TERRY APPEARS ON ROY NOBLE SHOW!

Kangazang! author Terry Cooper appeared on the Roy Noble show today to talk about his efforts to rescue Luke Skywalker's home in Tunisia as well as discuss the Kangazang! follow up, Star Stuff. He also managed to do a few impressions of Alec Guinness and C-3PO!

You can listen to the broadcast here.

 

www.kangazang.co.uk

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INTERNATIONAL FORCE SAVES STAR WARS ICON

Cardiff-based author and Star Wars fan Terry Cooper is currently in Tunisia fulfilling a long held dream: to restore the Lars homestead – home of Luke Skywalker – to its former glory.

Terry feels that this iconic building should be protected. He said: “I have always been a fan of Star Wars and science fiction. I last visited the sets in Tunisia in 2009 and just being around such an iconic location made a real impact on me as a writer. It was sad to see it falling into disrepair, and it occurred to me that such an inspirational location needed to be preserved for the next generation of writers or film directors.”

The inspiration of Star Wars has certainly helped Terry become a success. His first book, Kangazang!: Remote Possibilities became a cult hit with Doctor Who fans after former Doctor Who, Colin Baker recorded an audio version. His second book, Kangazang!: Star Stuff is due to be released soon. Terry continued: “Fans of sci-fi will enjoy reading my books. It has been fun referencing Star Wars, Hitch-hikers Guide to the Galaxy, Doctor Who and even Kylie Minogue.”

The international ‘Save the Lars Homestead’ team led by Mark Dermul will not be preserving the original homestead as featured in Stars Wars: A New Hope – that was lost to the sand many years ago. Instead they will be fixing the one built for Stars Wars: Attack of the Clones. Like the original from 1977, this has also been left to decay, but the fans are determined it will be returned to its former glory before the desert claims it. Marc said: “Sadly we can’t use the force to get the job done. It’s going to be long hard work but I’m sure it will be worth it in the end.”

The team flew out to Tunisia on the 35th anniversary of Star Wars: A New Hope and will return early next week.

You can find out more about Kangazang! here.

Also available is the Kangazang!: Remote Possibilities audiobook, narrated by former Doctor Who Colin Baker and also starring Welsh actress Claire Cage, who plays three different character roles. Claire’s previous credits include the Torchwood episode, Sleeper, as well as Sherlock and Submarine. Recently she has appeared opposite Arthur Darvill – best known for playing Doctor Who’s ‘Rory’ – in the recent Radio 4 dramatisation of Gulliver’s Travels.

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KANGAZANG 2 COVER ART!

Well it's been quite a while since we were here updating the blog, but here as a 'Hot-Off-The-Press' treat, is the cover art for KANGAZANG!: Star Stuff, the second in the trilogy!

As with the first book, The cover and style is intentionally made to follow the same kind of aesthetic appeal, with minor refreshments (No, I don't mean very small cups of tea and biccies!)

Here it is! Cover and layout by Author TERRY COOPER

And here it is front-on so to speak.....

WHAT CAN THAT MACHINE-CREATURE BE?

Well, it's not what it looks like at first sight. But it's very important and you'll learn more as time goes by!

Why not PRE-ORDER your own copy of KANGAZANG!: STAR STUFF now, so you get it as soon as it comes off the presses in February 2012?

Just £11.99! Visit www.candy-jar.co.uk and check out their online shop to do it! Go! Go!

AUTHOR TERRY COOPER MEETS THE FORCE!

Sci-fi worlds collide as Star Wars characters come to support Kangazang at Star Mania in Swansea!

What do we like....?

We like:

• 1980's pop - Rick Astley, Kylie Minogue and Bobby McFerrin!
• 1970's TV - Vision On, Doctor Who!
• Spider-Man and Batman!
• Star Wars - Especially Artoo Detoo and Stormtroopers!
• Space Hoppers!
• Star Trek - Shatner and Nimoy Ahoy hoy!
• Facebook! Not Myspace! {--boo
• Ebay is fun! But addictive - Just say NO kids!
• Cardiff! Home of Kangazang Towers!
• Bill Bailey - Remind you of anyone we know? (Scumpbag?)
• Marc Warren - From Hustle to Wanted to Teatime to.... Spooner?
• Claire Cage - she looks like and RHYMES with Betty Page!
• Douglas Adams - The GUVNOR!
• Robots
• Aliens
• Alien Robots
• Robot Aliens!
• etc...
  

A Site for sore.......Ears?

Well, I'm pretty excited! After what seems like yonks of waiting and developing, tweaking (ooh!) and adjusting, the KANGAZANG! website is finally here!

it's www.kangazang.co.ukjust so you know!

We've got the Audiobook CD set being made AS WE TYPE! and the Second Edition book is getting a final check to fix any of my typos (ha! as IF!) and then it'll be over to the monastery, where Gregorian Monkeys will painstakingly rewrite thousands of copies with their inky quills.

The site has been lovingly crafted by the Candy Jar team (www.candy-jar.co.uk and the genius of Aimee, who's petite frame hosts the biggest brain in the world, from 3D & 2D animation, coding, art, design and everythig else, (juggling, stilt walking) and she's mad ethe sit ethe wonderful place that it is!

She's designed a selection of OSSUM wallpapers for free download on the 'media' page of the site! GO get one! Get three!

PRE-ORDERS are now coming in for the products, which is also very exciting. The choices are:

• 1) Second edition book
• 2) Audio CD set (4 discer)
• 3)SuperMegaDoubleCombo - Book and CD set - at a discount price!

Special mention to YOSS, MARK and VIRGINIA who were the very first intelligent beings to place a pre-order. Yoss is from the UK, Mark is from Belgium and Virginia is from Germany! How international is THAT?

Of course I will be signing their products and sending them out as soon as they come in!

It's all very busy and a little chaotic as you can imagine, but the advertising and marketing is beginning now - the general plan is to tell everyone in the known universe about KANGAZANG! and get them to buy a version of it!

Join the big push! Onwards and Upwards! Per Ardua Ad Astra! Excelsior! Freedom or death! (not literally) And other such motivational phrases!!!

KANGAZANG! r e m o t e p o s s i b i l i t i e s

Space.

The Final Frontier.

(Well, not unless you count time, alternate dimensions, thought travel and a myriad of other ethereal media through which one can safely travel without being atomically shredded, crushed, fiddled with or recombobulated into a sixty-five foot long bratwurst. Trust me - it's happened before.)

This is the blog of KANGAZANG - the universe-spanning saga of one man's travels to the furthest reaches of the galaxy and beyond. A quest to find truth, meaning, love, justice... And a decent pint and a kebab.

There will be books to document the saga:

• KANGAZANG! remote possibilities - First instalment and introduction to our heroes.
• KANGAZANG! star stuff - Second part, chronicling the deeper implications.
• KANGAZANG! [as yet untitled] - Third (and possibly final) part. Who knows?

Stay tuned to this blog as we divulge impotent information about the book/audiobook/movie/facebook group/twitterfeed/national craze that's taking the Geekiverse by storm!