Eifelheim is the title of a science fiction novel by author Michael Flynn, published in (2006). A novel (from Italian novella, Spanish novela, French nouvelle for "new" "news" or "short story Mike Flynn may refer to Mike Flynn (baseball, American baseball player Mike Flynn (basketball, American basketball player It was nominated for a Hugo Award for Best Novel in 2007. Winners of the Hugo Award for best science fiction or fantasy Novel, along with all the nominees are presented here It first appeared as a novella in 1986, which was a nominee for Best Novella Hugo Award, 1987. The Hugo Awards are given annually for the best science fiction or fantasy works
Synopsis
In 1349, Eifelheim, a small town in the Black Forest of Germany, vanished: it ceased to appear on any maps or in any documents, having apparently been abandoned and never resettled by its community. For the suburb of Adelaide, please see Black Forest South Australia; for the CDP in Colorado, please see Black Forest Colorado. Germany, officially the Federal Republic of Germany ( ˈbʊndəsʁepuˌbliːk ˈdɔʏtʃlant is a Country in Central Europe. The disappearance is no mystery — the Black Death devastated Europe. The Black Death, or the Black Plague, was one of the deadliest Pandemics in human history widely thought to have been caused by a bacterium named Yersinia But why was area never resettled, unlike all the other depopulated areas? The mystery intrigues cliometric historian Tom Schwoerin, who sets out to solve the puzzle with the help of his partner, theoretical physicist Sharon Nagy. Cliometrics refers to the systematic application of economic theory Econometric techniques and other formal/mathematical methods to the study of history (especially social See also History An historian is an individual who studies and writes about History, and is regarded as an Authority on it Theoretical physics employs Mathematical models and Abstractions of Physics in an attempt to explain experimental data taken of the natural world They gradually uncover evidence of an alien crash-landing in the area.
The village, they learn, was originally called Oberhochwald, and then afterwards renamed Teufelheim (Devil home in German), which eventually distorted to Eifelheim. The German language (de ''Deutsch'') is a West Germanic language and one of the world's major languages. They also learn of the town's priest, Father Dietrich, an educated man who served the town in 1348, just as the Black Death was beginning to strengthen its grip on medieval Europe. Dietrich, it appears, acted as humanity's first ambassador, and was the primary liaison between Eifelheim and the aliens who happened to wreck their starship in the woods outside the village.
The novel concentrates primarily on the alien encounter in the 14th century, paying special attention to the interplay between Dietrich, a Christian scholar who is fond of Aristotle and metaphor, and technologically advanced, post-Einsteinian band of otherworldly travelers. The interplay includes two theological questions. The first, "can aliens become Christians?" is answered in the affirmative, as some of them become converts. The second, "where is God when things go wrong?" is more difficult to answer, for both the Germans and the alien Krenken. The Germans are stricken by the Black Death, and the Krenken, who are immune to the disease, but can't return to their home, require an amino acid not found in earthly organisms. In Chemistry, an amino acid is a Molecule containing both Amine and Carboxyl Functional groups In Biochemistry, this The answer is two-fold: there is always hope, and God's love is expressed to us in the unselfish love of fellow creatures. Dietrich's attempts to understand the science of the Krenken (their view of the solar system, and gravity, is quite different from his) and their attempts to explain it to him, are also an important theme.
William of Ockham appears as a minor character. William of Ockham (also Occam, Hockham, or any of several other spellings ˈɒkəm (c Flynn's Krenken are three-dimensional characters. There are clear differences between their individual personalities. The inhabitants of Oberhochwald are also well-characterized.
Nagy's search for a new physics, which will lead to a new means of space travel, is helped by Schwoerin's research. He discovers a circuit diagram from the Krenken, drawn as a manuscript by Germans.
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