Classic & Older Gothic
by Walter M. Miller Jr.
After nuclear apocalypse, a Catholic monastery in the American desert preserves fragments of scientific knowledge through centuries of dark ages, renaissance, and technological rebirth. Miller traces humanity's inexorable cycle of advancement and self-destruction across millennia with devastating irony. The novel balances theological questioning with science fiction scope, creating a bleak yet compassionate vision of human folly.
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