The Soddit
Author(s): Adam Roberts
Following Bored of the Rings comes the equally irreverent parody of Tolkien's other (and much, much shorter) masterwork: The Hobbit.
Bingo Sac Grabbins is asked by the coughing wizard Gandef and some (oddly Welsh) dwarves to help them relieve the great dragon Smug of his gold. SF author and Tolkien scholar Adam Roberts has written a parody that is both hilarious and intelligent. With knowing digs at the fantasy genre in general and the mystique that has built around middle earth in particular this will make Tolkien's 21st century readers laugh in a way that Bored of the Rings made his fans of 1969 laugh.
Product Information
BORED OF THE RINGS has sold 186,000 in hardback BORED 6 months on the Sunday Times Bestseller lists Published in the same price-busting format as BORED Tolkien mania continues unabated 90 per cent of those who have read LORD OF THE RINGS have read THE HOBBIT Published in the run-up to the third Lord of the Rings movie Fully illustrated by cover artist Douglas Carrel
Adam Roberts is 39 and Reader in English at London University. His first novel, Salt, was nominated for the Arthur C. Clarke Award. He has also published a number of academic works on both 19th century poetry and SF.
General Fields
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- : Orion Publishing Co
- : Gollancz
- : 0.347
- : 16 October 2003
- : 153mm X 114mm X 39mm
- : United Kingdom
- : books
Special Fields
- : Adam Roberts
- : Hardback
- : 823.914
- : 240
- : 12 Line Drawing(s)
