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Saint Leibowitz and the Wild Horse Woman

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Saint Leibowitz and the Wild Horse Woman	comment	Saint Leibowitz and the Wild Horse Woman is a 1997 novel written by Walter M. Miller, Jr. and Terry Bisson. The story sequel to Miller's only other full-length novel, A Canticle for Leibowitz. Published after Miller's death, the story was completed by Bisson, whom Miller recruited before dying.
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Saint Leibowitz and the Wild Horse Woman / int_2139c878	comment	Church Militant: A crusade is launched by the Catholic Church against Texark to retake New Rome. Whether using violence against the enemies of the church is justified or not becomes a debate within the book.
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Saint Leibowitz and the Wild Horse Woman / int_4e3d253b	type	Downer Ending
Saint Leibowitz and the Wild Horse Woman / int_4e3d253b	comment	Downer Ending: The sequel also has a downer ending. The Crusade to bring the Papacy back to New Rome and destroy the Empire of Texark is lost. New Rome is sacked by the Nomad armies brought by the Pope to take back the city. Cardinal (now Pope) Brownpony commits Seppuku in a burned out St. Peter's Cathedral once he realizes the extent of his mistake. The Plains Nomads are turned against each other and are implied to be wiped out in the coming years. Texark moves the Papacy to Hannegan City and completely under its thumb. It's implied that Blacktooth never sees his lover Ædrea again after searching for most of the book, though he seems content with that.
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Saint Leibowitz and the Wild Horse Woman / int_5539b84f	type	Corrupt Church
Saint Leibowitz and the Wild Horse Woman / int_5539b84f	comment	Corrupt Church: What the Catholic Church is blatantly portrayed as here.
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Saint Leibowitz and the Wild Horse Woman / int_57b80b45	type	Fantastic Racism
Saint Leibowitz and the Wild Horse Woman / int_57b80b45	comment	Fantastic Racism: Those with genetic disabilities are shunned by society and are forced to live in reservations. Those born of mutant parents but look normal are known as "spooks" and are blamed for passing on their mutant genes to normal humans, creating more deformed humans. The spooks are used as a convenient scapegoat considering that the nuclear fallout has caused mutations to happen randomly to any newborn.
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Saint Leibowitz and the Wild Horse Woman / int_5a1912af	type	The Hermit
Saint Leibowitz and the Wild Horse Woman / int_5a1912af	comment	The Hermit: The Old Jew Benjamin from the original book plays this part again. Also Amen Specklebird in Valana and occasionally Blacktooth St. George.
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Saint Leibowitz and the Wild Horse Woman / int_627f7c90	type	Genghis Gambit
Saint Leibowitz and the Wild Horse Woman / int_627f7c90	comment	Genghis Gambit: Brownpony spends the first half of the book clandestinely arming enemies of Texark for rebellion under the current Pope's nose. His hope is if he can unite Texark's enemies into one faction, they can destroy the Empire. After becoming Pope Amen II he calls a crusade to crystallize the alliance. This appears to work at first, but he overestimates the power of the church in keeping the various factions in line. Upon arriving at New Rome, Brownpony is betrayed by the Nomad / Mutant army, resulting in New Rome being sacked and Texark destroying all of its enemies in one fell swoop.
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Saint Leibowitz and the Wild Horse Woman / int_66755d29	comment	Author Avatar: Blacktooth St. George in this book. In the decades following the publication of A Canticle for Leibowitz, Walter M. Miller Jr. became disillusioned with the Catholic Church as an organization. Struggling with severe depression, Miller became a recluse and refused to interact even with family members. Blacktooth St. George is a depressed Monk at the Abbey of St. Leibowitz who wants to be released from his vows at the abbey after becoming disillusioned with it. Blacktooth mentions multiple times how he feels worthless in spite of his obvious talent with language, and ultimately feels like he doesn't fit in with the world. He becomes extremely sardonic about the political nature of the Papacy over the course of the book, and ends up spending his old age alone as a hermit mystic in a cave.
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Saint Leibowitz and the Wild Horse Woman / int_8767b1f3	type	Black-and-Gray Morality
Saint Leibowitz and the Wild Horse Woman / int_8767b1f3	comment	Black-and-Gray Morality: In a major contrast from the first book, the Catholic Church is looked at through a cynical lens, showing how the individuals in the church pursue their own goals at the expense of religious orthodoxy. The only ones above the fray are Cardinal Silentia and Amen Specklebird.
