Bored of the Rings: A Parody of J. R. R. Tolkien's Lord of the Rings - Softcover

Harvard Lampoon; Beard, Henry; Kenney, Douglas C.

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0451094417 ISBN 13: 9780451094414

Publisher: Signet, 1969

Synopsis

A parody of J. R. R. Tolkien's The Lord of the Rings, by The Harvard Lampoon.

"Never have I laughed so hard at any other book. The Harvard Lampoon's Bored of the Rings is unquestionably a comic masterpiece as well as a brilliant parody of J. R. R.Tolkien's famous The Lord of the Rings trilogy. A gem of irreverence...filled with an incredible menagerie of mad characters including lustful Elf-maidens and a roller-skating dragon. A side-splitting swipe at the Eternal Quest and the castles, wizards and other folderol of "ancient" lore...a Catch-22 for lovers of the days of yore."
—Book Nook, Harvard Daily News

About this title

Review

Written in the gloaming of their college days, just before they started National Lampoon, Douglas C. Kenney and Henry N. Beard wrote Bored of the Rings. It's dated--references to Nixon, drugs, and consumer products circa 1969 crowd every page--but darn it, Bored of the Rings is still funny nearly 30 years later: "'Goodbye, Dildo,' Frito said, stifling a sob. 'I wish you were coming with us.'

'Ah, yes. But I'm too old for that sort of thing now,' said the old boggie, feigning a state of total quadriplegia. 'Anyway, I have a few small gifts for you,' and he produced a lumpy parcel, which Frito opened somewhat unenthusiastically in view of Dildo's previous going-away present [the ring]. But the package only contained a short, Revereware sword, a bulletproof vest full of moth holes, and several well-thumbed novellas with titles like Elf Lust and Goblin Girl..."

Place yourself in the hands of these professional humorists: you won't be disappointed.

About the Author

The Harvard Lampoon was essentially Douglas Kenney and Henry Beard. They wrote Bored of the Rings when they were students at Harvard. They then went on to form the National Lampoon, a satirical institution in the 70s. Kenney died in 1980, Beard lives in the Hamptons in the USA.

Edition details

• Publisher: Signet
• Publication date: 1969
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0451094417
• ISBN 13: 9780451094414
• Binding: Mass Market Paperback
• Number of pages: 160