Kangazang!

Kangazang!

The front cover of the second edition of Kangazang!
Author Terry Cooper
Cover artist Terry Cooper
Country United Kingdom
Language English
Genre Comedy, Science fiction novel
Publisher Candy Jar Books
Publication date
 1 August 2010
Media type Print (Paperback)
Pages 220 pp
ISBN 978-0-9566826-0-4
OCLC TBA

Kangazang! is a humorous science fiction novel by Terry Cooper. This is the second edition of the Kangazang book which is sub-titled, Remote Possibilities. It has been revised and expanded, featuring much more information about the universe in which it is set, and clues to the content of the book's sequel.

Plot introduction

Troubled Earthman and Kebab-lover Jeff Spooner is having a bad time. His fiance found love in the arms of the local vicar, and she dumped him. Plus she wants the £50 he owes her back. And to make matters worse, he seems to be mocked by the sounds of 'I Should Be So Lucky' and 'Don't Worry, Be Happy'. Fortunately, help and hope comes in the guise of Ray, Jeff's eccentric but likeable barber. A man with a plan. A man hard to understand. A man from Kangazang! Together, this unlikely pair of heroes set off to see the sights, find a decent pub, and more importantly, save the entire universe, aided by a tribe of warrior spacehoppers, in a spacecraft made of human hair.

Explanation of the novel's title

Kangazang! is the name of the home planet of barber and space-faring alien Ray. Potential other titles were Jeff Spooner and The Man From Kangazang and "Jeff Spooner and the Universal Remote.

Plot summary

After Jeff's break up with his fiancee he embarks on a journey with Ray, his barber- an alien that has been stranded on Earth and finally repaired his spacecraft, the 'Marshmallow Penguin', to leave the planet. The journey leads Jeff and Ray to a planet of amazonian women, simple minded men and living space hoppers where they are tasked with retrieving the 'Universal Remote', a device for altering the very fabric of the universe.

Characters in "Kangazang!"

Real-life inspiration

The author admits to basing most of the book's characters on real life actors or people he knows. A few of these are:

Publication history

Upcoming publications

KANGAZANG! 2 is entitled KANGAZANG!: Star Stuff. (It had a working title of Blame The Parents), and continues where the first book left off, covering more about life on Kangazang, Ray's parents and Jeff's relationship with his robotic girlfriend.

It was made available for advance preorder copies on 25 February 2012, at the Cardiff International Comics and Animation Expo (CICAE 2012) in hardback format only. It has an official release date of 16 June 2012.

The third and final part of the trilogy has the title, KANGAZANG : Small Cosmos, and is being written as of December 2012. It concludes the series, and introduces a number of new characters, such as 'Special Agent Marta Vina', 'Nivid Cleggeron' and 'Herman the German Merman'. It has a tentative release date of Late 2013.

Film, TV or theatrical adaptations

KANGAZANG! The movie, is currently in script development. Covering the events of the first book, it is being discussed with the Film Agency For Wales, and some advice has been provided by Welsh director Justin Kerrigan (Human Traffic), a friend of the author.

References

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