A Canticle for Leibowitz

“Given the timing around the Iran war, the quip about the "Department of War", and what the little "princes" of Earth, in this time, are trying to do to us. I had to just stare off into the distance for a while after finishing this the other night.”

“Published in 1959. A classic post-apocalyptic novel that follows a Catholic monastic order dedicated to preserving scientific knowledge after a nuclear holocaust. They meticulously re-copy textbooks from the "before" with illuminations, akin to historical medieval monks. The story delves into the cyclical nature of history, as civilization re-learns, and repeats, the same mistakes. don't get the audible version, read it as a book.”