The soddit, or, Let's cash in again, or, There, and back again, dammit, where did I put it, where is it, I don't believe it, I must have left it there, over again to there, oh for heaven's sake, it's not here either, back yet again, fuming, oh there it is, it was by the front door all along
By: A.R.R.R. Roberts.
Publisher: Gollancz
Published: 2003
Place of publication: London
Language: eng
Number of pages: 343
Other titles: Let's cash in again
Description: In the grand tradition of the parody bestseller Bored of the Rings, this uproarious literary spoof follows the Tolkienesque adventures of Bingo "Sac" Grabbings, a rather unremarkable Soddit of Upper Middle Earth. He ventures forth (despite very sore and swollen feet indeed!) alongside Gandef the Coughing Wizard and a band of psoriasis-scratching, who-knows-what's-in-the-pipe-puffing dwarves, as they set out to relieve the haughty dragon Smug of his ill-gotten gold. With the recent blockbuster box office success of the Lord of the Rings films, the time is ripe for someone to poke a bit of good-natured fun at the phenomenon that is The Hobbit, and this hilarious parody succeeds brilliantly. Written by an acknowledged expert on all things Tolkien, it both salutes and skewers the classic novel, reinventing the tale of a courageous little being whose amazing persistence--and more than a bit of Soddit luck--belies his diminutive stature.