A Canticle for Leibowitz by Walter M. Miller, Jr. is now required reading in many high school and college literature courses.
Rose Secrest Libri
Exploring the impact of art on society, the first novel, Goldweaving, is set in the near future and introduces a transformative new art form. The second novel, Elaborynth, takes place over five hundred years later in a world where Western civilization thrives in feminist utopian communes on Earth, while Third World inhabitants are exiled to a satellite. Their eventual reunion, facilitated by a construct created by Lawrence, raises questions about identity and societal evolution.