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What is your favorite post-apocalyptic novel?
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January 10th, 2010
The best post-apocalyptic novel I have ever read was, “A Canticle for Leibowitz.” The premise was that, after a nuclear war destroyed civilization, the general public turned on anyone who was literate (especially if he or she was a scientist). The followers of St. Leibowitz the Engineer made their task the preservation of human knowledge, history, and books. The novel opens with a young monk discovering a sacred document written by Leibowitz. The document reads, “Pound pastrami… can Kraut… six bagels, bring home for Emma.”
“A Canticle for Leibowitz” was a good story, but it was also an insightful and damning look at humans’ inclination to destroy themselves.
What is your favorite post-apocalyptic novel, and why? Do you prefer reading about what causes the end of the world, or how society deals with it afterward?
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