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	The Tales of Alvin Maker - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The Tales of Alvin Maker is a series of novels by Orson Scott Card that revolve around the experiences of a young man, Alvin Miller, who discovers he has incredible powers for creating and shaping things around him.
		Alvin Miller, who is the seventh son of a seventh son, discovers that his knack far surpasses those of everyone else.
		This power comes at a cost, however; not only does Alvin feel a great responsibility to use his power for good, but there are forces, in particular the element water, that actively seek his demise.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/The_Tales_of_Alvin_Maker (489 words)

	$1 Cheap Domain Name Register Website Heartfire (Tales of Alvin Maker, Book 5) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		Alvin and his small band of followers are on a quest to build the Crystal City, a place where those who have knacks can live in safety from the people who sometimes burn them as witches.
		From the moment of Alvin Maker's birth, when the Unmaker first strove to kill him, she has protected him.Now they are married, and Peggy is a part of Alvin's heart as well as his life.But Alvin's destiny has taken them on separate journeys.
		Alvin has gone north into New England, where knacks are considered witchcraft, and their use is punished with death.Peggy has been drawn south, to the British Crown Colonies and the court of King Arthur Stuart in exile.
	www.hostingdude.com /ItemId/0812509242 (1040 words)

	AML-List Review: The Bully and the Beast
		Like many other of Scott's tales, much of the story is the biography of the main character, in this case, the bully of the title, an initially naive, and rather dim commoner named Bork, whose sole claim to fame is that he happens to be immensely large and strong.
		Alvin soundly defeats Fink, unmakes a magical tatoo that Fink's mother had given him, breaks a few of Fink's bones, and then, heals them so as not to leave Fink at the mercy of his enemies.
		Alvin's mercy to him had triggered a transformation, and now he wants to play Porter Rockwell to Alvin's Joseph.
	www.aml-online.org /reviews/b/B199770.html (1725 words)

	AML-List Review: Alvin Journeyman
		Alvin, on the other hand, finds that when he reaches Hatrack River all is not well there either.
		Alvin talks about being alone if he leaves Vigor Church and separates himself from the community he is an integral part of there.
		Peggy does her best to convince Mike that Alvin would accept him as he is, a good man, and that Alvin doesn't need men with swords cutting the ears off his enemies.
	www.aml-online.org /reviews/b/B199515.html (1658 words)

	Orson Scott Card, The Tales of Alvin Maker, An Omnibus Review
		A seventh son of a seventh son, born with a caul, another omen of power, Alvin is destined to become a wizard, or Maker.
		Alvin lives in a world where many people have knacks, doodles, hexes, small powers of one type or another, but true Makers are an extreme rarity.
		Alvin and his brother Measure set out, and are captured by by a party of Reds (as native Americans are called in these books).
	www.greenmanreview.com /book/book_card_alvinomni.html (1046 words)

	Fantasy Finder - O.S. Card: Alvin Journeyman
		Alvin returns to Vigor Church as an journeyman flsmith with a living, golden plow.
		Like Alvin, Calvin is the seventh son of a seventh son, and his magic is almost as strong as Alvin's.
		The reason is a rumour that Alvin is sleeping with a young girl in the village.
	www.hoh.se /fantasyfinder/card5.html (507 words)

	Tales of Alvin Maker Announced
		The Tales of Alvin Maker is a series about a alternate version of America at the turn of the 19th century.
		The initial plans include things that are happening in Alvin's world, but which will never show up in the books along with four different magic systems, plus the technology track, offering players many ways to develop their characters.
		Fans of Alvin Maker will be able to check on the progress of the game design by going to the official site: http://www.hatrack.com/.
	www.webservertalk.com /message876712.html (662 words)

	Amazon.com: Seventh Son (Tales of Alvin Maker, Book 1): Books: Orson Scott Card (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		While Alvin embarks on his mythic struggle against the Unmaker of all things, he is watched over by a flesh and blood guardian angel; he is pursued by the rigid, zealous Reverend Thrower; and he is guided by the wandering Taleswapper, William Blake.
		Alvin Miller, seventh son of a seventh son, is heir to great powers that he must learn to use and control.
		Alvin's heritage means he'll have great powers, and even from the start it becomes apparent that some force is moving against him.
	www.amazon.com /Seventh-Tales-Alvin-Maker-Book/dp/0812533054 (2388 words)

	Amazon.co.uk: Heartfire (The Tales of Alvin Maker): Books: Orson Scott Card (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		His Alvin Maker/Smith series started off being further acknowledegement of this genius.However after the first three there is a little doubt cast over how visionary this series is becoming.
		The characters are vividly written with Alvin in particular being quite brilliant but this book meanders down the same clueless path the fourth installment took.
		Alvin is no longer a vaguely interesting character in a well-drawn world, but a blatant Christ figure with nothing at all for the reader to relate to, a figure of such saccharine goodness that all obstacles just collapse at his approach.
	www.amazon.co.uk /Heartfire-Tales-Alvin-Maker-Scott/dp/1841490326 (1030 words)

