Walter M. Miller, Jr. is best known for A Canticle for Leibowitz, but his short fiction offers the widest view of his range. Many of these stories first appeared in 1950s sci-fi magazines, where he could hit hard, turn sharp, and leave a quiet echo behind.

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Novels by Walter M. Miller, Jr.

  • A Canticle for Leibowitz (novel). J. B. Lippincott, 1960 (copyright 1959)
  • Saint Leibowitz and the Wild Horse Woman. Bantam, 1997

Walter M. Miller, Jr’s Short Fiction

Miller wrote many science fiction stories for the great magazine era of the 1950s and early 1960s. Those stories often show his range more clearly than any summary can. He could write satire, tragedy, and quiet dread, sometimes in the same piece. Readers who meet him through short fiction often discover a writer who feels contemporary in pace and punch.

  • MacDoughal’s Wife. American Mercury, March 1950
  • Month of Mary. Extension Magazine, May 1950
  • Secret of the Death Dome. Amazing Stories, January 1951
  • Izzard and the Membrane. Astounding Science Fiction, May 1951
  • The Soul-Empty Ones. Astounding Science Fiction, August 1951
  • Dark Benediction. Fantastic Adventures, September 1951
  • The Space Witch. Amazing Stories, November 1951
  • The Little Creeps. Amazing Stories, December 1951
  • The Song of Vorhu. Thrilling Wonder Stories, December 1951
  • The Reluctant Traitor. Amazing Stories, January 1952
  • Conditionally Human. Galaxy Science Fiction, February 1952
  • Bitter Victory. If: Worlds of Science Fiction, March 1952
  • Dumb Waiter. Astounding Science Fiction, April 1952
  • Big Joe and the Nth Generation / It Takes a Thief. If: Worlds of Science Fiction, May 1952
  • Blood Bank. Astounding Science Fiction, June 1952
  • Let My People Go. If: Worlds of Science Fiction, July 1952
  • Please Me Plus Three. Other Worlds Science Stories, August 1952
  • Cold Awakening. Astounding Science Fiction, August 1952
  • No Moon for Me. Astounding Science Fiction, September 1952
  • The Big Hunger. Astounding Science Fiction, October 1952
  • Gravesong. Startling Stories, October 1952
  • Command Performance (Anybody Else Like Me?). Galaxy Science Fiction, November 1952
  • A Family Matter. Fantastic Story Magazine, November 1952
  • Check and Checkmate. If Worlds of Science Fiction, January 1953
  • Crucifixus Etiam (The Sower Does Not Reap). Astounding Science Fiction, February 1953
  • Who’s Who in Science Fiction: Walter M. Miller, Jr.. Destiny, Spring 1953
  • I, Dreamer. Amazing Stories, June/July 1953
  • The Yokel. Amazing Stories, August/September 1953
  • Wolf Pack. Fantastic, September/October 1953
  • The Will. Fantastic, February 1954
  • Death of a Spaceman (Memento Homo). Amazing Stories, March 1954
  • I Made You. Astounding Science Fiction, March 1954
  • Way of the Rebel. If: Worlds of Science Fiction, April 1954
  • The Ties That Bind. If: Worlds of Science Fiction, May 1954
  • The Darfsteller. Astounding Science Fiction, January 1955
  • The Triflin’ Man (You Triflin’ Skunk!). Fantastic Universe, January 1955
  • A Canticle for Leibowitz (novella). The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction, April 1955
  • The Hoofer. Fantastic Universe, September 1955
  • And the Light Is Risen. The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction, August 1956
  • The Last Canticle. The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction, February 1957
  • Vengeance for Nikolai (The Song of Marya). Venture Science Fiction, March 1957
  • The Corpse in Your Bed Is Me. Venture Science Fiction, May 1957
  • The Linemen. The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction, August 1957
  • God Is Thus. The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction, November 1997

Story Collections and Anthologies

  • Conditionally Human. Ballantine, 1962
  • Introduction to “Memento Homo.” The Worlds of Science Fiction (ed. Robert P. Mills), Dial, 1963
  • The View from the Stars. Ballantine, 1964
  • Gopher Stew. Cooking Out of This World: A Science Fiction Cookbook (ed. Anne McCaffrey), Ballantine Books, 1973 (reissued Wildside Press, 1992)
  • The Science Fiction Stories of Walter M. Miller, Jr.. Gregg Press, 1978
  • The Best of Walter M. Miller, Jr.. Pocket Books, 1980
  • Conditionally Human and Other Stories. Corgi, 1982
  • The Darfsteller and Other Stories. Corgi, 1982
  • Beyond Armageddon (edited with Martin H. Greenberg). Donald I. Fine, 1985
  • Two Worlds of Walter M. Miller. Wildside Press, January 2010