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Alvin Journeyman (Tales of Alvin Maker #4)

Orson Scott Card

Hardcover | Pages: 381 pages

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Title	:	Alvin Journeyman (Tales of Alvin Maker #4)
Author	:	Orson Scott Card
Book Format	:	Hardcover
Book Edition	:	Deluxe Edition
Pages	:	Pages: 381 pages
Published	:	December 1st 2005 by Tor Books (first published September 1995)
Categories	:	Fantasy. Fiction. Science Fiction. Alternate History. Science Fiction Fantasy

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In his introduction, Card acknowledges that when "Alvin Journeyman" was first published, some fans had been waiting several years for the next installment in the series. Had I been one of those fans, I would have probably been really annoyed that I'd waited a long time and only got "Alvin Journeyman."

Just as is the case with the later Ender novels, the Alvin series seems to have descended into a series where people sit around and have lots of philosophical conversations that, while interesting, don't really do much to advance the plot. The most frustrating part of this is that we have some interesting subplots in here such as the rift between Calvin and Alvin that are brought up, sort of developed and then left dangling once the final pages are turned. Card hints at something more to come and maybe this novel is groundwork for that, but it still feels like an incomplete read. Or maybe this is just one long preview for the next installment in the series.

"Alvin Journeyman" seems to be more concerned with wrapping up bits from the last book and introducing a plethora of new characters more than it is about advancing the story of Alvin and his becoming a maker. Enough with visions of the Crystal City. Let's get onto actually building it or bringing it back.

List Books Supposing Alvin Journeyman (Tales of Alvin Maker #4)

Original Title:	Alvin Journeyman
ISBN:	0312850530 (ISBN13: 9780312850531)
Edition Language:	English
Series:	Tales of Alvin Maker #4
Characters:	Alvin Maker
Literary Awards:	Locus Award for Best Fantasy Novel (1996)

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Originally posted at FanLit.http://www.fantasyliterature.com/revi...Alvin Miller is finally a journeyman blacksmith and a Maker. Hes back home in Vigor Church, trying to teach others his Making skills because he believes he needs Makers to create the Crystal City hes dreamed of. But the Unmaker is hard at work, trying to unravel Alvins plans. With the help of a girl who has a crush on Alvin, the Unmaker manages to get Alvin to flee back to Hatrack River where Makepeace Smith is waiting to sue

Find this and the rest of my reviews at: https://feministquill.wordpress.com/2...At this point I'm seriously groaning, wondering how I'm ever going to finish reviewing this series. Tales of Alvin Maker and Stephen King's Dark Tower series are what prompted me to stop reviewing for almost a year and a half - simply because these two series are too big and too badly written for me to enjoy the process of reviewing them properly. Between the white saviour nonsense, the white guilt, the

It has been said that any plot which depends on a dramatic courtroom trial is doomed to mediocrity. ALVIN JOURNEYMAN, unfortunately, is one of those plots. In this fourth instalment of Orson Scott Card's alternate-history and Mormon allegory "The Tales of Alvin Maker", Alvin is put on trial for his life. We, the readers, spend half the book being dragged through courtroom melodrama with a protagonist the reader is having a hard time caring about any more.At the end of PRENTICE ALVIN, Alvin

With this fourth book in the Alvin Maker series, Im starting to see why a lot of writers like to stick to trilogies. If anything, I think most readers can probably skip this volume and move on to the next one because there wasnt anything too new or interesting that happened in it. If anything, it was a re-hash of events in the previous book with a few new characters added to it. I will concede that Alvin Journeyman did finally develop a fitting antagonist for Alvin. Still, so few pages were

Excellent. Love the alternate history in this series.

Originally published on my blog here in May 2000.After a gap of a few years, Card has continued this series, one of my favourites of the fantasy genre. It is set in a fascinating alternate history USA in which much of the country remains in the hands of the colonial powers, and where magic is relatively commonplace.Alvin Journeyman picks up the story of Alvin (usually referred to as Smith or Maker, from his occupation and magical gifting respectively) where the previous books left off, and

If you have enjoyed the previous 3 books, Alvin Journeyman would still fit your taste. The beginning of this book annoyed me as it was an author/narrator basically telling people with complaints about the previous books to go grab a shovel. However, I do feel like this book is more polished than some of the others. There were a lot of interesting things that happened in this book, but nothing truly spectacular. There is still a sense of plot destiny that makes it seem like there are never any