Bored of the Rings
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Overview:
- Title: Bored of the Rings
- Author: Henry N. Beard, Douglas C. Kenney
- Year: Unknown
- ISBN-10: 0451452615
- Publisher: Roc / New American Library
- Price: $12.00
- Pages: 149
- Binding: Trade Paperback
- Type: Novel
- Title Reference: Bored of the Rings
- Notes:
- "First Roc Printing, July, 1993 / 20 19 18 17"
- The authors Henry N. Beard and Douglas C. Kenney are credited on the title page with the byline "of the Harvard Lampoon." The front cover credits "The Harvard Lampoon", on the spine the credit is "Harvard Lampoon."
- The cover artist is not credited nor is a signature visible.
- This publication contains supporting material that is not part of the main story but is also unlikely to be published separately from the story.
- Page i – An eight line untitled poem plus a one paragraph in a parody of inside cover teasers.
- Page v – A parody of "Other Books in This Series" pages, consisting of two lists, titled "Other Harvard Lampoon Parodies in the Great Books Series" and "Harvard Lampoon Parodies in the Not-So-Great Books Series" of fictional book titles, each containing the word "Matzoh", and "Also available in the Harvard Lampoon Series The smash-hit long-playing album of hilarious rock parodies featuring the Surprising Cerf "The Surprising Sheep and Other Mind Excursions", an actual record album.
- Pages ix and x – An untitled parody of excerpts found in the front matter of books, although it's material that does not actually appear in the book.
- Pages xiii to xv – An essay titled Foreword.
- Pages xvi to xxii – An essay titled Prologue – Concerning Boggies.
- Pages 1 to 149 – The body of the story.