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'''''Bored of the Rings''''' (BOTR) is a short [[satire|satirical]] [[novel]] by Henry N. Beard and Douglas C. Kenney based on ''[[The Lord of the Rings]]'' (LOTR), a long, non-satirical novel by [[J. R. R. Tolkien]]. It was first published in [[1969]] by [[Signet]] for the [[Harvard Lampoon]].

The novel is a fairly close [[parody]] in terms of its general plot, but is filled with cheap gags (e.g. the [[palantir]] as a [[Magic 8-Ball]] etc.), a lot of bad ''punning'' (especially for names), unsympathetic and cowardly characters and dated 1960s references.