	The SF Site: New Books in Science Fiction and Fantasy
		From the moment of Alvin Maker's birth, when the Unmaker first strove to kill him, she has protected him.
		Alvin has gone north into New England, where knacks are considered witchcraft, and their use is punished with death.
		Card seems determined to prove he is as adept at horror as he is with fantasy (in his Tales of Alvin Maker series) and SF (Ender's Game, the Homecoming series).
	www.sfsite.com /vault/bkscard.htm (974 words)

	Titles by Orson Scott Card
		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 flsmith.
		Alvin is a Maker, the first to be born in a century.
		Alvin has been trying to avert the terrible war that his wife, Peggy, a torch of extraordinary power, has seen down the life-lines of every American.
	www.awardannals.com /creator.php?id=91 (1046 words)

	Alvin Journeyman: The Tales of Alvin Maker IV (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		Alvin Journeyman: The Tales of Alvin Maker IV
		Alvin Miller, a gifted seventh son of a seventh son, utilizes his skills as a Maker to help create a brighter future for America, but his task is further challenged by his ancient enemy, the Unmaker, who plots to end Alvin's life
		The adventure that began in Seventh Son continues in "Alvin Journeyman," the fourth book in the series, when Alvin is driven from his home by false accusations back to Hatrack River where he must stand trial for his life.
	isbn.nu /0312850530 (401 words)

	Red Prophet: Tales of Alvin Maker by Roland Bernard Brown - Official sffworld.com comic book review
		It requires that those reading the comic book know a little about Alvin Maker to begin with because for the whole first issue, possibly even two depending on how the adaptation abridges the material, the titular character is nowhere to be seen.
		Starting with the obvious, Red Prophet: Tales of Alvin Maker is a straight-up adaptation of the second book in Card’s lengthy series about the seventh son of a seventh son, Alvin, who has a special ‘knack’.
		Besides establishing who Alvin is, if the balance between artwork and narrative can be adjusted to give the title greater clarity and fluidity, then the introduction of Alvin into the second issue could turn this into a must-have title for fantasy and Card fans alike.
	www.sffworld.com /crevoff/13.html (1030 words)

	Dabel Brothers Productions \| Projects (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		And somewhere up north, in a small town called Vigor Church, is a young boy named Alvin who is the seventh son of a seventh son, with the power to shape the world around him.
		Alvin Miller is a young boy with an incredible power - the ability to shape the world around him by "making." But Alvin also had a powerful adversary known as the "Unmaker" that grows stronger every time he uses his ability to create death or destruction.
		But both Alvin and Lolla-Wossiky will be changed forever by the experience, and one of them will go on to become the RED PROPHET while the other will one day build a special place known as the Crystal City...
	www.dabelbrothers.com /rp.html (316 words)

	Books, Listed by Author
		Alvin looks for answers in witch-hanging New England, while his wife goes south to Camelot.
		Book three of “The Tales of Alvin Maker.” One of the major fantasy series of the eighties.
		Third volume in the marvellous “Tales of Alvin Maker”, in which Alvin learns how to use his powers.
	www.locusmag.com /index/b85.html (3055 words)

	Books By Orson Scott Card - Seventh Son
		Young Alvin is the seventh son of a seventh son, born while his six brothers all still lived.
		At the age of six Alvin doesn't seem to have any special talent at all, unless it's the knack he has of working with stone and wood, crafting tools and ornaments; unless it's his ability to paint a hex just right; unless it's the way he has with animals.
		Yes, Alvin is something special; and even in the loving safety of his home, dark forces reach out to destroy him.
	www.hatrack.com /osc/books/seventh.shtml (507 words)

	Amazon.com: Red Prophet (Tales of Alvin Maker, Book 2): Books: Orson Scott Card (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		Certain central events in Alvin's numinous awakening to his powers in the first novel are now seen from an unsuspected "other" side, not that of the Devil as the intolerant Rev. Thrower would have it, but from the native Shaw-Nee or Kicky-Poo side of the rivers.
		Alvin and Measure survive their capture and are rescued by Ta-Kumsaw.
		While The Tales of Alvin Maker isn't of the highest quality in terms of prose, I'd certainly recommend this series, especially because RED PROPHET is part of it.
	www.amazon.com /exec/obidos/ASIN/0812524268/esoterictheologi (2791 words)

	Uchronia: The Alternate History List
		Revision of "Prentice Alvin and the No-Good Plow", in
		Divergence: 1520 CE Summary: In Kenituck, Alvin Maker meets Davy Crockett, a crooked miller, and a grizzly bear.
		Divergence: 1520 CE Summary: Alvin Maker helps 3000 slaves and other oppressed people escape "Neuvo Barcelona" at the mouth of the Mizipy, but must still find a route to lead them somewhere they cannot be forced back south.
	www.uchronia.net /bib.cgi/label.html?id=cardalvinm (770 words)

