walter m miller

'A Canticle for Leibowitz' by Walter M. Miller, Jr hasn't been out of print since it was first published in 1960. It won the 1961 Hugo Award. Its post apocalyptic tale spanning thousands of years has been considered a work of genius by many critics. Has anyone read it?

Six centuries ago, the world was destroyed in the Atomic Flame Deluge, leaving humanity scattered and broken and the world infested by radiation and mutations. One of the few surviving points of continuity to the old world is religion, with the Christian Faith surviving in the form of isolated...

Anybody have any opinions on a Canticle for Leibowitz and its very recent sequels? I know Walter Miller killed himself about ten years ago, but I read that he wrote a sequel or two to a Canticle right around the time he died...