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God Is Thus {story} — Autor — 1 Exemplar
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Unirdische Visionen - Ein Buch aus der Reihe: Terra - Utopische Romane - Terra Nr. 171 (1952) — Mitwirkender — 87 Exemplare
The Mammoth Book of Vintage Science Fiction: Short Novels of the 1950s (1990) — Autor — 71 Exemplare
A Century of Science Fiction 1950-1959 : The Greatest Stories of the Decade (1996) — Mitwirkender — 56 Exemplare
The Wild Years 1946-1955 (Amazing Science Fiction Anthology Series) (1987) — Mitwirkender — 25 Exemplare
The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction October/November 1997, Vol. 93, No. 4 & 5 (1997) — Mitwirkender — 17 Exemplare
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- Gebräuchlichste Namensform
- Miller, Walter M., Jr.
- Andere Namen
- Miller, Walter Michael, Jr. (birth name)
- Geburtstag
- 1923-01-23
- Todestag
- 1996-01-09
- Begräbnisort
- Mosquito Lagoon, Florida, USA (cremated, ashes scattered)
- Geschlecht
- male
- Nationalität
- USA
- Geburtsort
- New Smyrna Beach, Florida, USA
- Sterbeort
- Daytona Beach, Florida, USA
- Todesursache
- suicide
- Wohnorte
- New Smyrna Beach, Florida, USA
- Ausbildung
- University of Tennessee
University of Texas - Berufe
- novelist
short story writer - Organisationen
- Army Air Force (WWII)
- Preise und Auszeichnungen
- Hugo Award for Best Novel (1961)
Hugo Award for Best Novella (1955) - Agent
- Don Congdon
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Second Round: A Canticle For Leibowitz (Miller) in Consensus Press (November 2022)
Second Round: A Canticle for Leibowitz by Walter Miller Jr. in Consensus Press (November 2022)
Leibowitz: what's the appeal? in Consensus Press (Oktober 2022)
A Canticle for Leibowitz (Book 10) discussion in Group Reads - Sci-Fi (Februar 2014)
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The writing is a dull, meandering mess of often garbled passages (sometimes deliberately in a poor contribution to his attempt to satirise) that rarely contribute to progressing any sense of story or idealism. Sometimes it's clear what Miller is trying to convey with his thoughts and ideas, but usually it ends up a mess.
The characters are fun characactures and Brother Francis' story is the stand out and has the feel of classic parable, with moments of light comedy. But after the tale moves forward in time, there's not much to enjoy. The second act plods along laboriously, with at least some fun connections to what came before and interesting thoughts about the cyclical nature of society, history and technology. A few parallels to history did at least add small value in being thought provoking, but weren't enough to sustain a story over the course of an entire novel. I had hoped it was just the middle Act which bogged things down, but it actually proceeded to get worse and ever more pointless in the final third.
A nice idea which failed to satisfactorly develop and succeeded only in the author showing off his latin and ability to meaninglessly philosophise, with only some interesting thoughts on cyclical history to save it.… (mehr)