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Bored of the Rings | |
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Author | Henry N. Beard and Douglas C. Kenney |
Publisher | Gollancz |
Released | 2003 |
Format | Paperback |
Pages | 228 |
ISBN | 0575074957 |
Bored of the Rings (BOTR) is a short satirical novel by Henry N. Beard and Douglas C. Kenney based on The Lord of the Rings. It was first published in 1969 by Signet for the Harvard Lampoon.
The novel is a fairly close parody in general plot, but is filled with cheap gags (e.g. the palantír as a Magic 8-ball etc.), a lot of bad punning (especially on names), cowardly and unsympathetic characters, and dated 1960s references.
The Signet first edition cover, which parodies the LOTR paperback cover by artist Barbara Remington [1], was drawn by Michael K. Frith. William S. Donnell's parody map of Lower Middle Earth subsitutes Tüdor for Gondor and Fordor with Mordor.
Notable characters from Lower Middle Earth (Middle-earth) include:
Goodgulf Greyteeth, the good wizard | "a discredited Rosicrucian" and "a 32nd Degree Mason and Honorary Shriner" (Gulf Oil slogan) | Gandalf Greyhame |
Boggies | (not for the faint of heart) | Hobbits |
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Dildo; bugger | Bilbo Baggins |
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Fritos, a corn chips brand | Frodo Baggins |
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SPAM, a food brand; gangrene | Sam |
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Moxie, a soft drink brand | Merry |
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Pepsi, a soft drink brand | Pippin |
Stomper, or Arrowroot, son of Arrowshirt | Arrowroot, a brand of bland biscuits for babies and the elderly, and
Arrow shirt, a brand of men's dress shirt |
Strider or Aragorn, son of Arathorn |
Gimlet, son of Groin | Gimlet cocktail; Groin | Gimli, son of Glóin |
Legolam | "leg of lamb" | Legolas |
Bromosel | Used to be an indigestion relief product | Boromir |
Eorache | "ear ache" | Éowyn |
Tim Benzedrine | Benzedrine—a stimulant drug popular during the 1960s—and former Harvard professor Timothy Leary | Tom Bombadil |
Goddam | "God damn" | Gollum |
Sorhed, the evil wizard, ruler of Fordor | "Sore head";
"four door," evil kingdom opposed to "Two-dor" (Tudor) |
Sauron |
Serutan the wizard of Isinglass | Serutan was the name of a laxative product: the product name is simply "Natures" spelled backwards;
Isinglass, a substance used in clarifying wine. |
Saruman, the wizard of Isengard |