Lord of the Rings in the style of: Tolkien mashups

How would it sounds if Hemingway had written The Lord of the Rings? Or PG Wodehouse? Have a look, and submit your versions

One of my favourite things, ever, on this site was the series of brilliantly ridiculous entries to the "Dumbledore's death in the style
of..." competition
. Despite valiant attempts by HP Lovecraft and JD Salinger, it was eventually won by Geoffrey Chaucer for the ingenious "The Poppynge of the Clogges".

So I was always going to love alternative versions of The Lord of the Rings, as detailed here.

Thanks go to the New Yorker for pointing me in its direction this morning: I particularly like Ernest Hemingway's version ("Frodo Baggins looked at the ring. The ring was round. It was a good ring") and PG Wodehouse's ("Blast! I say, bother! How can a chap overthrow the Dark Lord? I suppose I will have to delay my campaign.") But it's the middle of August, and we need more, I say, more! Can anyone do me a Geoffrey Willans? A JK Rowling? A Stephen King?

JRR TolkienAlison Flood
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