Walter M. Miller Jr. ist bekannt für seine tiefgründigen und provokativen Science-Fiction-Werke. Sein berühmtestes Werk ist ein meisterhafter postapokalyptischer Roman, der die Zyklen der Weltgeschichte und die Rolle des Glaubens als stabilisierende Kraft untersucht. Durch sein Schreiben setzt er sich mit Themen wie den Auswirkungen des Krieges und dem Untergang der Zivilisation auseinander. Sein einzigartiger Stil und seine philosophischen Betrachtungen machen sein Werk zeitlos und anregend.
Walter M. Millers Science-Fiction-Klassiker "Lobgesang auf Leibowitz" erzählt von der Entdeckung eines heiligen Einkaufszettels, der Hoffnung nach einem atomaren Holocaust symbolisiert. Der Roman, der über Jahrhunderte in einem Mönchskloster in Utah spielt, thematisiert den zyklischen Aufstieg und Fall der Zivilisation und die Fragen der Menschheit.
"Two Worlds of Walter M. Miller" collects two rare early science fiction stories from the pulp magazines. "Death of a Spaceman" originally appeared in the March, 1954 issue of AMAZING STORIES. "The Hoofer" originally appeared in the September, 1944 issue of FANTASTIC UNIVERSE.
Xenophon (431-355 BC), son of Gryllus, of the deme Erchia of Athens, was a soldier, mercenary and an admirer of Socrates. He is known for his writings on the history of his own times, the sayings of Socrates, and the life of Greece. He participated in the expedition led by Cyrus the Younger against his older brother, the emperor Artaxerxes II of Persia, in 401 BC. His record of the entire expedition against the Persians and the journey home was titled Anabasis (The Expedition or The March Up Country). He was later exiled from Athens, most likely because he fought under the Spartan king Agesilaus against Athens at Coronea. The Spartans gave him property at Scillus, near Olympia in Elis, where he composed the Anabasis. His writings are often read by beginning students of the Greek language. His Hellenica is a major primary source for events in Greece from 411 to 362 BC, and his Socratic writings, preserved complete, are the only surviving representatives of the genre of Sokratikoi logoi other than the dialogues of Plato.
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.
In a world in which the Cold War never ended, American president John Smith XVI dares to re-open contact with the East after forty years of Big Silence. A comedy of masks ensues, with unexpected results. From the author of A Canticle for Leibowitz, this classic tale from the pulps originally appeared in 1953.
