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The extraordinary adventures of Alec, a teenaged boy with a vivid imagination, in a world of fantasy and paranormal experience.
Alec is a daydreamer. His mind is incredibly active and wanders off, frequently taking him on imaginary adventures in places he has never seen before. One day, in his room, Alec discovers Princess Sandra, a beautiful girl smiling back at him from the mirror. She is his other half.
˃˃˃ A fascinating tale for both young and old in the world of paranormal and supernormal phenomena.252 pages, Kindle Edition
First published December 15, 2009
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Stan I.S. Law
43 books36 followersStan I.S. Law (nome de plume of Stanislaw Kapuscinski), an architect, sculptor and prolific writer was educated in Poland and England. Since 1965 he has resided in Canada. His special interests cover a broad spectrum of arts, sciences and philosophy. His fiction and non-fiction attest to his particular passion for the scope and the development of Human Potential. He authored more than forty books, twenty of them novels. His novels have often been described as visionary fiction, and/or spiritual thrillers. His short fiction has also been shortlisted for the CBC Literary Awards.
Under his real name, he published eighteen non-fiction books sharing his vision of reality. He also composed two collections of poems in his original native tongue, in which he satirizes his view of the world while paying homage to Bozena Happach's sculptures.
As an architect [RIBA, MRAIC, OAQ ret.] he designed a number of high-rise buildings in Montreal, including Regency Hyatt Hotel (now Delta), Place Mercantile, Headquarters for the Mutual Alliance, as well as a number of low and middle rise structures for private clients. In the National Capital, he was the associate in charge of the design of the Royal Bank Headquarters on Sparks Street.
To find out more about him, look at http://stanlaw.ca or add him as a friend.
Under his real name, he published eighteen non-fiction books sharing his vision of reality. He also composed two collections of poems in his original native tongue, in which he satirizes his view of the world while paying homage to Bozena Happach's sculptures.
As an architect [RIBA, MRAIC, OAQ ret.] he designed a number of high-rise buildings in Montreal, including Regency Hyatt Hotel (now Delta), Place Mercantile, Headquarters for the Mutual Alliance, as well as a number of low and middle rise structures for private clients. In the National Capital, he was the associate in charge of the design of the Royal Bank Headquarters on Sparks Street.
To find out more about him, look at http://stanlaw.ca or add him as a friend.
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October 20, 2013
Coming of Age Novel
Book 1 encompassed the normal events of Alec’s life. At age thirteen Alec seemed to ignore reading and so his mother, Alicia, read to him. His imagination took over and he would spin his own story. His mother worried that it was Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder, only he wasn’t that active. Alicia took it up with his father Alex Baldwin, Sr. who felt it had to do with raging hormones. Whatever caught his attention, Alec became in his mental movies. But Alec, regardless of his seeming inattention, was an excellent student. Anything that caught his mind caused him to research it thoroughly until he knew more than the books. He was ten when he commenced having these visions. As time passed, his visions became so real that he experiences his senses of feeling and smell, besides sight.
Finally Alicia took him to a psychologist, Dr. Schmidthosen, whom Alec instantly disliked. Alicia was a beautiful, trim woman and attracted the doctor more than her son did. Alicia noticed the doctor wasn’t paying any attention to Alec’s problem and left. At age thirteen, Alex gave Alec a computer, and he traveled the world and the ages, withdrawing into himself as Alec had to experience his information as real and not as some detached fragment of history.
One day Alec saw a beautiful girl in a mirror. Later, he could hear her and she called herself Princess Sandra. Alec became her knight, and whenever he was bored or needed answers to his questions, when he thought of her, she appeared. They spent hours and hours philosophizing, and Sandra attempting to explain how she fit into Alec’s life. She said she was part of him and would always be there for him.
The story continued with Alec struggling to make sense of what Sandra said; Alicia, having a talent for painting formed a painting club; and Alex, a good husband and provider , was rather dull and very aware of Alicia’s attraction to other men. Alec continued to mature, became enamored with a girl two years older than himself, and went through the usual stages of teen on-again, off-again. Although the dialogues between Sandra and Alec were most thoughtful and far-reaching, still Alec had the usual ups and downs of becoming a man and his parents did also in their own right as a married couple. I feel that parents of precocious teenagers will truly enjoy this story and perhaps become a little more enlightened as to how maturing children think. I recommend this book and look forward to the next two books in this trilogy covering the paranormal and supernormal.
Book 1 encompassed the normal events of Alec’s life. At age thirteen Alec seemed to ignore reading and so his mother, Alicia, read to him. His imagination took over and he would spin his own story. His mother worried that it was Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder, only he wasn’t that active. Alicia took it up with his father Alex Baldwin, Sr. who felt it had to do with raging hormones. Whatever caught his attention, Alec became in his mental movies. But Alec, regardless of his seeming inattention, was an excellent student. Anything that caught his mind caused him to research it thoroughly until he knew more than the books. He was ten when he commenced having these visions. As time passed, his visions became so real that he experiences his senses of feeling and smell, besides sight.
