Alvin Journeyman, Orson Scott Card
Alvin Journeyman, Orson Scott Card
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Alvin Journeyman
Tales of Alvin Maker, Book 4

Author: Orson Scott Card

Narrator: a full cast

Unabridged: 15 hr 2 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 01/01/2006

Categories: Fiction, Science Fiction


Synopsis

Alvin is a Maker, the first to be born in a century. Now a grown man, Alvin has returned to the town of Vigor Church to teach the knack of being a Maker to anyone willing to learn. He has a vision to fulfill: a Crystal City of Makers. But his ancient foe, the Unmaker, has found new hands to do his work of destruction.

About Orson Scott Card

Orson Scott Card is best known for his science fiction novel Ender's Game and its many sequels that expand the Ender Universe into the far future and the near past. Those books are organized into the Ender Saga, which chronicles the life of Ender Wiggin; the Shadow Series, which follows on the novel Ender's Shadow and is set on Earth; and the Formic Wars series, written with co-author Aaron Johnston, which tells of the terrible first contact between humans and the alien "Buggers." Card has been a working writer since the 1970s. Beginning with dozens of plays and musical comedies produced in the 1960s and 70s, Card's first published fiction appeared in 1977--the short story "Gert Fram" in the July issue of The Ensign, and the novelette version of "Ender's Game" in the August issue of Analog. The novel-length version of Ender's Game, published in 1984 and continuously in print since then, became the basis of the 2013 film, starring Asa Butterfield, Harrison Ford, Ben Kingsley, Hailee Steinfeld, Viola Davis, and Abigail Breslin. Card was born in Washington state, and grew up in California, Arizona, and Utah. He served a mission for the LDS Church in Brazil in the early 1970s. Besides his writing, he runs occasional writers' workshops and directs plays. He frequently teaches writing and literature courses at Southern Virginia University.He is the author many science fiction and fantasy novels, including the American frontier fantasy series "The Tales of Alvin Maker" (beginning with Seventh Son), and stand-alone novels like Pastwatch and Hart's Hope. He has collaborated with his daughter Emily Card on a manga series, Laddertop. He has also written contemporary thrillers like Empire and historical novels like the monumental Saints and the religious novels Sarah and Rachel and Leah. Card's work also includes the Mithermages books (Lost Gate, Gate Thief), contemporary magical fantasy for readers both young and old. Card lives in Greensboro, North Carolina, with his wife, Kristine Allen Card. He and Kristine are the parents of five children and several grandchildren.


Reviews

Goodreads review by Michael on March 10, 2009

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......more

Goodreads review by Werner on July 19, 2014

Card continues his top-notch storytelling in this fourth volume of Alvin's saga. One of my Goodreads friends was distinctly displeased with this installment, complaining that it brought the series no closer to its resolution, and introduced characters and subplots only for the sake of lengthening th......more

Goodreads review by Kat on November 12, 2012

Originally posted at FanLit.[URL not allowed] Alvin Miller is finally a journeyman blacksmith and a Maker. He’s back home in Vigor Church, trying to teach others his Making skills because he believes he needs Makers to create the Crystal City he’s dreamed of. But the Unmaker is......more

Goodreads review by Mridupawan on February 24, 2016

Rating a book is never easy. And the worst mistake one does is my comparing a book with another. This book deserves a solid 4 star. Orson Scott Card is no Brandon Sanderson or Patrick Rothfuss. Those guys get 5 stars just for being them. Everything is different from their books. From the pace of the......more

Goodreads review by Camille on December 07, 2020

Un peu moins bon que les précédents titres de la saga car beaucoup de répétitions. Mais un excellent moment de lecture tout de même. C'est un plaisir de continuer les aventures d'Alvin !......more