	Red Prophet: The Tales Of Alvin Maker #3 - Buzz Comics : le forum qui a le plus de super pouvoirs !! (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		"Alvin Miller is a young boy with an incredible power -- the ability to shape the world around him by 'making.' But Alvin also had a powerful adversary known as the 'Unmaker' that grows stronger every time he uses his ability to create death or destruction.
		And as the drunken Red man Lolla-Wossiky encounters Alvin for the first time, he realizes he must teach the boy of his great purpose and responsibility before the Unmaker can gain a foothold.
		Red Prophet: The Tales of Alvin Maker #3 will be 32 pages and will cost $2.99.
	buzzcomics.net /showthread.php?p=529609#post529609 (374 words)

	Fantasy Finder - O.S. Card: Prentice Alvin (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		The reason is eleven-year-old Alvin, who will arrive later in the morning.
		Alvin comes to Hatrack River to become a flsmith, Makepeace Smith's apprentice.
		Peggy leaves Hatrack River to become an educated lady, who later on will be able to teach Alvin what he will need to know to become a Maker.
	www.hoh.se /fantasyfinder/card4.html (418 words)

	Curious Cat Orson Scott Card Books
		Alvin Journeyman (Alvin Maker 4) ©1995, First Edition of Mass Market Paperback, 1996.
		"Alvin's efforts to protect his friends by keeping them healthy will create more danger than he could ever have suspected.
		And in saving the poor people of the city, Alvin will be put to the greatest test of his life---a test that will draw on all his power.
	www.curiouscat.com /osc/books.cfm (816 words)

	Orson Scott Card -- Available Books
		Alvin returns to his family in the town of Vigor Church to share in their isolation, work as a flsmith, and teach anyone who wishes to learn the secrets of being a maker.
		The saga of Alvin Maker, set in an alternative version of the American frontier country, continues, in a tale full of folklore and magic.
		In an America that might have been, Alvin Maker, the seventh son of a seventh son, learns about the land and its chosen people and discovers how to use his own mysterious powers.
	www.non.com /books/Card_Orson_Scott_ca.html (5999 words)

	Amazon.com: Alvin wandering (Tales of Alvin Maker): Books: Orson Scott Card (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		Alvin wandering (Tales of Alvin Maker) (Unknown Binding)
		Hatrack River (The Tales of Alvin Maker, Part One) by Orson Scott Card
		Alvin Journeyman (Tales of Alvin Maker, Book 4) by Orson Scott Card
	www.amazon.com /Alvin-wandering-Tales-Maker/dp/1568659040 (514 words)

	Heartfire; The Tales of Alvin Maker V:Orson Scott Card:0812509242:eCampus.com
		Heartfire; The Tales of Alvin Maker V:Orson Scott Card:0812509242:eCampus.com
		Prentice Alvin; The Tales of Alvin Maker III
		Red Prophet; Volume II of the Tales of Alvin Maker
	www.ecampus.com /bk_detail.asp?isbn=0812509242 (139 words)

	Orson Scott Card Books
		Tales of Alvin Maker (Los Angeles, Calif.), 5.) [ABRIDGED]
		Tales of Alvin Maker (Los Angeles, Calif.), 3.) [ABRIDGED]
		Tales of Alvin Maker (Los Angeles, Calif.), 2.) [ABRIDGED]
	www.ldstoday.com /archive/osc-books.htm (1032 words)

	Orson Scott Card -- All Books
		Alvin Journeyman : The Tales of Alvin Maker IV (The Tales of Alvin Maker, 4)
		A collection of science fiction tales by the author of Lost Boys presents the Hugo Award-winning "Eye for Eye," as well as an autobiography by the author.
		Here are seven tales of the possible futures open to humanity, including Card's brilliant story The Originist--set, with Isaac Asimov's permission, in the Foundation universe.
	www.non.com /books/Card_Orson_Scott_cc.html (7166 words)

	Hatrack River - eGenesis to Develop Alvin's World as a Multi-player Online Game
		Andy Tepper, the lead designer of ATITD, saw in the Tales of Alvin Maker a world where another non-combat-centered community-building game could offer new possibilities.
		Four different magic systems, plus the technology track, offer players many ways to develop their characters; the presence of Calvin, Arthur Stuart, Peggy Larner, and Alvin Maker himself will provide plenty of complications and opportunities.
		We intend the game to be closely connected to the main storyline of the books (i.e., the building of the Crystal City; the effort to avert civil war) and to use the multiple magic systems and the community-building that are at the heart of the Tales of Alvin Maker.
	www.hatrack.com /news-reviews/news/2005-01-05.shtml (982 words)

	Alvin Maker - The CHUD.COM Message Boards
		I'm halfway through Red Prophet, the second book in Orson Scott Card's Tales of Alvin Maker, and I am absolutely loving this series.
		Card adopts a very folksy, backwoods style that fits without seeming overly cute, and it's a fascinating alternate history even with the magical elements thrown in (and even these elements seem a natural fit and not something just tacked on to make it a fantasy).
		I've never read the Alvin Maker books, but you should definitely give Speaker for the Dead another try.
	www.chud.com /forums/showthread.php?t=43453 (231 words)

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