 The publication of the three Canticle stories , along with Miller 's " The Lineman " , in The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction marked a significant evolution in the writer 's craft . Under the editorship of Anthony Boucher , F & SF possessed a reputation for publishing works with " careful writing and characterization . " Walker Percy considered the magazine " high @-@ class sci @-@ fi pulp " . The appearance of these stories in the magazine is indicative of the direction Miller 's writing had taken toward " ' human ' stories , less crowded with incident , more concerned with values . " 
