![]() If I wasn’t interested in that part, I would probably have found the book a collection of slow and plodding conversations.Ī great part of the appeal of this book is that it takes all of its characters seriously and respectfully. I still loved this novel, but I loved the complex, multi-layered conversations between Dietrich (the village priest) and his alien visitors about the nature of the universe. I say probably only because I am not a scientist and I did get lost in some of the scientific discussions. In fact, it is probably best appreciated by people who enjoy both. Ultimately, one warning needs to be issued up front: you need to either enjoy speculative science or have a deep interest in the Middle Ages to enjoy this novel properly. The joy of Eifelheim is in experiencing this meticulously researched medieval setting coming into a complex intellectual and theological relationship with otherworldly visitors. Instead, the novel is a slow unfolding of a multi-layered plot which builds towards a conclusion that is not clear for most of the novel. While one might expect ridiculous scenes of medieval knights fighting alien soldiers to fill the novel, nothing of the sort follows from this initial premise. Aliens crash their spaceship in Medieval Germany, just outside a small village in the Black Forest. ![]()
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