[ExI] SF books taught in college classes

Dan TheBookMan danust2012 at gmail.com
Thu Mar 4 18:43:41 UTC 2021


On Mar 4, 2021, at 10:41 AM, Anton Sherwood via extropy-chat <extropy-chat at lists.extropy.org> wrote:
> On 2021-3-03 21:53, Gabe Waggoner via extropy-chat wrote:
>> But my favorite book of all time, which that class introduced me to,
>> is "A Canticle for Leibowitz," by Walter M. Miller Jr. My professor
>> back then told me that the sequel, "Saint Leibowitz and the Wild
>> Horse Woman," was less well regarded, so I've never read it (though I
>> did recently buy it and will get to it eventually).
> 
> The first time I read «Leibowitz», I think I was too young for it.
> 
> Do I remember right that the sequel was published after the author's suicide?

I’ve never read it (the first book; didn’t know there was a sequel), though it sits on my shelves fathering dust — as it’s done now for years. The usual excuse applies.

Regards,

Dan


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