· Eifelheim opens in Germany, in the summer of , with a village priest named Dietrich and a day that seems fraught with odd feelings and strange reactions. In a closely described and detailed scene that typifies this novel, Dietrich muses philosophically and performs a few experiments, determining that the strangeness seems to come from a pervasive electrical www.doorway.rught: October · EIFELHEIM starts out as a puzzle; why did residents in Germany abandon their village after the 14th century and why hasn't the area ever been resettled? Cliologist (a math historian)Tom Schwoerin tries to crack the mystery at the heart of this hard SF 5/5(5). · “Michael Flynn's Eifelheim is a gripping multi-layered masterpiece, which pulls off the extraordinary feat of imagining a convincing first contact with aliens that might have taken place in , and adds an equally convincing account of the manner in which the event might be rediscovered by a 21st-century historian. The intricate detective story is supplemented by a heartfelt moral commentary Edition description: First Edition.
Flynn masterfully weaves together the story of a medieval German village, a visit to this planet by aliens from a distant world and modern day physics research. It may not sound like these things would fit together so beautifully, but they do. Eifelheim is a German village that mysteriously disappeared at about the time of the black death. Eifelheim is a science fiction novel by American author Michael Flynn, published in It was nominated for a Hugo Award for Best Novel in It first appeared as a novella in , which was a nominee for Best Novella Hugo Award in Eifelheim is based on Michael Flynn's novella of the same name, originally published in the December Analog, and subsequently nominated for a Hugo Award in The novel version was also nominated for a Hugo, but lost out to Vernor Vinge's less impressive but more accessible Rainbows End.
Author Michael Flynn | Submitted by: Jane Kivik. Free download or read online Eifelheim pdf (ePUB) book. The first edition of the novel was published in January 1st , and was written by Michael Flynn. The book was published in multiple languages including English, consists of pages and is available in Paperback format. It is a time of wonders, in the shadow of the plague. Flynn gives us the full richness and strangeness of medieval life, as well as some terrific aliens. Tom and Sharon, and Father Deitrich have a strange destiny of tragedy and triumph in Eifelheim, the brilliant science fiction novel by Michael Flynn. Michael Flynn has 87 books on Goodreads with ratings. Michael Flynn’s most popular book is Eifelheim.
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