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Seventh Son (other)
Seventh Son may refer to: * ''Seventh Son'' (2023 novel), a 2023 novel by Sebastian Faulks * ''Seventh Son'' (novel), a 1987 novel by Orson Scott Card * '' 7th Son: Descent'', a novel by J.C. Hutchins * ''The Seventh Son'' (film), a 1926 silent German film * ''Seventh Son'' (film), a 2014 fantasy film * " The Seventh Son", a "standard" blues song written by Willie Dixon * ''Seventh Son'', an album by Georgie Fame See also * Seventh son of a seventh son, a concept in folklore * '' Seventh Son of a Seventh Son'', an Iron Maiden album {{disambiguation ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Seventh Son (2023 Novel)
Seventh Son may refer to: * ''Seventh Son'' (2023 novel), a 2023 novel by Sebastian Faulks * ''Seventh Son'' (novel), a 1987 novel by Orson Scott Card * '' 7th Son: Descent'', a novel by J.C. Hutchins * ''The Seventh Son'' (film), a 1926 silent German film * ''Seventh Son'' (film), a 2014 fantasy film * "The Seventh Son "The Seventh Son" (also listed as "Seventh Son") is a rhythm and blues song written by Willie Dixon. The title refers to the seventh son of a seventh son of folklore, which Dixon referenced previously in his "Hoochie Coochie Man". The lyrics incl ...", a "standard" blues song written by Willie Dixon * ''Seventh Son'', an album by Georgie Fame See also * Seventh son of a seventh son, a concept in folklore * '' Seventh Son of a Seventh Son'', an Iron Maiden album {{disambiguation ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Seventh Son (novel)
''Seventh Son'' (1987) is an alternate history/fantasy novel by American writer Orson Scott Card. It is the first book in Card's ''The Tales of Alvin Maker'' series and is about Alvin Miller, the seventh son of a seventh son. ''Seventh Son'' won a Locus Award and was nominated for both the Hugo and World Fantasy Awards in 1988. Seventh sons have strong "knacks" (specific magical abilities), and seventh sons of seventh sons are both extraordinarily rare and powerful. In fact, young Alvin appears to be the only one in the world. His abilities make him the target of the Unmaker, who recognizes Alvin's powers as those of a Maker, only the second ever, and it had been a long time since the first had walked on water and turned water to wine. The Unmaker works largely by water and tries to kill Alvin in his early years before he can master his abilities. Plot summary Alvin's family is migrating west. When they try to cross the Hatrack River, an unknown force, known as the Unmaker, trie ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Descent
Descent may refer to: As a noun Genealogy and inheritance * Common descent, concept in evolutionary biology * Kinship, one of the major concepts of cultural anthropology ** Pedigree chart or family tree **Ancestry **Lineal descendant ** Heritage ** Royal descent - lineal descent from a monarch * Phylogenetics **Tree diagram (other) * Inheritance (law and property) Mathematics * Infinite descent, a method going back to Fermat to solve Diophantine equations * Descent (mathematics), an idea extending the notion of "gluing" in topology * Hadamard's method of descent, a technique for solving partial differential equations * Gradient descent, a first-order optimization algorithm going back to Newton * Descents in permutations, a classical permutation statistic in combinatorics Other uses * Descent (aeronautics), the decrease of an aircraft in altitude during flight * Descent (font), the distance that a typeface descends below the baseline in typography * Katabasis As a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Seventh Son (film)
''The Seventh Son'' (German: ''Der siebente Junge'') is a 1926 German silent drama film directed by Franz Osten and starring Maria Mindzenty, Ferdinand Martini and Carl Walther Meyer. It premiered in Berlin on 23 March 1926. It was shot at the Bavaria Studios in Munich. Cast *Maria Mindzenty as Konstantine * Ferdinand Martini as Wendelin Nimmersatt *Carl Walther Meyer as Prince Arthur * Elise Aulinger as Klothilde Nimmersatt *Martin Lindemann as ''Fürst'' Clemens VIII *Hilde Horst as Evchen Bergner *Hermann Pfanz as Eusebius Riemenschneider *Frau Heuberger-Schönemann as Ludmila *John W. Lantz as Alter *Manfred Koempel-Pilot Manfred Koempel-Pilot (1895–1944) was a German stage and film actor. He is also sometimes credited as André Pilot. Before the outbreak of World War I, Franz Kömpel trained as an operetta tenor at the Berlin Academy of Music. After serving on th ... References External links * 1926 drama films Films of the Weimar Republic German sil ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Seventh Son (film)
