(Above, John Picacio's illustration for the most recent edition of A Canticle for Leibowitz, published by Eos/HarperCollins.)John Picacio's beautiful illustration captures the dreaded atmosphere of Walter M. Miller's post-apocalyptic novel, written in 1959, better than any previous cover illustration for the book. The book's themes of cyclical history and the nature of man are still relevant today and probably always will be.
I wouldn't be surprised if Rod Serling was influenced by the novel when he wrote his screenplay for the original Planet of the Apes film (1968); the film deals with many of the same themes and in a similarly satirical fashion.
John Picacio's site: http://www.johnpicacio.com/
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