“A Canticle for Leibowitz” is one of the great Catholic books of the 20th century. The greatest of these is, of course, Tolkien’s “Lord of the Rings”, but “Canticle” is firmly within the next tier of great Catholic fiction, at least on par with Waugh’s “Bridesehead Revisited”, the work of Flannery O’Connor, and the work […]
Read more "My Favorite Fiction Post #2: A Canticle for Leibowitz"This is the start of a new series where I go over my favorite works of fiction. I’m keeping it vague because it could be shows, movies, books, manga, video games, whatever. The only thing these have in common is they’re fictional and I really love them. “Fullmetal Alchemist: Brotherhood” is an anime from 2009 […]
Read more "My Favorite Fiction Post #1: Fullmetal Alchemist: Brotherhood"“‘Lord of the Flies’ is about the inherent evil of humanity! This is anti-human garbage!” No it isn’t. It’s about this specific group of secular British schoolchildren raised in the post-Empire era, unmoored from any real inculturation of values. As a Twitter friend said, “If LotF is anything, it’s an indictment of a secularised, post-Christian, […]
Read more "Arguments Over “Lord of the Flies”"I posted my commentary on what I saw as a heresy in “A Canticle for Leibowitz” on John C. Wright’s blog. I will post Mr. Wright’s responses and simply say on reflection I believe he is correct, thus I retract my accusation of heresy. You are missing something. You are interpreting the line in the […]
Read more "A Retraction of an Accusation of a Heresy in Leibowitz"In part 3 of “the book”A Canticle for Leibowitz”, Abbot Zerchi famously debates euthanasia with a doctor. It is the most brilliant section of the book, and my favorite. But here Miller has a rare slip-up in his conveyance of Catholic teaching when he has Abbot Zerchi deliver this line, emphasis mine: I’m sorry, Father, […]
Read more "A Heresy in Leibowitz"I think I am going to try and post at least once a week, and grow an audience. Right now the new hotness is Substack; if I don’t get anything, I’ll move things there. But nothing is wrong. I got married! My wife is sitting next to me as I type this. How is early […]
Read more "I’m alive, the post"I am thrilled to announce that my novel After Camelot: Tales of Redemption in a Fallen Realm has been accepted for publication by DNS Publications! That’s the publishing arm of the Dominican Nuns of Summit, NJ. The premise of it is simple: Camelot has fallen. Most of the knights are dead. Lancelot is nowhere to […]
Read more "ANNOUNCEMENT: Book Acceptance!"Born Robert Prevost. Quick reaction: Honestly probably the best we were ever going to get; Burke or Sarah were never getting elected. Billed as a compromise candidate, which is much better than a straight up leftist. Has a reputation as a very careful and measured speaker, which is already a major improvement from the Francis […]
Read more "New Pope! God Bless Leo XIV"At MINIMUM public schools. There are, I guess, some decent private schools out there. A pinned comment in the Teachers subreddit, the largest teaching forum in the world: …generations of violence is starting to express itself as extreme violence. This is all completely predictable. Give these kids’ parents a universal income and some healthcare, make sure the […]
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The Mechanical Dragon 