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Summary: Grind Up A Sacred Cow
Review: Nothing, but nothing, in my Humble Opinion, is beyond making fun of. People who hold JRRT or any other author or human being as "beyond criticism" need to get a life -- or therapy. On the other hand, I think it's rather a stretch to say this is The Funniest Book Ever Written. Such hyperbole is as bad as the claims that the Lord of the Rings is The Greatest Book Ever Written. In light of how many books have been and continue to be written, it's a wee bit extreme to claim any one is "the best" or "the greatest" or any such superlative. But I'm being a party pooper. Bored Of The Rings is an amusing parody; juvenile humor, yes, and not exactly the most cerebral parody I've run across, but do your Inner Child (or rather, Inner Adolescent) a favor and read this book when you need a good laugh.
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Summary: Bored of "Bored of..."
Review: I heard some good things about this book, read the reviews right here on this page and figured the other person who gave this book a 1 just didn't have a sense of humor. I love humor books. Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy, poking fun at sf, was hilarious. Woody Allen's 3 books were hilarious. Bored of the Rings was the worst excuse for comedy I've ever seen. I had to quit after 40 pages without a single laugh. I was really looking forward to someone poking fun at fantasy, even though I'm not a fan of that genre. Maybe you have to be to appreciate the humor here. Maybe you have to have never read another humor book. I don't know. God help me, I just don't know...
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Summary: A masterful epic of silliness
Review: B.O.T.R is a very funny book. I read it while in college and I found that my low test scores were the result of spending WAY too much time in it. I have owned 4 copies of it. Each time I loan it out I know I might as well go buy another copy. It never comes back. In a way I feel proud to help new readers. If the book brings as much belly laughter to others as it did me, I know that the DEA is still not winning the war.
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Summary: In defense of mastery...
Review: I must present an opinion contrary to the majority here - I do not agree with this parody. Tolkien's beautifully created _Lord Of The Rings_ Trilogy does not provide an acceptable genre for satire and does not need to be mocked. The "Father of Fantasy" put his love into manuscript form for the entertainment and pleasure of the world, not to be warped by inferior "authors" into an ugly parody. Tolkien received enough trouble for his works in his lifetime - his masterwork was not published until after Tolkien's death in 1972 - do we need to support blatant mockery of his penmanship while he can no longer defend it? Surely you, the educated and literate elite of Western society will agree with my argument after a brief educated comparison between J.R.R. Tolkien's creation of a literary dimention in the _Lord Of The Rings_ and "National Lampoon." Were any work "authored" by the writers of this parody of literary significance worth mocking, I would be the first to engage in it. Tolkien, however, is held in my memory with the greatest of reverence - he deserves it.
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Summary: Simply the funniest book ever written
Review: For those who feel that LotR is sacred, this is a must read to jar you out of tie-dyed reality. Humor (and satire in particular) is a highly subjective thing, so I would have to say that if you read this and don't find it hilarous beyond your expectations - you probably don't have a sense of humor. I read this thing over and over in 1969 and found no value in it whatsoever, which is refreshing since it has no pretenses; unlike most drek in our popular culture, which also has no value - - - but ISN'T FUNNY! Personally, I plan on buying up a case-load of these things and give them away for Christmas - I haven't had this much fun since I was 14 and gave everyone THE PAINTED BIRD for Christmas.
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Summary: What Airplane is to movies, Bored of the Rings is to books
Review: Whenever I am feeling slightly down or in less than my normal cheerful mood, I pick up my dog eared 1969 copy of Bored of the Rings, and am immediatly laughing like a demented loon. The satire in this book is quite simply the funniest ever written. Anyone who experienced the 60s or attended College will appreciate the humor.
The references to (at the time) topical events and persons is amazing. In many ways it is a lot like the original Saturday Night Live TV series, in that many of the phrases have become part of my everyday vocabulary. ie; Bloated to critical mass, We take Tiffin mighty early in these parts, and If you like it now, just wait till the rush hits you.
Please excuse my hyperbole, but this book is really great!!!!!
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Summary: The funniest book I have ever read.
Review: Reading J.R.R. Tolkien's "The Lord of the Rings" was a life-changing experience for me, as it has been for millions of others. "Bored of the Rings" assaults and mocks Tolkien's classic so brilliantly and thoroughly that a more pious reader might take umbrage. But Beard and Kinney would take that umbrage right back where you stole it from, because literally every sentence of this books reveals a comic genius that regales against the classic backdrop of Lower Middle Earth. While some of the gags show their age (Goodgulf's excuse for dropping a smoke grenade, "Rings go better with hocus-pocus", matches meter with the ancient tag line, "Things go better with Coca-cola.", for example), the excellence of this satire stands the test of time as gracefully as its target does. Many of those time-worn gags are the originals after which many humorous cliches have since been fashioned, and they're STILL FUNNY after all these years. How much do I like this book? It is one of the very few I and my best friend have designated "buy on sight", meaning if either of us happens to spot it in a used bookstore, he will buy every available copy in stock. Period. I currently have five copies of the old Signet edition, and have loaned out, lost, had stolen (or much more rarely) given away at least five more. My friend has even more copies than I do, at any given time (he gets out more, ironically enough). Also, the "buy on sight" policy stands, but only for the cheap, used bookstore versions. I only bought one copy of the reprint (since "every copy" at Amazon.com is well beyond *my* means), to round out the collection, but if you read this book, you'll know why I always want to have a few copies handy. This book should be bundled with "The Lord of the Rings" as the "Fourth Book of the Trilogy". A MUST for every library, and a great chaser for those still lost in the sweet, nostalgic trance of Tolkien's eternal world of wonder. Action-packed with cheesy goodness!
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Summary: A Classic! How Ironic!
Review: Certainly the best fantasy parody ever written. No one could be more astonished than the authors, I suspect, at the enduring popularity of their little potboiler.
Tom Bombadil on speed, Gandalf as a manic charlatan, polyester-drenched Lornadoon, and the most repulsive collection of hobbit-rejects under the sun. I still have many of the passages permanently etched on my frontal lobes, even after all these years.
Boo, Hiss, Valvoline,
Clean, Clean, Clean for Gene!
I am delighted that this novel has returned after years of being out-of-print. You can not go wrong with this book, and that's a fact.
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Summary: Bored of the Rings is the funniest book I've ever read.
Review: This book succesfully follows (and destroys) the storyline of The Lord of the Rings. This book has funny names, many jokes about drugs, sex, and other college things. Don't have anyone under (at least) 13 read this. However, for those who read it, you'll remember fondly Moxie, Pepsi, Frito Bugger, and of course, Goodgulf
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Summary: Hilarious and clever parody of Lord of the Rings
Review: This short book is a clever and irreverent parody of the massive
novel we all know and love. It's a retelling of the basic story with names changed and personalities
greatly exaggerated.
For instance, the book pokes fun at the fact that
Frodo, Sam & Co. are supposedly always running low
on food, but always seem to be eating. The mild distrust
between elves and dwarves depicted in the original
is recast as constant childish quibbling.
The poems in the original (which I found quite boring)
are translated to a gibberish of 1970-vintage news
headlines, merchandise advertisements, Pig Latin, and so on.
Many of the jokes are outdated; for instance, Pippin and Merry are referred to as Pepsi and Moxie, but
few people nowadays remember that Moxie was a softdrink.
The frequent Nixon references were probably cool in
their time, but they're a bit tiresome now that
he's dead.
Still, I say that the best reason for reading LotR
is so you can subsequently read Bored of the Rings
and appreciate it.
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