Colin Parsons

Author of fantasy fiction for children and young adults. His books include the Wizards' Kingdom series and The Curious World books.
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New Adventure for 2023

on November 09th, 2022 at  10:22 am

Coming Soon

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Books to get lost in...

on February 08th, 2022 at  10:54 am

Fantasy, Sci-fi, Supernatural & Steampunk

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My first podcast series

on February 20th, 2021 at  8:31 am

Podcast

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www.youtube.com/colinrparsons

on February 04th, 2020 at  9:05 am

Easy Ways to Start a Story

Drop by Youtube and tap in Colin R Parsons.

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My new Youtube series

on January 09th, 2020 at  12:08 pm

How to series

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Check this beauty out on Amazon.

on May 09th, 2019 at  3:18 pm

Wizards' Exile

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Readers Comments:

Wizards' Kingdom... 'The Obelisk of Ashmar' Thoroughly enjoyed your new book. Just enough background information and recap of the first story to remind the reader of the original plot or for a new reader to see what has previously transpired. It is a 'Stand alone plot' and reading the first story is not a prerequisite. Every chapter has a strong, individual, original storyline. Excellent descriptive language - poetic, evocative mastery, filled with suspense and adventure. Great titles for every chapter... Very exciting climax. This series is a real winner - Alison Hall teacher at Williamstown Primary School

I really had to think about this review before writing it. There is so much right with Crank Tech One but there is also a lot that is wrong. But overall my experience reading the book was positive. The best thing to say about Crank Tech Run is that it was a fun read. The book is quirky, the story a bit different, it had some fun twists to the story and overall I read it with a smile on my face. I’ve read a lot of “robot” stories and seen a number of “robot” movies and this story was fairly original and not a rehash of plots I had seen before.

However, the writing is very uneven. There are points where I was impressed with a well written section, and then cringing at the writing in another section. Many times the story progressed forward brilliantly – but at other points it relied on hokey contrivances. If the entire book were written up to the standards of its best segments, it would be a five star sci-fi classic. The poor parts had the effect of pulling me out of the story, which is never good.

I am going with four stars because the plot was original, and there were several shining moments in the book.

L Sweet 4 stars October 12 2015

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