''Seventh Son'' is a 2014 American fantasy film directed by Sergei Bodrov and starring Ben Barnes, Jeff Bridges, Alicia Vikander, Kit Harrington, and Julianne Moore. It is loosely based on the 2004 novel ''The Spook's Apprentice'' (titled ''The Last Apprentice: Revenge of the Witch'' in the United States) by Joseph Delaney. The story centers on Thomas Ward, a seventh son of a seventh son, and his adventures as the apprentice of the Spook. After having its release date shifted numerous times, the film was released in France on December 17, 2014, and in Canada and the United States on February 6, 2015, by Universal Pictures. ''Seventh Son'' received generally negative reviews from film critics and it earned $114 million on a $95 million budget. Plot In 1572, the witch Malkin is imprisoned underground by Gregory, the last of the Falcons, a knightly order which defended mankind against supernatural threats. Years later, Gregory works as a "spook" – a roving witch hunter. Malkin ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Seventh Son
"The Seventh Son" (also listed as "Seventh Son") is a rhythm and blues song written by Willie Dixon. The title refers to the seventh son of a seventh son of folklore, which Dixon referenced previously in his "Hoochie Coochie Man". The lyrics include: In 1955, Willie Mabon was the first to record it. The jazz pianist and singer Mose Allison released it as a single in 1959 and on an album in 1964, calling it one of his "featured numbers". Johnny Rivers recorded the song as the lead track for his album '' Meanwhile Back at the Whisky à Go Go'' in 1965. Also released as a single, "The Seventh Son" was one of Rivers most popular singles. Willie Mabon song In his autobiography, Dixon described writing several tunes for Mabon, including "The Seventh Son". He noted that Mabon stuck to his arrangement, unlike others who recorded the song, and commented on its background: Chess Records released the song as a single with "Lucinda" as the B-side, however, it did not reach the record ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Georgie Fame
Georgie Fame (born Clive Powell; 26 June 1943) is an English R&B and jazz musician. Fame, who had a string of 1960s hits, is still performing, often working with contemporaries such as Alan Price, Van Morrison and Bill Wyman. Fame is the only British music act to have achieved three number one hits with his only top 10 chart entries: "Yeh, Yeh" in 1964, " Get Away" in 1966 and "The Ballad of Bonnie and Clyde" in 1967. Biography Early life Powell was born at 1 Cotton Street, Leigh, Lancashire, England. He took piano lessons from the age of seven and on leaving Leigh Central County Secondary School at 15 he worked for a brief period in a cotton weaving mill and played piano for a band called the Dominoes in the evenings. After taking part in a singing contest at the Butlins Holiday Camp in Pwllheli, North Wales, he was offered a job there by the band leader, early British rock and roll star Rory Blackwell. At sixteen years of age, Powell went to London and, on the recommend ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Seventh Son Of A Seventh Son
''Seventh Son of a Seventh Son'' is the seventh studio album by English heavy metal band Iron Maiden. It was released on 11 April 1988 in the United Kingdom by EMI Records and in the United States by Capitol Records. Like '' The Number of the Beast'' (1982) and later ''Fear of the Dark'' (1992), ''The Final Frontier'' (2010), and ''The Book of Souls'' (2015), the album debuted at number one on the UK Albums Chart. The lead single " Can I Play with Madness" was also a commercial success, peaking at No. 3 in the UK Singles Chart. A concept album inspired by the novel '' Seventh Son'' by Orson Scott Card, the record incorporates elements of progressive rock, seen in the length and complex structure of the title track. It was also the first Iron Maiden album to feature keyboards, after the band had introduced non-keyboard synth effects on their previous LP, '' Somewhere in Time'' (1986). After his contributions were rejected for ''Somewhere in Time'', ''Seventh Son of a Seventh ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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