If your dad is Catholic, I would highly recommend A Canticle for Leibowitz.
In my opinion, it stands up very well as Sci-Fi in general but it is from the perspective of a Catholic abby in Utah throughout three stages of the post-apocalypse. It has strong “pro-religious” themes in terms of the value of vocation and duty in times of hardship as well as “pro-science” themes of preserving dangerous knowledge, even if it is dangerous.
The biggest con is that it is heavily steeped in Catholic imagery, so if you don’t like that or your dad wouldn’t, you shouldn’t bother, but if you want to hook a strong Catholic on Sci-Fi, and they are open to Sci-Fi at all, I would heartily recommend it. Another con is that it isn’t particularly short, if that may be an issue, 320 total pages.
If your dad is Catholic, I would highly recommend A Canticle for Leibowitz.
In my opinion, it stands up very well as Sci-Fi in general but it is from the perspective of a Catholic abby in Utah throughout three stages of the post-apocalypse. It has strong “pro-religious” themes in terms of the value of vocation and duty in times of hardship as well as “pro-science” themes of preserving dangerous knowledge, even if it is dangerous.
The biggest con is that it is heavily steeped in Catholic imagery, so if you don’t like that or your dad wouldn’t, you shouldn’t bother, but if you want to hook a strong Catholic on Sci-Fi, and they are open to Sci-Fi at all, I would heartily recommend it. Another con is that it isn’t particularly short, if that may be an issue, 320 total pages.