- Study Guide for Walter M. Miller, Jr.: A Canticle for Leibowitz (1959) Using this Guide List of other study guides Doing Science Fiction research Check out the Science Fiction Research Bibliography. Introduction Although A Canticle for Leibowitz was published as a book in 1959, one version of it was written earlier. The first section, also entitled A Canticle for Leibowitz (now Fiat Homo ) ...www.wsu.edu/~brians/science_fiction/canticle.html