Italian: Il signore dei tranelli ('Lord of the Traps', sounding like Il Signore degli Anelli) was issued by Fanucci Editore in 2002.This version was published first in 1991. Hungarian: GyЕ±rЕ±kГєra ('Ring Course', as in rejuvenation course, sounding like GyЕ±rЕ±k Ura).German: Der Herr der Augenringe ('Lord of the Eye Rings'), was translated by Margaret Carroux, who also did the 1969вЂ“70 translations for Lord of the Rings.French: Lord of the Ringards ('Lord of the Has-beens') was issued in 2002.Following the release of the Peter Jackson film trilogy, it was republished in 2002. Finnish: Loru sorbusten herrasta ('A rhyme about the lord of Sorbus', Sorbus being a brand of rowan-flavored fortified wine manufactured by Altia with reputation as a bum wine sounding like Taru sormusten herrasta) was translated by Pekka Markkula and published in 1983.Estonian: SГµrmuste lisand ('Addition of the Rings', sounding like SГµrmuste isand), was translated by Janno Buschmann and published in 2002.Several role-playing games developed in the 1980s, such as Delta 4's Bored of the Rings for machines such as the ZX Spectrum, were parodies based on Bored of the Rings. Donnell drew the 'parody map' of Lower Middle Earth. Current editions have different artwork by Douglas Carrel, since the paperback cover art for Lord of the Rings prevalent in the 1960s, then famous, is now obscure. The Signet first edition cover, a parody of the 1965 Ballantine paperback covers by Barbara Remington, was drawn by Muppets designer Michael K. The author Mike Sacks, quoting the book's opening lines, writes that the book has had the distinction, rare for a parody, of being continuously in print for over 40 years, was one of the earliest parodies of 'a modern, popular bestseller', and has inspired many pop culture writers including those who worked on Saturday Night Live and The Onion.

The Tolkien critic David Bratman, writing in Mythlore, quotes an extended passage from the book in which Frito, Spam Gangree ( Sam Gamgee), and Goddam jostle on the edge of the 'Black Hole' (a tar pit), commenting 'Those parodists wrought better than they knew', explaining that Tolkien, in his many drafts, came very close to 'inadvertently writing the parody version of his own novel'. Clayton-Bulwer.' Save for a hollow thud, the door made no sign of opening. ' Pismo', he intoned, striking the door with his wand. Goodgulf sat dejectedly before the obstinate portal, mumbling spells.

The first text a browsing reader is liable to see purports to be a salacious sample from the book, but the episode never happens in the main text, nor does anything else of that tone the book has no explicit sexual content.A double-page map which has almost nothing to do with the events in the text.A list of other books in the 'series', none of which exist.Inside cover reviews which are entirely contrived, concluding with a quotation by someone affiliated with the publication Our Loosely Enforced Libel Laws.A laudatory back cover review, written at Harvard, possibly by the authors themselves.Other characters include Dildo Bugger of Bug End and Frito Bugger ( Bilbo and Frodo Baggins), Goddam ( Gollum), and Arrowroot, son of Arrowshirt ( Aragorn, son of Arathorn). Tom Bombadil appears as ' Tim Benzedrine', a stereotypical hippie married to 'Hashberry', a reference to Haight-Ashbury, a district of San Francisco nicknamed Hashbury for its hippie counterculture at that time. For example, the carbonated beverages Moxie and Pepsi replace Merry and Pippin. The witty text combines slapstick humour and deliberately inappropriate use of brand names. The parody closely follows the outline of The Lord of the Rings, lampooning the prologue and map of Middle-earth its main text is a short satirical summary of Tolkien's plot.

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