- The Soddit
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name = The Soddit
orig title =
translator =
author = A.R.R.R. Roberts
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country =Great Britain
language = English
series =
genre =Parody
publisher =Victor Gollancz Ltd
release_date = 2003
media_type = Print
pages = 343 pp
isbn = ISBN 9780575075917
preceded_by =
followed_by ="The Soddit" "or Let's Cash in Again" is a 2003 parody of
J.R.R. Tolkien 's "The Hobbit ", written by A.R.R.R. Roberts. The book jacket states: "Following on (inevitably, some might say) from the frankly unlikely success of "Bored of the Rings " comes a new book from an entirely different author that parodys (sic) Tolkien's other (and undoubtedly shorter) masterpiece."The book consists of primarily slapstick-style jokes, with characters of slightly different names from the original ones (for example, Bingo as opposed to Bilbo) and a slightly altered main storyline. As the book progresses, the story departs further and further from the original storyline that it parodies. It is also illustrated in 'Glorius Mono-colour' (again stated on the book jacket) by Douglas Carrel.
Plot summary
The story starts with a peaceful Soddit called Bingo who is visited by a wizard and a party of (bizzarely) Welsh dwarfs who ask Bingo to come with them on a quest to 'The Only Mountain' where 'Smug the Dragon' lives. After a few drinks, Bingo accepts, not knowing what they were actually searching for. "Gold, boyo gold, la, look you."
On the way, they have many adventures and close shaves. Bingo finds a 'Thing ®' that was created by the Evil Sharon and is potentially the most evil Thing ® in the world.
Bingo steals the Thing ® and continues to escort the dwarfs and the hastily sickening wizard to the only mountain, where horror strikes.
tandard edition
343 pages, miniature edition. Published by
Gollancz of theOrion Publishing Group ,London ,England . ISBN 0-575-07554-6.The story was also produced in Abridged Audiobook form by
Orion Audio Books . The product contains three CDs, runs for 4 hours, and is read by Mark Perry. ISBN 0-7528-6165-4.Parodies
In 'The Soddit' there is a small message claiming that it is not "The first few minutes of a prologue of "A MAJOR NINE-HOUR EPIC!!!". Also, at the end, it has various fake books being advertised, including 'The Spuddit' which is a parody of 'The Soddit' where the parts are taken by potatoes. However, this is a joke and there is no such book (as yet).
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