Michael Francis Flynn (born 1947) is an American

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. Nearly all of Flynn's work falls under the category of

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, 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''.

Biography

Flynn was born in

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. He earned a

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in Mathematics from La Salle University and an

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in topology from

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. He has been employed as an industrial quality engineer and statistician.

Bibliography

Awards

Hugo Award Nominations

* 1987 novella ''Eifelheim'' * 1988 novella ''

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'' * 1995 novella ''Melodies of the Heart'' * 2005 novelette ''The Clapping Hands of God'' * 2007 novelette ''Dawn, and Sunset, and the Colours of the Earth'' * 2007 novel '' Eifelheim'' (based on the 1987 novella) * 2015 novelette ''The Journeyman: In the Stone House''

Prometheus Award

* 1991 ''In the Country of the Blind'' (won) * 1992 '' Fallen Angels'' (won) * 1997 ''Firestar'' (nominated) * 1999 ''Rogue Star'' (nominated) * 2001 ''Lodestar'' (nominated) * 2002 ''Falling Stars'' (nominated) * 2009 ''The January Dancer'' (nominated)

Other awards

* ''Fallen Angels'' also won the

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, and was co-written with

Larry Niven Laurence van Cott Niven (; born April 30, 1938) is an American science fiction writer. His best-known works are '' Ringworld'' (1970), which received Hugo, Locus, Ditmar, and Nebula awards, and, with Jerry Pournelle, '' The Mote in God's E ...

and

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. * The story ''House of Dreams'' won a

Theodore Sturgeon Award The Theodore Sturgeon Memorial Award is an annual literary award presented by the Theodore Sturgeon Literary Trust and the Center for the Study of Science Fiction at the University of Kansas to the author of the best short science fiction stor ...

in 1998. * The story ''Quaestiones Super Caelo et Mundo'' tied with

Kristine Kathryn Rusch Kristine Kathryn Rusch (born June 4, 1960) is an American writer and editor. She writes under various pseudonyms in multiple genres, including science fiction, fantasy, mystery, romance, and mainstream. Rusch won the Hugo Award for Best Nov ...

's ''Recovering Apollo 8'' for the

Sidewise Award for Alternate History The Sidewise Awards for Alternate History were established in 1995 to recognize the best alternate history stories and novels of the year. Overview The awards take their name from the 1934 short story " Sidewise in Time" by Murray Leinster, in ...

in 2007. * First winner of the Robert A. Heinlein Medal.

References

Sources

*Flynn, Michael. ''The January Dancer''; Macmillan, (2008).

External links

REVIEW: ''The Wreck of the River of Stars''Mike Flynn's blog
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