Dive into the craziest adventure this side of the Milky Way!
Hop aboard your spaceship and join Serbinand, the intergalactic adventurer, as he explores the weird, wacky, and downright absurd things the universe has to offer. From out-of-this-world cuisine to colorful characters, alien adversaries to outlandish adventures close to home, readers are invited to join a larger-than-life comedy saga that flirts with the bizarre, the sublime, and the head-scratching ridiculous!
Imagine finding out that your dream came true: You wake up and you’re now in a new body. (Albeit, on a strange planet, interacting with others who don’t know you’re a new you.)
Well, that’s exactly what Serbinand (from somewhere in space) and Jime (a teenager of earth) got themselves into. When they miraculously switch bodies, they embark on a side-splitting yet strangely heartwarming saga that shares a profound storyline about resilience, friendship, self-discovery, and the surprising value of enabling a perspective switch.
From snack-themed adventures to sticky situations on planet Earth and all across the galaxy, this book strikes the perfect mix of anything-goes hilarity, interesting insights and crazy imagination. (All while giving you a good chuckle along the way!)
Laugh with the characters as they, through fresh eyes, navigate ridiculous situations with wonder, joy… and confusion. Join them on their quest to step in and out of the pages to negotiate their experiences with Author. Learn through them as they come to new understandings about life, the universe and everything.
Book One of The Ridiculous is a hilarious novel that reads like one giant comedy skit. A must-read for fans of classics like The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy, Monty Python, The Jetsons, Futurama, Ted Lasso, and Rick and Morty. For children of the 70s & 80s, you’re in for an extra treat. #RidiculousNovels
Ranked #1 on Amazon in:
Comedy ~ Science Fiction
Self-Help & Psychology Humour ~ Happiness
What inspired you to write the book?
The initial inspiration came from the book series Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy, however that expanded over the years.
What inspires us today is people emanating love, those who sport a slight smile, give love to animals, are kind to people, and who are present to their moment. People who have discovered their passion, who are pursuing their talents, dreaming their dreams, and creating their creations.
On our end we are inspired to help others love better how they think, function, feel, create, manifest, look and dream. We are inspired to do this by writing our book series, and creating a conscious community full of people inspired to help themselves, and each other.
What is your target audience for the book?
Well, anyone who wants to laugh, to rethink, and escape into a wacky and fun adventure. It is also for fans of classics like The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy, Monty Python, The Jetsons, Futurama, Ted Lasso, and Rick and Morty, along with children of the 70s & 80s 🙂
It’s a science fiction comedy, and it is also a self-help series too. We also wrote it for kids and for those reading it to the kids lol
What do you hope readers could get out of your book?
Laugh-Out-Loud moments and meaningful lessons and mindset shifts. The goal is to inspire the reader to take action to enjoy life and love better how they think, feel, act, look, create, function, manifest and dream.
What are your future goals/plans for the book?
We are working on the first trilogy. Book 2 is in editing right now and Book 3 has already been started. The full series will be a total of 9 books.
Add something more about yourself.
Authors, Jeffrey Neil Kippel and Mindy Heather Blackstien are a go-getting husband-wife team who are passionate about health, self-love, and inspiring people to embrace how they think, feel, act, look, function and dream.
With over 25 years of experience in the health & wellness industry, they helped pioneer the natural bodybuilding and fitness model movements.
They founded prestigious organizations including FAME and the World Natural Sports Organization (WNSO) to inspire millions of personal trainers, coaches, athletes, consultants, models, magazines, and businesses to rethink fitness.
Jeffrey and Mindy are also the hosts of the hit talk and interview show Tuning IN with Jeff and (Sometimes) Mindy.
They’ve featured dozens of writers, poets, storytellers, narrators, screenwriters, innovators, artists and experts who are on missions to educate, empower and entertain others through valuable lessons and amusing stories.
While attending university, Jeffery launched Recover, Canada’s first environmental magazine, while Mindy served as Executive Editor for the FAME International Lifestyle Magazine, as well as being a regular contributor to multiple wellness publications.
As the authors of The Ridiculous series, they love to entertain and inspire their readers through laughter and creativity with collections of larger-than-life science fiction adventures that harken back to comedy classics.
The first edition was published under the title: The Ridiculous Adventures of Serbinand and achieved some great success reaching the top 300 on Audible in the comedy section and multiple top 100 rankings on Amazon & Kindle. It also garnered over 50 appearances on podcasts, talk shows, book readings and specialty events.
