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Seventh Son

78.6% complete
1987
2008
1 time
Fantasy fiction
Maker, Alvin (Fictitious character) - Fiction
See 15
1 - Bloody Mary
2 - Wagon People
3 - Spring House
4 - Hatrack River
5 - Caul
6 - Ridgebeam
7 - Altar
8 - Visitor
9 - Taleswapper
10 - Visions
11 - Millstone
12 - Book
13 - Surgery
14 - Chastisement
15 - Promises
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 The Tales of Alvin Maker*
#1 of 6
The Tales of Alvin Maker*   See series as if on a bookshelf
A series of fantasy novels that take place in an alternate Earth timeline.

1) Seventh Son
2) Red Prophet
3) Prentice Alvin
4) Alvin Journeyman
5) Heartfire
6) The Crystal City
Copyright © 1987 by Orson Scott Card
To Emily Jan,
who knows all the magic
that she'll ever need
Little Peggy was very careful with the eggs.
May contain spoilers
That only added to the sweetness of the moment, which would soon become a memory, would soon become a dream.
Comments may contain spoilers
Started this series after finishing the Homecoming series by Orson Scott Card.
Synopsis not on file
Extract not on file

 

Added: 31-Jan-2015
Last Updated: 19-Mar-2023

Publications

 15-Sep-2003
Tor Books
Paperback
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Date Issued:
15-Sep-2003
Format:
Paperback
Cover Price:
$3.99
Pages*:
241
Read:
Once
Internal ID:
1563
Publisher:
ISBN:
0-765-34775-X
ISBN-13:
978-0-765-34775-6
Printing:
1
Country:
United States
Language:
English
Credits:
Alan McKnight - Map
Dennis Nolan  - Cover Artist
Carol Russo - Cover Design
"Card has exceeded his own high standards in Seventh Son."  - Anne McCaffrey

"This beguiling book recalls Robert Penn Warren... and promises to be a story of deep delight."  - Publishers Weekly


Come fall in love with a magical America that might have been...

Using the lore and folk magic of the men and women who helped settle a continent and beliefs of the tribes who were here before them, Orson Scott Card has created an alternate frontier America where folk magic works, and colored the entire history of the colonies.  It is into this world, amid the deep wood where the Red Man still holds sway, that a very special child is born...

"There is something deeply heart-wrenching about an America come true, even if it is only a dream, a fantasy novel.  The first volume of The Tales of Alvin Maker is sharp and clean bracing.  May its Maker grow."  - Washington Post Book World

"Card brings to building this world and his large cast of well-wrought characters formidable scholarship in history, religion, and folklore.  He also brings to it his maturing command of the English language. ...we are talking about the most important work of American fantasy since Stephen Donaldson's Thomas Covenant trilogy."  - Chicago Sun-Times
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Notes and Comments:
First edition: July 1987
First mass market edition: April 1988
First printing based on the number line
Canada: $4.99

The back cover lists James C Christensen as the cover artist while the copyright page lists Dennis Nolan as the artist.

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Author(s)

Orson Scott Card  
Birth: 24 Aug 1951 Richland, Washington, USA

Awards

1988Locus MagazineBest Fantasy Novel Winner
1988Mythopoeic SocietyMythopoeic Award Winner
1988World Fantasy ConventionWorld Fantasy Award - Novel Nominee
1988World Science Fiction SocietyHugo Award - Best Novel Nominee
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  • Synopses marked with an asterisk (*) were generated by an AI. There aren't a lot since this is an iffy way to do it - AI seems to make stuff up.
  • When specific publication dates are unknown (ie prefixed with a "Cir"), I try to get the publication date that is closest to the specific printing that I can.
  • When listing chapters, I only list chapters relevant to the story. I will usually leave off Author Notes, Indices, Acknowledgements, etc unless they are relevant to the story or the book is non-fiction.
  • Page numbers on this site are for the end of the main story. I normally do not include appendices, extra material, and other miscellaneous stuff at the end of the book in the page count.






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