This book was going to be called The Collected Science Fiction and Fantasy Parodies of David Langford. That's what it is - a collection of David Langford's science fiction and fantasy parodies - often wicked but always funny - that have appeared in various publications over the last few years. But then someone pointed out that a title should be snappy, punchy - lotsa zu-zazz, whatever that may be. And for this book, funny too. Besides,
far too long. No-one, apparently,. likes long titles. Except our cover designer who gets paid by the letter. So we asked Mr Langford for a short and snappy title -reflecting the humour of the book and just a mild sampling of his generous wit.
We're convinced he did a deal with our cover designer. And, no - neither of them knew what zu-zazz was.