Book 1 – Adventures of Adventurers – is now available and Book 2 is currently being edited With Book 3 already being written. Stay tuned as there are some really exciting things being prepared for the Trilogy Box Set, including an entire companion community complete with action steps, activities and, well, fun, for all ages.
Jeffrey & Mindy have spoke on stages around the world on fitness, wellness, mindfulness, empowerment, creativity, and comedy. They are available for readings, speaking engagements and interviews.
A deeper Dive:
THE RIDICULOUS: BACKGROUND
Authors of The Ridiculous Series, Mindy & Jeffrey, each have had lifelong desires to make a difference in the world. When they met in the late ‘90, all the pieces started to sort themselves into place. Together they embarked on what became an illustrious career building an empire in the fitness and wellness space.
With backgrounds in all things wellness — personal training, aerobics instructing, life guarding, performance nutrition, aromatherapy, massage therapy, Thai yoga massage, superfoods, and reflexology — Jeffrey & Mindy helped pioneer and launch the natural bodybuilding and fitness model industry in Canada and expanded that vision around the world.
Doing so launched careers, brands, organizations, innovations, media outlets and tours of related events. It brought life to a new niche market, empowering superhero personalities, sculpted physiques, dedicated fans, talented new performers, community support, and lots of inspiration.
As a husband-wife team, Jeffrey and Mindy created the World Natural Sports Organization, founded the FAME Agency, produced the FAME World Tour, co-produced a #1 hit television show for Canada’s Sports Network (TSN), published The International Lifestyle Magazine: FAME, had a website ranking in the top 1,000 in Canada, and spoke on global stages inspiring millions to take action to transform.
Reflecting on their FAME success, they came to notice that looking like a superhero doesn’t always mean feeling like one. Becoming an artist to your physique, while commendable, does not mean you are happy, healthful, confident, nor a wellness expert. Individuals with powerful physiques, huge personalities and massive fan followings are not always fans of their own body.
These realizations launched the bodyproud movement to help anyone “rethink their fitness” because Jeffrey & Mindy came to realize that being FIT goes beyond strength and appearance. It requires us to take action for our mental, emotional, social, spiritual and functional selves too!
This led to Jeffrey and Mindy’s commitment to revolutionize the unhealthy components of society, starting with the fitness industry. Their goal was to up-level the culture by providing pathways and platforms that offered something better. It was time to get self-loving wellness embraced by the athletic market.
As a result people from all backgrounds, experience levels, age groups and ethnicities successfully transformed into naturally-trained bodybuilders, models, athletes. Many went on to become cover models, sponsored athletes, world champions, business owners, coaches, trainers, social media influencers and even celebrities.
Soon the FAME world Tour became a destination event attracting fitness and wellness enthusiasts globally.
Their bodyproud concept made its debut at their pinnacle production — FAME: Fitness And Model Expo — the largest fitness consumer show of its kind. The BodyPROUD Showcase option celebrated the fact that being FiT goes beyond the body. It is an inside job too. It requires you to be proud of the actions you take for yourself and give love to your body.
However, while the “I AM BodyPROUD” mantra was widely accepted around the world, something was still missing. Without a guidebook, educator or mentor, people only thought they got what it meant, yet they didn’t truly grasp the magic at its core.
In search of a solution to fill these voids and system correct, Jeffrey and Mindy were guided by a vision in 2008. Since then they were taken under the wing of experts in all areas of business, empowerment, nutrition, wellness, and mental / emotional / spiritual health and most importantly Self Love and Self Healing.
After a decade of such research, they were invited to be ordained as metaphysical ministers, and came to understand the missing piece of the puzzle: self-love. Yes, self-love, a topic most people shy away from, feel uncomfortable with and want to believe they have it, even though deep down they know they didn‘t yet wish they did.
This concept of self-love actually empowers self-health, happiness, confidence and fulfillment. And that is why self-love, personal development and self-discovery form the underlying theme within all their work.
That’s right, Jeffrey & Mindy embedded over 25 years of experiential learning along with information, inspiration, innovations and insights from some of the greatest minds in wellness, spirituality, nutrition, fitness, and mindfulness into all books of The Ridiculous Series and its Companion Community to “Unleash YOUR SuperHERO”.
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