Eifelheim, Michael Flynn
Eifelheim, Michael Flynn
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Eifelheim

Author: Michael Flynn

Narrator: Anthony Heald

Unabridged: 17 hr 15 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 01/01/2006

Categories: Fiction, Science Fiction


Synopsis

Tom, a historian, and his girlfriend Sharon, a theoretical physicist, become interested in the story of a small German town that disappeared in the fourteenth century and was never resettled. What they discover is that the village was the site of an interstellar space ship crash 600 years ago.

About Michael Flynn

Michael Flynn is a science fiction writer with over a dozen books to his name. He is best known for his four-book Firestar series, the critically acclaimed The Wreck of the River of Stars, and the Hugo Award–nominated Eifelheim. A mainstay of Analog SF, Michael's stories have also appeared in Asimov's, The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction, Weird Tales, and other venues. He has won the Robert A. Heinlein Award for his work. He lives in Easton, Pennsylvania, with his wife, Margie.


Reviews

AudiobooksNow review by George on 2008-11-24 17:43:52

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

Goodreads review by Bradley on August 12, 2015

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

Goodreads review by Terry on July 10, 2013

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

Goodreads review by BJ on July 22, 2023

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