New Releases by Walter M. Miller Jr

They were such cute synthetic creatures it was impossible not to love them. Of course that was precisely why they were dangerous! From the internationally acclaimed author of A Canticle for Leibowitz.

Após ter sido quase aniquilada por um cataclismo nuclear, a humanidade mergulha em desolação e obscurantismo. Os anos de loucura e violência que se seguiram ao Dilúvio de Fogo arrasaram o conhecimento acumulado por milênios. A ciência, causadora de todos os males, só encontrará abrigo na Ordem Albertina de São Leibowitz, cujos monges se dedicam a recolher e preservar os vestígios de uma cultura agora esquecida. Cobrindo mil e oitocentos anos de história futura, Um cântico para Leibowitz narra a obstinada epopeia de uma ordem religiosa para salvar o conhecimento humano. Marco da literatura distópica e pós-apocalíptica, vencedor do Prêmio Hugo de 1961, este clássico atemporal é considerado uma das obras de ficção científica mais importantes de seu tempo.

Walter M. Miller Jr is best remembered as the author of A Canticle for Leibowitz, universally recognized as one of the greatest novels of modern SF. But as well as writing that deeply felt and eloquent book, he produced many shorter works of fiction of stunning originality and power. His profound interest in religion and his innate literary gifts combined perfectly in the production of such works as The Darfstellar, for which he won a Hugo in 1955, Conditionally Human, I, Dreamer and The Big Hunger, all of which are included in this brilliant and essential collection.

John Smith XVI, new President of the Western Federation of Autonomous States, had made a number of campaign promises that nobody really expected him to fulfill, for after all, the campaign and the election were only ceremonies, and the President -- who had no real name of his own -- had been trained for the executive post since birth.