A warning about the "LOTR: the two towers" preview

[Ethelred]

Originally posted by SKILORD
god those books were boring.

i've read LOTR, all of it, but it is as BORING a book as i;ve ever read.

The key is to skip over the poems, the songs, and to sneer at the elves. Poncy arrogant twits.

I recommend reading the LOTR just to get all the jokes in Bored of the Rings. I loved Tim Benzidrine. Guess who I hated the most in LOTR. Some of the jokes are a bit dated though.


The Hobbit was better. Less elf crap.

[Immortal Wombat]

Bored of the Rings was funny for about 5 chapters, until all the characters had been met, and then after that, I laughed twice more until the end. Its so repetative.

[Zoid]

Re: Re: A warning about the "LOTR: the two towers" preview

Originally posted by Ned


My god, what a title after 9/11!

I never thought of that...

[Ethelred]

Originally posted by Immortal Wombat
Bored of the Rings was funny for about 5 chapters, until all the characters had been met, and then after that, I laughed twice more until the end. Its so repetative.

You didn't grow up in the sixties. I did mention that some of the jokes were dated didn't I?

[Immortal Wombat]

I may have missed some of the more subtle jokes. But having the more blatent ones hammered on for 800 pages was excessive.

[Ethelred]

800 pages? Thats the LOTR not BOTR. BOTR has the advantage of being short. The start of Tai-Pan is about the same length as the whole of BOTR. I nearly gave up on Tai-Pan as it spent 150 pages on introductions. Then it got going. The only reason I go past the start is because a friend told that I had nearly reached the end of the intro at the point where I stalled out.

[Immortal Wombat]

800 pages. It was a small fat edition

[Ethelred]

Originally posted by Immortal Wombat
800 pages. It was a small fat edition

Thats still not Bored of the Rings. BOTR is 150 pages. Lord of the Rings has no jokes. Not a single one. Well I don't remember any. Unlike a lot of people around here I only read LOTR once. My copies were read at dozens of times till they fell apart by others.

Try Nine Princes in Amber. Now that is a heck of a fantasy series and the books are only 200 pages each. Totals out to 1000 pages but they all go fast. No poncy elves either. It does have a unicorn though. Can't tell you what makes the unicorn way different from any other in fantasy because its an essential plot point.

[Immortal Wombat]

Maybe I read "Bored of Bored of the Rings" ?

[Nostromo]

Originally posted by Saint Marcus


haven't seen the trailer yet (downloading it now), but I'm guessing it's Gandalf.

Right on. But I didn't want to say it. I didn't want to spoil it for those who have not read the book.

[JohnIII]

Originally posted by Ethelred
Lord of the Rings has no jokes. Not a single one. Well I don't remember any.

Sure there are: Sam's eavesdropping, Gandalf's two eyes, etc., etc. They aren't very good, but they are there.

[Saint Marcus]

greatest...literary...work...ever...

[TCO]

IW,

Bored of the Ring dimensions:

Paperback: 176 pages ; Dimensions (in inches): 0.49 x 8.01 x 5.33

(source Amazon)

[Immortal Wombat]

edition?

[TCO]

Go to the source, IW. I gave the website.

I remember reading the book. It was not anywhere near 800 pages.

Unless you are reading an edition with 1 inch type, you're not going to find one that is 800 pages...