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Eifelheim
by Michael Flynn
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ISBN13: 9780765300966 
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In 1349, one small town in Germany disappeared and has never been resettled. Tom, a contemporary historian, and his theoretical physicist girlfriend Sharon, become interested. Tom indeed becomes obsessed. By all logic, the town should have survived, but it didn't and that violates everything Tom knows about history. What's was special about Eifelheim that it utterly disappeared more than 600 years ago?
Father Deitrich is the village priest of Oberhochwald, the village that will soon gain the name of Teufelheim, in later years corrupted to Eifelheim, in the year 1348, when the Black Death is gathering strength across Europe but is still not nearby. Deitrich is an educated man, knows science and philosophy, and to his astonishment becomes the first contact between humanity and an alien race from a distant star when their interstellar ship crashes in the nearby forest. It is a time of wonders, in the shadow of the plague.
Tom and Sharon, and Father Deitrich, have a strange and intertwined destiny of tragedy and triumph in this brilliant SF novel by the winner of the Robert A. Heinlein Award.
Review:
"A present-day scientific odd couple who are longtime domestic partners, physicist Sharon Nagy and historian Tom Schwoerin, look into the fate of the Black Forest village of the title, which apparently vanished in the plague year 1348, in Flynn's heartbreaking morality play of stranded aliens in medieval Germany. Most of the narrative focuses on the consequences of the discovery in the 14th century by Eifelheim's pastor, Father Dietrich, of a crashed space ship carrying the 'Krenken,' horrific grasshopperlike aliens. Despite Inquisitorial threats, Dietrich befriends, baptizes and attempts to help the aliens return home. Flynn (The Wreck of the River of Stars) masterfully achieves an intricate panorama of medieval life, full of fascinatingly realized human and Krenken characters whose fates interconnect with poignant irony. Through human frailties, the very Christianity by which Dietrich hopes to save Krenken souls dooms them all." Publishers Weekly (Starred Review) (Copyright Reed Business Information, Inc.)
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"Another meticulously researched, intense, mesmerizing novel (based in some part on a 1986 short story) for readers seeking thoughtful science fiction of the highest order." Kirkus Reviews
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"Flynn credibly maintains the voice of a man whose worldview is based on concepts almost entirely foreign to the modern mind, and he makes a tense and thrilling story of historical research out of the contemporary portions of the tale." Booklist
Review:
"With a sure grasp of both speculative science and medieval history, Flynn compellingly weaves past and present together in a dialog of faith and science....Highly recommended." Library Journal
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"Bursting with pungent historical detail and Big Theme musings, this dense, provocative novel offers big rewards to patient readers. (Grade: A-)" Entertainment Weekly
Synopsis:
In 1349, one small town in Germany disappeared and has never been resettled. Tom, a contemporary historian, and his theoretical physicist girlfriend Sharon, become interested. What was special about Eifelheim that it utterly disappeared more than 600 years ago?
About the Author
MICHAEL FLYNN lives in Easton, Pennsylvania.
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tonkindi, July 13, 2007 (view all comments by tonkindi)
Highly unusual and well written story. You don't usually expect a science fiction novel to be so well-grounded in a historical setting, but this novel is that and more. It puts the reader in the locale and the period with ease. The manner in which the people living there deal with the unusual visitors from space is realistic and fits the time in which they lived. However, if hard science fiction is what turns your screws, this novel won't do it. Otherwise, I highly recommend it.
Product Details
- ISBN:
- 9780765300966
- Author:
- Publisher:
- Tor Books
- Subject:
- History
- Subject:
- Science Fiction - General
- Subject:
- Historians
- Subject:
- Alternative History
- Copyright:
- 2006
- Publication Date:
- October 17, 2006
- Binding:
- Hardcover
- Language:
- English
- Illustrations:
- Y
- Pages:
- 320
- Dimensions:
- 9.49x6.37x1.09 in. 1.18 lbs.
