{"title":"Walter M. Miller Jr","description":"\u003cb\u003eWalter M. Miller Jr (1923- 1996)\u003c\/b\u003e\r\nWalter Michael Miller Jr grew up in the American south. He enlisted in the Army Air Corps a month after Pearl Harbor and spent most of the war as a radio operator and gunner, participating in fifty-five combat sorties over Italy and the Balkans, including the assault on Monte Cassino. After the war he studied engineering before turning to writing. \u003ci\u003eA Canticle for Leibowitz\u003c\/i\u003e won a Hugo Award, and his only other novel, \u003ci\u003eSaint Leibowitz and the Wild Horsewoman\u003c\/i\u003e was published posthumously.","products":[{"product_id":"dark-benediction","title":"Dark Benediction","description":"Walter M. Miller Jr is best remembered as the author of \u003ci\u003eA Canticle for Leibowitz\u003c\/i\u003e, universally recognized as one of the greatest novels of modern SF. But as well as writing that deeply felt and eloquent book, he produced many shorter works of fiction of stunning originality and power.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eHis profound interest in religion and his innate literary gifts combined perfectly in the production of such works as \u003ci\u003eThe Darfstellar\u003c\/i\u003e, for which he won a Hugo in 1955, \u003ci\u003eConditionally Human\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eI, Dreamer\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eThe Big Hunger\u003c\/i\u003e, all of which are included in this brilliant and essential collection.","brand":"Gollancz","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":47642923237662,"sku":"9781473211940","price":22.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0571\/2642\/0664\/products\/9781473211940-original.jpg?v=1755355602"}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0571\/2642\/0664\/collections\/getimage_bc019cf6-b691-4e9c-b0bf-0396d31abf02.jpg?v=1783232295","url":"https:\/\/store.gollancz.co.uk\/collections\/author-walter-m-miller-jr-1.oembed","provider":"Gollancz","version":"1.0","type":"link"}