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Bored of the Rings: A Parody of J.R.R. Tolkein's the Lord of the Rings
The Harvard Lampoon
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Description for Bored of the Rings: A Parody of J.R.R. Tolkein's the Lord of the Rings
Hardcover. The ultimate Tolkien Parody. 300,000 copies sold in since 2001! Num Pages: 224 pages, maps. BIC Classification: FM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 179 x 116 x 19. Weight in Grams: 212.
Sometimes childish, sometimes rude, always clever and always very, very funny, this book has delighted most, and outraged a few, Tolkien fans in the US for more than 40 years.
Pulling in references to popular culture and fantasy literature as a whole, this is a killingly effective parody of THE LORD OF THE RINGS. From the dreary Goddamn (Gollum) to the feckless Arrowroot (Aragorn), the bungling Goodgulf (Gandalf) to the timid, mean-minded boggies Frito (Frodo) and Dildo (Bilbo), no character is safe. Fleeing the Nozdrul, bored by acid-casualty Tim Benzedrine and harassed throughout by the minions of Sorhed, the ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Gollancz
Condition
New
Number of Pages
224
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780575099593
SKU
V9780575099593
Shipping Time
Usually ships in 5 to 9 working days
Ref
99-98
About The Harvard Lampoon
The Harvard Lampoon was essentially Douglas Kenney and Henry Beard. They wrote BORED OF THE RINGS when they were students at Harvard. They then went on to form THE NATIONAL LAMPOON, a satirical institution in the '70s. Kenney died in 1980. Beard lives in the Hamptons in the USA.
Reviews for Bored of the Rings: A Parody of J.R.R. Tolkein's the Lord of the Rings
Lurches drunkenly through Tolkien's narrative, scrawling graffiti on noble citadels and firing off gags with such machine-gun speed that something hits the funny bone on almost every page
David Langford
David Langford