After the success of A Canticle For Leibowitz, Miller never published another new novel or story in his lifetime, although several compilations of Miller's earlier stories were issued in the 1960s and 70s. As well, a radio adaptation of A Canticle for Leibowitz was produced by WHA Radio and NPR in 1981 and is available on CD.
In Miller's later years, he became a recluse, avoiding contact with nearly everyone, including family members; he never allowed his literary agent, Don Congdon, to meet him. According to science fiction writer Terry Bisson, Miller struggled with depression during his later years, but had managed to nearly complete a 600-page manuscript for the sequel to Canticle before taking his own life with a gun in January 1996, shortly after his wife's death. The sequel, titled Saint Leibowitz and the Wild Horse Woman, was completed by Bisson and published in 1997.
Table of Contents
DARK BENEDICTION
Enter the SF Gateway
Contents
You Triflin' Skunk!
The Will
Anybody Else Like Me?
Crucifixes Etiam
I, Dreamer
Dumb Waiter
Blood Bank
Big Joe and the Nth Generation
The Big Hunger
Conditionally Human
The Darfsteller
Dark Benediction
The Lineman
Vengeance for Nikolai
ABOUT THE AUTHOR
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