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Saint Leibowitz and the Wild Horse Woman / int_9245d989	type	Sinister Minister
Saint Leibowitz and the Wild Horse Woman / int_9245d989	comment	Sinister Minister: Multiple examples in this one, from the hedonistic Cardinal Benefez to the more benign but morally-ambiguous Cardinal Brownpony.
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Saint Leibowitz and the Wild Horse Woman / int_9646cd74	type	Government in Exile
Saint Leibowitz and the Wild Horse Woman / int_9646cd74	comment	Government in Exile: The Papacy has been in exile in Valana (roughly Colorado Springs) for the last 70 years because of the events during "Fiat Lux" in A Canticle for Leibowitz. While the schism caused by Hannegan II has been mended, the Papacy refuses to go back to New Rome while it is being occupied by Texark soldiers.
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Saint Leibowitz and the Wild Horse Woman / int_ac0f4761	type	Future Imperfect
Saint Leibowitz and the Wild Horse Woman / int_ac0f4761	comment	Future Imperfect: Like the original, and still Played for Laughs, especially when the Church relocates the Prime Meridian in order to liberate it from the influence of the "Green Witch".
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Saint Leibowitz and the Wild Horse Woman / int_b2280b66	type	Retcon
Saint Leibowitz and the Wild Horse Woman / int_b2280b66	comment	Retcon: There are many retcons in the sequel specifically because it came out nearly 40 years after the original: It is implied that Vatican II may have happened in this universe after all, as the sequel mentions Latin was "reintroduced" into the church after being dropped before the apocalypse (Latin was de-emphasized in Vatican II). It's mentioned that Latin was useful as a code language when speaking of sensitive information after the Flame Deluge. The term "Flame Deluge" is rarely used in the sequel, and is usually referred to instead as "the Deluge of Fire and Ice". The concept of a nuclear winter after a major nuclear war was much better understood by the time the second book was published. "Texarkana" is shortened to "Texark", with the text mentioning that "Texarkana" was how the Church (incorrectly) referred to the Empire.
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Saint Leibowitz and the Wild Horse Woman / int_b6203862	type	Interquel
Saint Leibowitz and the Wild Horse Woman / int_b6203862	comment	Interquel: The book takes place between the second and third parts of A Canticle for Leibowitz.
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Saint Leibowitz and the Wild Horse Woman / int_be009544	type	Holy City
Saint Leibowitz and the Wild Horse Woman / int_be009544	comment	Holy City: New Rome, the original home of the Papacy after the Flame Deluge, heavily implied to be St. Louis. It is burned to the ground and sacked by the end of the book.
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Saint Leibowitz and the Wild Horse Woman / int_ce2969d8	type	Spiritual Antithesis
Saint Leibowitz and the Wild Horse Woman / int_ce2969d8	comment	Spiritual Antithesis: St. Leibowitz and the Wild Horse Woman took a completely different tone and writing style than its predecessor. While it was released to very positive reviews, it was not nearly as successful, and it is known as "Miller's other novel".
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Saint Leibowitz and the Wild Horse Woman / int_d62dd556	type	The Chessmaster
Saint Leibowitz and the Wild Horse Woman / int_d62dd556	comment	The Chessmaster: Cardinal Brownpony, ruthlessly manipulating events to his advantage for most of the book. It's even heavily implied he ordered the murder of one of his best friends, Amen Specklebird, to legitimize his claim to the Papacy.
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Saint Leibowitz and the Wild Horse Woman / int_eb88956c	type	Language Drift
Saint Leibowitz and the Wild Horse Woman / int_eb88956c	comment	Language Drift: More of a theme in the sequel with the main character (Blacktooth) being a translator who is gifted with languages. Various regional languages and dialects have developed out of a mix of English, Spanish, and Latin, depending on the location. Some of the languages include Ol'zark, Rockymount, Nomadic (with various dialects), and Churchspeak. Latin and "Old English" are dead languages and are only known by the church or scholars. Language drift has mangled the names of many locations as well. The Missouri River is known as the "Misery" River, the Pecos River is known as the "Bay Ghost" River, and the Canadian River is known as the "Nady Ann." Occasionally played for laughs, as a stew for radiation sickness is known colloquially as "Sumofabisch Stew."
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