Library

After the radiation destroyed the world, the surviving humans hated wisdom and civilization extremely. They burned books, hunted down scholars, and proudly called themselves "idiots." At this time, a small group of ant-like monks risked their lives and secretly transported the surviving books to the Leibovitz Monastery in the desert. Since its establishment, it has not had a mission to preach, but only to protect the fire of human civilization. Just this time, will humans set themselves on fire again, or will there be light again in the wasteland?

"Hymn to Leibovitz" is the only full-length novel by Walter M. Miller Jr., The famous American science fiction writer and Hugo Award winner. It tells the cyclical epic of destruction, rebirth, and destruction of human civilization, and praises the great human spirit of thirsting for knowledge and civilization. The whole story is composed of three relatively independent but interrelated stories, focusing on the conflicts between faith and science, religion and secular beliefs. The ideological dialogue is exciting and tense, and the characters are exaggerated and delicate. It can be called a classic in post-apocalyptic science fiction.