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| Author | Henry Beard Douglas Kenney |
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| Illustrator | William S. Donnell (map) |
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| Subject | The Lord of the Rings |
| Genre | Fantasy satire |
| Publisher | Signet (New American Library) |
Publication date | 1969 |
| Publication place | United States |
| Pages | 160 |
| ISBN | 978-0-575-07362-3 |
Bored of the Rings is a 1969 parody of J. R. R. Tolkien's The Lord of the Rings. This short novel was written by Henry Beard and Douglas Kenney, who later founded National Lampoon. It was published in 1969 by Signet for The Harvard Lampoon, and, unusually for a parody, has remained in print for over 50 years. It has been translated into at least twelve languages.
The parody steps through The Lord of the Rings, in turn mocking the prologue, the map, and the main text. The text combines slapstick humor with deliberately inappropriate use of brand names.