Eifelheim

You come away with a lot of perspectve on the 1300 AD time frame as well as a good sci fi read.

In all fairness, I ought to give one or two more stars to this novel for the following reasons. The sheer amount of research put into the novel to make a complete picture of a small medieval German town and it's surrounding politics, not to mention the great walk-on parts of Occam and the peripheral......more

An interesting take on the First Contact story. This one takes place in the Middle Ages, as an alien ship crash lands in the Black Forest of Germany near the small village of Oberhochwald. Tied in to this tale of the past is one that takes place in the present as two researchers (and lovers) try to......more

Now I know how the physicists must feel! It's not often that a work of science fiction engages with history as a discipline, and not just as setting. Which means it’s not often that my training as a historian almost ruins a book for me. Eifelheim opens on a historian convinced his mathematical model......more