Thirteen Days of Atomigeddon 5: A Canticle for Leibowitz by Walter M. Miller, Jr.

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My review of that classic post-apocalyptic novel A Canticle for Leibowitz by Walter M. Miller, Jr.

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[(Anonymous)]

In the last section, after a brief nuclear exchange, the government sets up a euthanasia center near the monastery. A young woman headed there with her baby are intercepted by the priest who is the main character of this section, and he and the woman debate the ethics of euthanasia, at some length. The priest also hits the doctor running the center (and later confesses this sin); the doctor refuses to testify against the priest so the priest isn't in jail when the real war starts.