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Title	:	Alvin Journeyman (Tales of Alvin Maker #4)
Author	:	Orson Scott Card
Book Format	:	Hardcover
Book Edition	:	First 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.

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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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If you enjoy the Ender series, be sure to read the Alvin Maker series.

Having read the previous volumes in this series, the language and 'way of telling' has settled down with me now though can still take a while to bed in after an absence.I like the more modern outlook to slavery referred to often, rather than the uncomfortable 'Republican' view, for which I am grateful; the story carries a gentleness of heart, yet does not steer away from man's cruelties and shame. A worthy read; now on to the next!

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



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 the story. My take on these points, though, is quite different. The characters and subplots don't simply lengthen the saga; they add depth and complexity to it. You can tell a great (in the epic sense)

The fourth volume in 'The Tales of Alvin Maker series', this 1995 novel deals with Alvin's work as a blacksmith, and more significantly, as a 'Maker in a village, his struggles against the powerful 'Unmaker' and his dreams of one day building a visionary city. A penultimate trial is brought about by the evil machinations of Alvin's adversary, and he finds himself prosecuted by Daniel Webster. Meanwhile, Alvin's brother Calvin travels to France and uses his 'knack' to help treat Napoleon for his

The story of Joseph Smith, including the number of book of mormon witnesses, martin harris, accusations of dalliances with under aged women, prosceliting to the family and surrounding regions, mystical powers, etc. Granted it also includes intrigue and moves the story along a tiny bit, though disappointingly little and ties up loose ends that didn't really seem to ever matter and spends way to much time on it. The trial is pointless and takes forever.