Orson Scott Card
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| Title | : | Prentice Alvin (Tales of Alvin Maker #3) |
| Author | : | Orson Scott Card |
| Book Format | : | Paperback |
| Book Edition | : | First Edition |
| Pages | : | Pages: 342 pages |
| Published | : | January 3rd 1991 by Orbit (first published 1989) |
| Categories | : | Fantasy. Fiction. Science Fiction. Alternate History. Science Fiction Fantasy. Historical. Historical Fiction |
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The Tales of Alvin Maker series continues in volume three, Prentice Alvin. Young Alvin returns to the town of his birth, and begins his apprenticeship with Makepeace Smith, committing seven years of his life in exchange for the skills and knowledge of a blacksmith. But Alvin must also learn to control and use his own talent, that of a Maker, else his destiny will be unfulfilled.Details Books To Prentice Alvin (Tales of Alvin Maker #3)
| Original Title: | Prentice Alvin (Tales of Alvin Maker #3) |
| ISBN: | 1841490237 (ISBN13: 9781841490236) |
| Edition Language: | English |
| Series: | Tales of Alvin Maker #3 |
| Characters: | Alvin Maker |
| Literary Awards: | Hugo Award Nominee for Best Novel (1990), Nebula Award Nominee for Best Novel (1989), Locus Award for Best Fantasy Novel (1990), Mythopoeic Fantasy Award Nominee (1990) |
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Ratings: 3.79 From 17226 Users | 328 ReviewsWeigh Up Based On Books Prentice Alvin (Tales of Alvin Maker #3)
Alvin is finally starting to understand what it means to be a Maker. A lot more drama going on than on the other books, but a lot more adventure too. I am curious about the possibilities of Alvin's future here, and of Alvin's love. I simply adore Arthur Stuart. He's so sweet and loveable :)Orson Scott Card is one of those writers who seems to have great ideas for how to begin sagas but can quickly lose focus sometime around the third book. I found this to be the case with the Ender saga, which had two superb initial installments before a third novel that signalled a slow but eventual decline in quality.As I read the Alvin Maker saga, I am worried the same thing may be happenening here. I'm not sure if I'd read this one before. There were moments in the story that I kept having an
This book - nay, this whole series - from the cover to the writing, made me think the title should have been "The Blacksmith's Arms" and pictured Fabio on the front of it. The fantasy aspect of it was interesting and actually kept you engaged, but the description of Alvin's physique and his romance with whats-'er-face made me think this was co-written with Nicholas Sparks. I didn't read the last book in the series, and I don't know if I will.
Uh-oh. Symptoms of the Robert Jordan syndrome. Verbal running in place. Story telling for the sake of storytelling (as opposed to advancing the story). This story could have been told neatly in half the words, but of course there was the obligatory recaps of the first two volumes.Still engaging and fun. I love the alternate history of North America which Card has constructed as the backstory for this series. One thing Card does very well is the internal dialogue of folks as they rationalize and
I have never dreamed of cities made of crystal. But once you start constructing things out of atoms, well, that is just what one is ought to do.----------------hard not to love a body who loves you so powerful, who hangs onto you like clouds hanging onto the moon----------------You can be sorry, and you can be forgiven, but you can't call back the futures that your bad decisions lost.----------------But there's only one way I can think of, offhand.Brother Cavil, I'm not sure if I can take upon
I think I really appreciate Card's work as a break from Stephen King's Dark Tower. It's epic and rich and a very American fantasy with violence and evil people and forces in it but still lighter than King. This being a middle book it's quite a bit of... not set up but plot thickening I guess and I'm still connecting with the characters and excited to see where it goes. I also appreciate that Card shows scorn for religious hypocrites without dismissing entire religions like Mists of Avalon seemed
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