Bored of the Rings : A Parody (Paperback)

from steevc

Amusing enough. Goes all out for laughs, but doesn't always get them

from MyopicBookworm

In many ways this is not so much a spoof of Tolkien as a parody of the genre of sub-Tolkienian fantasy as a whole. It took me a while to spot some of the more American jokes ("Nozdrul" doesn't work in a British accent). But the obsessive care with which the authors parody not only the map, but ev...

from DarthDeverell

The Harvard Lampoon's parody of "Lord of the Rings," though entertaining, is quite dated. Unlike LotR, which J.R.R. Tolkien deliberately wrote to evoke an older time, "Bored of the Rings" suffers from its dated humor and references. What's worse is some of the offensive and unfunny jokes. At one ...

from Molave

Ribald, irreverent, roll-in-the-muck funny. Harvard Lampoon's version of the storming of Isengard by the Ents was memorably uproarious.

from TheDivineOomba

The back cover says it all. "This paperback edition, and no other, has been published solely for the purpose of making a few fast bucks" Add to the fact that this was originally published in 1969 - and you get all the wonderfulness of a ganja smoking Googulf, with a foul mouthed Boggies (er hobbi...