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The Soddit: Or, Let's Cash in Again (Cardboard Box of the Rings #1)
by
Adam Roberts
In the grand tradition of the blockbusting parody "Bored of the Ring," comes this uproarious literary spoof of Tolkien's other (much shorter) masterwork, "The Hobbit," It has already sold 80,000 copies in hardcover--and is still going strong.
Tolkien was never this funny--and that's why we need this delicious parody. It follows the adventures of Bingo "...more
Tolkien was never this funny--and that's why we need this delicious parody. It follows the adventures of Bingo "...more
Paperback, 352 pages
Published
January 28th 2005
by Gollancz
(first published 2003)
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Waste of your time
The book is so terrible, I cannot believe someone can write such a gibberish. It looks like an author has never been told that his sense of humour is unacceptable. It reminds me of a hopeless guy who cannot master an art of telling a joke and make others laugh. Whenever he tells a joke, other people would smile and nod their heads politely, but never tell the joker how really bad he is. The book lacks everything. It is not funny, it is utterly boring and its so called...more
The book is so terrible, I cannot believe someone can write such a gibberish. It looks like an author has never been told that his sense of humour is unacceptable. It reminds me of a hopeless guy who cannot master an art of telling a joke and make others laugh. Whenever he tells a joke, other people would smile and nod their heads politely, but never tell the joker how really bad he is. The book lacks everything. It is not funny, it is utterly boring and its so called...more
The writing style is exactly the same as in Da Vinci Cod. Maybe that’s to be expected since both were written by the same man, but is Adam Roberts (his “official” pseudonym) really that untalented? The Hobbit and The Da Vinci Code were written in radically different styles, but Roberts doesn’t even attempt to make his parodies sound different.
I only read this because I'm a big Tolkien fan, but it was the worst "parody" I've ever read. With name changes only a vowel away from Tolkien's originals, the story is terribly shallow and the characters are ridiculously foolish. A terrible read...
Rare is the book that I really can not read. This book fit that category and ran off with it. Far from the Terry-Pratchett-like mockery that I thought I was getting, this book was full of half-hearted puns and the kinds of jokes a 14 year old boy would make.
In short: don't bother.
In short: don't bother.
Despite myself I rather enjoyed this book.
The jokes, puns and witticisms were laid on rather thick and very unrelenting, but I had to laugh at the Welsh dwarves/dwarfs and the rather effete, Wilde quoting Elves.
The jokes, puns and witticisms were laid on rather thick and very unrelenting, but I had to laugh at the Welsh dwarves/dwarfs and the rather effete, Wilde quoting Elves.
Only enjoyable when you are well-versed in fantasy and science-fiction and even then I say 'enjoyable' by lack of a more accurate less positive and more accurate word.
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.
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blashpemy... of the funny sort.
I don't really know quite how to describe this one yet, as I'm only about halfway through... The individual elements of the story are there, nice and comfortable, right where they should be- the details have this dark, twisted spin on them (changing of names, personalities, exaggeration of character flaws, etc.) so that the tale as a whole is only vaguely familiar...
Reading this one almost feels like having a dream about a familiar place where everyt...more
I don't really know quite how to describe this one yet, as I'm only about halfway through... The individual elements of the story are there, nice and comfortable, right where they should be- the details have this dark, twisted spin on them (changing of names, personalities, exaggeration of character flaws, etc.) so that the tale as a whole is only vaguely familiar...
Reading this one almost feels like having a dream about a familiar place where everyt...more
To be called a genuine comedy parody, then there should be some actual jokes included that are actually funny; the last couple of chapters just saved this book from falling foul of the trade descriptions act.
Alright; had me smiling to myself at a few points, though I think that Bored of the Rings would be funnier.
Very funny at first, but soon got a bit predictable. The drawings are very nice! :D
Parody of the hobbit. Funny in places, but not great.
I expected more laughs, it was OK but nothing special
A seriously dumb book. READ IT!
Stacey Molina
added it
HIL-LAR-RI-OUS!!!
satire and giggles.
Not as good as I thought of after a friend of mine showed it to me.
A little too strange.
A little too strange.
This book had some interesting twists on the Hobbit, but it wasn't as amusing as I'd hoped.
Not as good as bored of the rings, and more extense, it's still a very funny read.
An excellent spoof on Tolkien in the mind frame of Pratchett and Gaiman.
Damn funny take on the hobbit
Funny, but...
Simon
marked it as to-read
Aysenur
marked it as to-read
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Adam Roberts (born 1965) is an academic, critic and novelist. He also writes parodies under the pseudonyms of A.R.R.R. Roberts, A3R Roberts and Don Brine. He also blogs at The Valve, a group blog devoted to literature and cultural studies.
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Adam Roberts (born 1965) is an academic, critic and novelist. He also writes parodies under the pseudonyms of A.R.R.R. Roberts, A3R Roberts and Don Brine. He also blogs at The Valve, a group blog devoted to literature and cultural studies.
He has a de...more
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