Tom and Sharon, and Father Deitrich have a strange destiny of tragedy and triumph in Eifelheim, the brilliant science fiction novel by Michael Flynn.Īt the Publisher's request, this title is being sold without Digital Rights Management Software (DRM) applied. Flynn gives us the full richness and strangeness of medieval life, as well as some terrific aliens. While the earlier story was set in the modern period, the majority of the novel follows Pastor Dietrich, a well-educated pastor living in a sort of exile as. It is a time of wonders, in the shadow of the plague. Dietrich is an educated man, and to his astonishment becomes the first contact person between humanity and an alien race from a distant star, when their ship crashes in the nearby forest. Eifelheim By Michael Flynn From the list on sci-fi/fantasy about plagues and pandemics. What's so special about Eifelheim?įather Dietrich is the village priest of Eifelheim, in the year 1348, when the Black Death is gathering strength but is still not nearby. By all logic, the town should have survived.

Tom, a historian, and his theoretical physicist girlfriend Sharon, become interested. Since then Eifelheim textbook received total rating of 3.5 stars and was available. Over the centuries, one small town in Germany has disappeared and never been resettled. Textbook and eTextbook are published under ISBN 07653191765319104. Heinlein Award.The alien world of medieval Europe lives again, transformed by the physics of the future, by a winner of the Heinlein Award 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.

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. 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. Were sorry, we couldnt find good recommendations for you to consider. They share an apartment, both use sophisticated mathematics in their. We found 70 book recommendations similar to Eifelheim. By all logic, the town should have survived, but it didn't and that violates everything Tom knows about history. In this award winning science fiction novel, Tom and Sharon have a lot in common. Tom, a contemporary historian, and his theoretical physicist girlfriend Sharon, become interested. In 1349, one small town in Germany disappeared and has never been resettled.

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