Finally Alicia took him to a psychologist, Dr. Schmidthosen, whom Alec instantly disliked. Alicia was a beautiful, trim woman and attracted the doctor more than her son did. Alicia noticed the doctor wasn’t paying any attention to Alec’s problem and left. At age thirteen, Alex gave Alec a computer, and he traveled the world and the ages, withdrawing into himself as Alec had to experience his information as real and not as some detached fragment of history.
One day Alec saw a beautiful girl in a mirror. Later, he could hear her and she called herself Princess Sandra. Alec became her knight, and whenever he was bored or needed answers to his questions, when he thought of her, she appeared. They spent hours and hours philosophizing, and Sandra attempting to explain how she fit into Alec’s life. She said she was part of him and would always be there for him.
The story continued with Alec struggling to make sense of what Sandra said; Alicia, having a talent for painting formed a painting club; and Alex, a good husband and provider , was rather dull and very aware of Alicia’s attraction to other men. Alec continued to mature, became enamored with a girl two years older than himself, and went through the usual stages of teen on-again, off-again. Although the dialogues between Sandra and Alec were most thoughtful and far-reaching, still Alec had the usual ups and downs of becoming a man and his parents did also in their own right as a married couple. I feel that parents of precocious teenagers will truly enjoy this story and perhaps become a little more enlightened as to how maturing children think. I recommend this book and look forward to the next two books in this trilogy covering the paranormal and supernormal.
August 23, 2017
This book has been altered from a children's book, to suit a more mature audience. In my opinion, this has been done by updating the vocabulary and throwing in some sexual aspects to counteract the young feel that the book has.
It takes over half the book for this to morph into a book that reads as something aimed at adults, consequently becoming something interesting to read. While I give only three stars in my review this book since I disliked the adaptation, it could be read as if the reader enters the maturing mind of a young boy.
While the story did not quite catch my attention and I'm uncertain what audience the entire book would appeal to, I must admit that it is interesting in its mix of storylines. It makes sense for this book to be a first in a series: lots of background information is given that could easily be carried over into another book.
It takes over half the book for this to morph into a book that reads as something aimed at adults, consequently becoming something interesting to read. While I give only three stars in my review this book since I disliked the adaptation, it could be read as if the reader enters the maturing mind of a young boy.
While the story did not quite catch my attention and I'm uncertain what audience the entire book would appeal to, I must admit that it is interesting in its mix of storylines. It makes sense for this book to be a first in a series: lots of background information is given that could easily be carried over into another book.
September 24, 2017
I rarely give a 3-star rating, but this book was really difficult for me to understand, I thought that this would be a adventurous read, but it was actually quite serious. Alec was found quite a lot asking what the point of life was. I never did get how Alec had these "imaginary" adventures. I kept wondering is he actually going to another world or just has an overly active imagination. When Sandra shows up, I thought maybe he has split personalities. Maybe I'll never know or it's explained in a future book.
This book was altered from a children's book, to suit a more mature audience. But I feel like that didn't turn out to well, I feel like there was just some some sexual talk just thrown in.The main characters other than Alec were his parents, and I couldn't stand them and how they acted. I probably would have enjoyed the book a lot more if they didn't have POV's.
I did like Law's writing, and the epilogue mentioned Alec started feeling powers, so that is interesting. The Synopsis of the second book, Alexander sounds interesting, but so did the synopsis to Alec. If you are more into more serious reads and not YA fantasy adventures like me. I think you'll love this.
This book was altered from a children's book, to suit a more mature audience. But I feel like that didn't turn out to well, I feel like there was just some some sexual talk just thrown in.The main characters other than Alec were his parents, and I couldn't stand them and how they acted. I probably would have enjoyed the book a lot more if they didn't have POV's.
I did like Law's writing, and the epilogue mentioned Alec started feeling powers, so that is interesting. The Synopsis of the second book, Alexander sounds interesting, but so did the synopsis to Alec. If you are more into more serious reads and not YA fantasy adventures like me. I think you'll love this.
April 22, 2019
This is garbled writing at it's worst. There is no flow and the progression seems thrown together with no fluency at all. Needs a professional proofread and even more a skilled editor. Maybe he could salvage a chapter or two, at most!
March 3, 2017
Going on half way but still bored to death. Gave up. Lacking in both action and adventure. Also messy.
September 13, 2016
Много ми харесаха описанията на извънземните преживявания на Алек, макар и да ми се искаше те да се доближават малко повече до "Приказка без край" - искаше ми се да има някаква завръзка, а не само размисли в търсене на себе си и на вечните истини за произхода на човечеството и смисъла на живота. Що се отнася до това първоначалният роман да бъде преплетен с историята на родителите на Алек, прекрасно можехме да минем и без тях- поне в рамките на историята на Алек - до последно двете истории някак не намериха допирна точка - нещо като първия и втория вариант на "Тютюн"- половината герои бяха напълно излишни.
March 10, 2013
This was an unique story and very thought provoking however; it started out slow. It also was a bit confusing. I'd say about half way through I began to understand what was happening and begun to enjoy the book.
December 18, 2016
Great book of adventure and imagination.
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