Michael F. Flynn

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Michael Francis Flynn , even Mike Flynn and Rowland Shew (* 20th December 1947 in Easton , Pennsylvania ) is an American science fiction - author .

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Flynn first appeared in 1984 as the author of short stories in the US magazine Analog . In the following years he made a name for himself primarily as an author of so-called hard SF, i.e. science fiction with a real scientific background. His first novel In the Country of the Blind from 1990 won the Locus Award in the First Novel category in 1991 and received the Compton Crook Award for best debut novel . The novel deals with an alternative reality in which Charles Babbag's difference machine worked and could be further developed. A German edition of this novel does not exist, however the continuing short story A Rose By Other Name has been translated as Another word for rose . His novels Fallen Angels , a collaboration with Larry Niven and Jerry Pournelle , and River of the Stars , the story of a star sailor , were subsequently published . It is also noteworthy that his novel Eifelheim (2006) describes the landing of insectoid aliens in a medieval German city. The book was nominated for the Hugo Award in 2007. It is based on a previously published story that is also available in German translation.

Novels in German

Radio plays in German

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Individual evidence

  1. ^ A b Authors: Flynn, Michael F. In: The Encyclopedia of Science Fiction. Retrieved August 28, 2017 .
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SURNAME Flynn, Michael F.
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Flynn, Michael Francis (full name); Flynn, Mike; Shew, Rowland (pseudonym)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American science fiction writer
DATE OF BIRTH December 20, 1947
PLACE OF BIRTH Easton