Bored of the Rings

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 (LOTR), a novel by J. R. R. Tolkien. It was first published in 1969 by Signet for the Harvard Lampoon.

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Satirical - Novel - Henry N. Beard - Douglas C. Kenney - The Lord of the Rings - J. R. R. Tolkien - 1969 - Signet - Harvard Lampoon

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The novel is a fairly close parody in general plot, but is filled with cheap gags (the Palantír as a Magic 8-ball, for example), a lot of bad punning (especially on names), cowardly and unsympathetic characters, and 1960s references.

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Parody - Palantír - Magic 8-ball - Punning - 1960s

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The Signet first edition cover, which parodies the LOTR paperback cover by artist Barbara Remington http://ringlord.com/people/walrus/lotr/wilderness-poster.html, was drawn by Michael K. Frith. William S. Donnell's parody map of Lower Middle Earth subsitutes Tüdør for Gondor and Fördør for Mordor.

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Gondor - Mordor

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