Michael Flynn





Michael Flynn

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Michael Francis Flynn (born 1947) is an American statistician and science fiction author. Nearly all of Flynn's work falls under the category of hard science fiction, although his treatment of it can be unusual since he has applied the rigor of hard science fiction to "softer" sciences such as sociology in works such as In the Country of the Blind. Much of his short fiction has appeared in Analog Science Fiction and Fact.

Flynn was born in Easton, Pennsylvania. He earned a B.A. in Mathematics from LaSalle University and an M.S. in topology from Marquette University. He has been employed as an industrial quality engine...more


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Don't mess with Teodorq or Conan

Teodorq sunna Nagarajan, a supporting character in Up Jim River and the protagonist in "The Journeyman: On the Shortgrass Prairie," now finds himself confronted with a duel in "The Journeyman: In the Stone House." The duel is being fought with longswords, since the society he finds himself among is of a late medieval character.






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Average rating: 3.64 · 4,548 ratings · 710 reviews · 47 distinct works · Similar authors
Eifelheim
3.7 of 5 stars 3.70 avg rating — 1,277 ratings — published 2006 — 17 editions
The January Dancer (January...
3.39 of 5 stars 3.39 avg rating — 319 ratings — published 2008 — 10 editions
Firestar (Firestar, #1)
3.74 of 5 stars 3.74 avg rating — 232 ratings — published 1996 — 6 editions
The Wreck of The River of S...
3.72 of 5 stars 3.72 avg rating — 202 ratings — published 2003 — 7 editions
Up Jim River (January Dance...
3.71 of 5 stars 3.71 avg rating — 141 ratings — published 2010 — 9 editions
Rogue Star (Firestar, #2)
3.75 of 5 stars 3.75 avg rating — 134 ratings — published 1998 — 6 editions
In the Country of the Blind
3.51 of 5 stars 3.51 avg rating — 142 ratings — published 1990 — 6 editions
Falling Stars (Firestar, #4)
3.83 of 5 stars 3.83 avg rating — 92 ratings — published 2001 — 8 editions
Lodestar (Firestar, #3)
3.65 of 5 stars 3.65 avg rating — 94 ratings — published 2000 — 6 editions
In the Lion's Mouth (Januar...
3.85 of 5 stars 3.85 avg rating — 72 ratings — published 2012 — 3 editions
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Michael Flynn reading from On the Razor's Edge.


“Any fool can hope when success lies plainly in view. It wants genuine strength to hope when matters are hopeless.”
Michael Flynn, Eifelheim

“They're trying to breed a nation of techno-peasants. Educated just enough to keep things going, but not enough to ask tough questions. They encourage any meme that downplays thoughtful analysis or encourages docility or self indulgence or uniformity. In what other society do people use "smart" and "wise" as insults? We tell people "don't get smart." Those who try, those who really like to learn, we call "nerds." Look at television or the press or the trivia that passes for political debate. When a candidate DOES try to talk about the issues, the newspapers talk about his sex life. Look at Saturday morning cartoon shows. Peasants, whether they're tilling fields or stuffing circuit boards, are easier to manipulate. Don't question; just believe. Turn off your computer and Trust the Force.

Or turn your computer on and treat it like the Oracle of Delphi.

That's right. They've made education superficial and specialized. Science classes for art majors? Forget it! And how many business or engineering students get a really good grounding in the humanities? When did universities become little more than white collar vocational schools?”
Michael Flynn, In the Country of the Blind

“The soul is the form of the body, but not as the shape of a statue is formatio et terminatio materiae, for form does not exist apart from material. There is no whiteness without a white object. But the soul is not a form in this simple sense, and in particular, is not the shape of the material it informs. Therefore, the shape of a being does not affect the being's soul, for then something lower would inform something higher, which is impossible.”
Michael Flynn, Eifelheim

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