Best Novel, 1961
A Canticle for Leibowitz
Walter M. Miller, Jr. (opens in a new tab)
After a nuclear war, an order of monks in the American desert spends centuries guarding scraps of science, as civilisation slowly rebuilds itself toward the same mistake.
Also on the ballot
- The High CrusadePoul AndersonAstounding Jul,Aug,Sep 1960
- Rogue MoonAlgis BudrysF&SF Dec 1960
- DeathworldHarry HarrisonAstounding Jan,Feb,Mar 1960
- Venus Plus XTheodore SturgeonPyramid, 1960