Compton Crook Award
1回登壇
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第9回（1991年） Winner
Michael Francis Flynn
マイケル・フランシス・フリン
Maikeru Furanshisu Furin
別名:
Michael F. Flynn
プロフィール
- 性別
- 男性
- 生誕
- 1947-12-20 （Easton, Pennsylvania）
- 死没
- 2023-09-30 （Easton, Pennsylvania） 75歳
- 国籍
- American
- 言語
- English
- 宗教
- Roman Catholic
- 居住地歴
- Easton, Pennsylvania, U.S.
経歴
- 職業
- Statistician, industrial quality engineer, science fiction author
- 活動期間
- 1980年〜2023年
- 所属
- Coors Container Corporation, Stat-A-Matrix/Oriel
- ノミネート
- 1987 Hugo Award for Best Novella nominee (Eifelheim), 1988 Hugo Award for Best Novella nominee (The Forest of Time), 1995 Hugo Award for Best Novella nominee (Melodies of the Heart), 2005 Hugo Award for Best Novelette nominee (The Clapping Hands of God), 2007 Hugo Award for Best Novelette nominee (Dawn, and Sunset, and the Colours of the Earth), 2007 Hugo Award for Best Novel nominee (Eifelheim), 2015 Hugo Award for Best Novelette nominee (The Journeyman: In the Stone House)
学歴
| 学校 | 学部 | 学科 | 学位 | 期間 | 国 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Notre Dame High School | — | — | — | — | United States |
| La Salle University | — | Mathematics | B.A. | — | United States |
| Marquette University | — | Topology | M.S. | — | United States |
| University of Colorado Boulder | — | — | — | — | United States |
Notre Dame High School
国:
United States
Graduated, located in Bethlehem Township at the time.
La Salle University
Mathematics
学位:
B.A.
国:
United States
BA in mathematics.
Marquette University
Topology
学位:
M.S.
国:
United States
MS in topology, Milwaukee.
University of Colorado Boulder
国:
United States
Began but did not complete a Ph.D.
受賞歴
| 年 | 賞名 | 対象作品 | 部門 | 主催 | 結果 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1991 | Prometheus Award | In the Country of the Blind | Novel | Libertarian Futurist Society | won |
| 1992 | Prometheus Award | Fallen Angels | Novel | Libertarian Futurist Society | won |
| — | Seiun Award | Fallen Angels | 小説部門 | Nippon SF Writer's Club | won |
| 1998 | Theodore Sturgeon Award | House of Dreams | Novelette | — | won |
| 2007 | Sidewise Award for Alternate History | Quaestiones Super Caelo et Mundo | Novelette | — | won (tied) |
| 2003 | Robert A. Heinlein Award | — | — | — | won (first winner) |
| 2024 | Prometheus Award | In the Belly of the Whale | Novel | Libertarian Futurist Society | won |
Prometheus Award
1991
対象作品:
In the Country of the Blind
部門:
Novel
主催:
Libertarian Futurist Society
結果:
won
Prometheus Award
1992
対象作品:
Fallen Angels
部門:
Novel
主催:
Libertarian Futurist Society
結果:
won
Seiun Award
対象作品:
Fallen Angels
部門:
小説部門
主催:
Nippon SF Writer's Club
結果:
won
Theodore Sturgeon Award
1998
対象作品:
House of Dreams
部門:
Novelette
結果:
won
Sidewise Award for Alternate History
2007
対象作品:
Quaestiones Super Caelo et Mundo
部門:
Novelette
結果:
won (tied)
Robert A. Heinlein Award
2003
結果:
won (first winner)
Prometheus Award
2024
対象作品:
In the Belly of the Whale
部門:
Novel
主催:
Libertarian Futurist Society
結果:
won
受賞・候補エディション
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第13回（2007年 第2回開催） Winner
作品
代表作
Eifelheim
2006年 Hard science fictionA story of first contact between 14th-century German villagers and aliens whose spaceship crashes nearby.
first contactmedieval Europescience and faith
In the Country of the Blind
1990年 Hard science fictionApplies hard SF rigor to sociology.
sociologypolitics
Fallen Angels
1991年 Science fictionCo-written with Larry Niven and Jerry Pournelle.
libertarianismSF fandom
全著作
- Refer to Michael Flynn bibliography (Wikipedia page)
作風・主題
- 文体
- Hard science fiction with rigor applied to 'softer' sciences like sociologyMuch short fiction in Analog Science Fiction and Fact
評価・遺産
American hard science fiction author, most short fiction in Analog. Multiple Prometheus Award wins and Hugo nominations.
豆知識
- His brother Dennis died in childhood.
- Predeceased by his wife of 49 years, Margie.
- Died at his childhood home in Easton, interred at New St. Joseph's Cemetery.