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PM_ME_UR_MULLETS t1_j2ak33d wrote

Reply to comment by Redjay12 in Is Canticle For Lebowitz supposed to be funny? by Redjay12

That’s definitely not described in the edition I read or the audiobook I listened to. I thought the whole point Miller was making was that the Quo Peragrinatur escaped, leaving mankind one step ahead of the devil again?

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Redjay12 OP t1_j2akb2m wrote

I misunderstood. they take off, there’s a blinding light, and then the next paragraph describes a plane being broken up in the ocean.

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PM_ME_UR_MULLETS t1_j2akqws wrote

Yeah I just reread myself to see if I’d missed something- can defo see why it could be remembered that way. Glad you started the discussion about it- due a reread I think!

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Redjay12 OP t1_j2aoqjh wrote

it does completely change the meaning of the book if discussions on space pope prevents us from progressing and they die in a nuclear holocaust ! so much more cynical

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PM_ME_UR_MULLETS t1_j2apqg6 wrote

I do really like the idea of the bureaucratic discussion around a space pope literally dooming the species to extinction. I generally lean towards the bleakest ending possible myself taste wise as a reader haha

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