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Summary: By December,2001 You WIll NEED This Book
Review: This is one of the funniest books I have ever read. Just the names they came up with for the characters alone are hilarious. Dildo Bugger, Goodgulf the wizard, Legolamb the elf, Gimlet the dwarf, Tom Benzedrine, the Ballhog, it goes on and on. The authors did a great job of satirizing the three books, probably a thousand pages, into a manageable size, which you just can't put down.I first read this book over 20 years ago, it seems. With the number of times I have moved over the years, I lost my copy, but I am relieved to see it is still available. I will re-read the trilogy in preparation for the movie release, then, when the hype gets too much, I will pull this out and let the satire and humor restore my sense of balance after Hollywood's hype machine ruins what may indeed be a good movie. If you liked the Lord of the Rings, you are going to need this book when the movie comes out at Christmastime, 2001.
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Summary: Hilarious sacrilege
Review: Bored of the Rings is one funny book. Obviously, its a parody of J.R.R. Tolkien's Lord of the Rings, which, i think, is the greatest set of books ever written. But anyways, even though I'm just a teenager and didn't get some of the humor in the commercial product names and stuff, i still found a whole lot of funny things in this book. For example, two of the most ingenious creations in this book were the Thesaurus and the Ballhog, parodies of the Watcher in the Water and the Balrog. Many of the names they used were very funny too, not just cause of the basic humor (eorache), but also because, if you know the books, you can see the real comedy in the way they do the names and their spellings and all that cool stuff. and yes, as some people said, there are a couple rather uh.., obscene parts, but all in all this is an awesome book. If your a psycho Tolkien Purist dont even think about reading it, but if you want some funny reading, get this book immediately, cause it will make you absolutely roll with laughter.
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Summary: come on
Review: The Lord of the Rings is one of the best books ever written and it is A CRIME to degrade it in that way. These people can't write by themselves so they have to make fun of another book far surpassing anything they could have written by themselves. These authers need to be thrown in jail for their crimes against literature.
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Summary: As boring as a college reunion
Review: I thought this book was a scream when I first read it in college in the 1970s. We had a whole cult built around it, much like kids do around "South Park" or "Beavis & Butthead" today. However, on re-reading it last month for the first time since those days, I was reminded of the old axiom that "you can't go home again." Virtually all the humor fell flat, even though I still understand the many references to now-forgotten people and consumer products.
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Summary: BRILLIANT PARODY
Review: I first heard of Bored of the Rings when I read an excerpt in the Faber Book of Parodies. I absolutely loved it. And just yesterday I was pleased to see that Bored of the Rings was actually a book, not a short story. I didn't have the $ to get it, but I did skim through it--laughing OFTEN. And I would have laughed LOUD if it weren't for the fact that I'd soon have every eye in the store on me--I don't like too much attention. Humor, as we all know, is a hard thing to do. Most movies and books are funny in parts, but the rest lags. With BOTR, just about every page brough a laugh, at the very least a smile. The rhyming poetry is terrific. Yes, the book is raunchy at times, but it was written quite a while back when books were still somewhat edited for content. I strongly disagree with the people who hate this book because they think it's "sacrelige". Tolkien is a mortal, not a god. Get a life. Better yet, get a sense of humor. Get this book.
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Summary: Please.....
Review: I won't say much. Just this: I do not even appreciate the idea of writing a parody of The Lord Of The Rings. I don't think it is necessary to make a laugh out of everything. Some things should be kept as they are. I don't see people creating parodies of Michael-Angelo's "David", or of the "Mona Lisa". Than why make a parody of this master-piece?! So, without even reading this so called 'book', I take the chance to say it is not even worth looking at.
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Summary: Prepare to laugh
Review: The first thing I have to say with this review is that "Bored of the Rings" is NOT Lord of the Rings. Although this should be fairly obvious, some people are offended by any parody of Tolkien's work. I personally consider Tolkien one of the best, if not the best author of the 20th century. To some parodying his work is a terrible crime. I would say to them - lighten up! Bored of the Rings is basically a bunch of scenes loosely connected with Lord of the Rings. Although it may be vaguely funny to someone familiar with the novels, I would say that to appreciate this novel you at least have to be familiar with the fantasy genre and it gains greatly if you have read the Lord of the Rings. I found it in a used book store and picked it up, finding it a quite enjoyable hour or two. Life moving novel? No! Makes you think? No! Funny? Very much! Many of the scenes in this novel made me laugh out loud, such as Tim Benzedrine and the pig riders. If you have read Lord of the Rings, this is a hilarious read. If you consider the mockery of it a travesty than don't buy it. Simple enough.
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Summary: Two-star insults!
Review: I began reading "Bored of the Rings" with great expectations (a mistake?), but soon was bitterly disappointed. Since the book is some dozen times shorter than the work of literature it parodies, the text is a summary of LotR at best. Because of this underwhelming lack of structure, the writing moves clumsily. Although the authors were certainly successful in making fun of the characters' names, they made the mistake of making everything into a tasteless gag. The truly humorous parts are few and far between, and to get to them you must find your way past unfunny oxymorons, senseless one-liners, and odd, but certainly not entertaining descriptions. Sure it's worth a read- if you aren't afraid of poking fun at great literature, that is- but only the patient few will have the nerve to get through the lewd misadventures of these hapless, reptilian boggies.
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Summary: Thought this was out of print
Review: A bit dated, and probably only really funny for those who have read Tolkien, but unquestionably one of the funniest books ever written. From the picture, it looks like they've changed the cover from what it used to be in the olden days. That's too bad, because the original cover was a parody in its own right of the old Lord of the Rings paperback covers.
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Summary: Mandatory Reading
Review: Every Tolkien fan should read this. I have lost count of the number of copies I have worn out over the years. The bigest drawback to this novel is you laugh so often you miss things.
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