30 Day Book Meme - Day 23

[selenite0]

Day 23 – A book you wanted to read for a long time but still haven’t

A Canticle for Leibowitz by Walter M. Miller Jr. A classic I've heard much about but never stumbled across in the bookstore. Still not available as an ebook. I may have to get it as paper after all.


Day 01 – Best book you read last year
Day 02 – A book that you’ve read more than 3 times
Day 03 – Your favorite series
Day 04 – Favorite book of your favorite series
Day 05 – A book that makes you happy
Day 06 – A book that makes you sad
Day 07 – Most underrated book
Day 08 – Most overrated book
Day 09 – A book you thought you wouldn’t like but ended up loving
Day 10 – Favorite classic book
Day 11 – A book you hated
Day 12 – A book you used to love but don’t anymore
Day 13 – Your favorite writer
Day 14 – Favorite book of your favorite writer
Day 15 – Favorite male character
Day 16 – Favorite female character
Day 17 – Favorite quote from your favorite book
Day 18 – A book that disappointed you
Day 19 – Favorite book turned into a movie
Day 20 – Favorite romance book
Day 21 – Favorite book from your childhood
Day 22 – Favorite book you own
Day 23 – A book you wanted to read for a long time but still haven’t
Day 24 – A book that you wish more people would’ve read
Day 25 – A character who you can relate to the most
Day 26 – A book that changed your opinion about something
Day 27 – The most surprising plot twist or ending
Day 28 – Favorite title
Day 29 – A book everyone hated but you liked
Day 30 – Your favorite book of all time

Comments

[james-nicoll.livejournal.com]

This is a reasonably faithful radio adaptation. (http://archive.org/details/ACanticleForLiebowitz)

[selenite.livejournal.com]

Thanks, but I have a strong preference for text over audio. I may have to put a hardcopy version on my Xmas list.

[tmc4242.livejournal.com]

I've read it. It's depressing and very nearly ruined what would otherwise been a very good class on sci-fi literature in college.

Recommend you DO NOT read it. It's distopian humans-are-awful crap.

It was worse than Timescape, which unfortunately put me off Greg Benford's work until recently. His other work I have really enjoyed.

[selenite.livejournal.com]

That's useful to know. I'd kept getting an impression of "valiant monks preserve knowledge through dark ages" with the implication of a happy high-tech ending.

[ndrosen.livejournal.com]

It doesn't have much of a happy high-tech ending, although it's possible that the departing SPOILER will SPOILER.

I first read it when I was about eleven or twelve, and it is very good in its way, even if you don't agree with the author's views (and at that age, I certainly didn't). Miller took the view that mankind is fallen and the Catholic Church is good. Valiant monks do preserve knowledge through the post-WW III dark ages.

However, a book can be well worth reading even if it isn't a simple pleasure to read.