（外文电子版资料）Orson Scott Card - Alvin SS - Grinning Man.pdf

TALES OF ALVIN MAKER ORSON SCOTT CARD The Tales of Alvin Maker: Book One: Seventh Son (1987) Book Two: Red Prophet (1988) Book Three: Prentice Alvin (1989) Book Four: Alvin journeyman (1996) Book Five: Master Alvin (1998) In the Tales of Alvin Maker series, an alternate-history view of an America that never was, Orson Scott Card postulated what the world might have been like if the Revolutionary War had never happened, and if folk magic actually worked. America is divided into several provinces, with the Spanish and French still having a strong presence in the New World. The emerging scientific revolution in Europe has led many people with talent, that is, magical ability, to emigrate to North America, bringing their prevailing magic with them. The books chronicle the life of Alvin, the seventh son of a seventh son - a fact that marks him right away as a person of great power. It is Alvins ultimate destiny to become a Maker, an adept being of a kind that has not existed for a thousand years. However, there exists an Unmaker for every Maker - a being of great supernatural evil - who is Alvins adversary, and strives to use Alvins brother Calvin against him. During the course of his adventures, Alvin explores the world around him and encounters such problems as slavery and the continued enmity between the settlers and the Native Americans who control the western half of the continent. The series appears to be heading towards an ultimate confrontation between Alvin and the Unmaker, with the fate of the entire continent, perhaps even the world, hinging on the outcome. GRINNING MAN BY ORSON SCOTT CARD The first time Alvin Maker run across the grinning man was in the steep woody hills of eastern Kenituck. Alvin was walking along with his ward, the boy Arthur Stuart, talking either deep philosophy or the best way for travellers to cook beans, I cant bring to mind now which, when they come upon a clearing where