A Canticle for Leibowitz

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At the same time, much of these questions are only interesting for readers that adhere to a belief in a personal god yet struggle with injustice & sorrow. If you don't believe in god - or if your particular belief system manages to explain human sorrow to your satisfaction - most of the questions the book puts forward are moot. As such, the book has not aged very well - the number of people that embrace a traditional theistic world view has dwindled and will continue to dwindle.

That absolutely doesn't mean the book has no merit left, as even without the moral-religious questions, A Canticle works as a character study. It is about (religious) men trying to make sense of their world, trying to hold or improve their positions, amidst conflict, degeneration, revival and looming extinction. Scenes like the one in which a mutant, double headed woman forgives god himself are powerful, whatever your religious inclinations are.

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