The Soddit - The Barrow-Downs Discussion Forum

dancing spawn of ungoliant · 08-30-2004, 12:13 PM

I've read parts of that book, or browsed it through, but on that base I'd say that the style of the book is very distinguishing from cover to cover.

Some of the "jokes" are funny and it's amusing to read how the author crystalizes the original plot and characters. But there are, to my taste, too many "jokes" I consider to represent bad humour. At times it's very lame when there are given some "sexual spice" to the characters and chapters. It looks like the author was forcing the reader to laugh. I don't like the twisting of the characters' names either. It just looks too overdone.

I think the Soddit is worth flipping through anyway. A few years ago I couldn't stand any parodies mocking LotR but one has to learn not to take them so seriously. Nowadays I can get good laughs about some of those parodies.

08-30-2004, 12:13 PM	#1
dancing spawn of ungoliant Mischievous Candle Join Date: Jun 2003 Location: So near to Russia, so far from Japan, quite a long way from Cairo, lots of miles from Vietnam. Posts: 1,234	I've read parts of that book, or browsed it through, but on that base I'd say that the style of the book is very distinguishing from cover to cover. Some of the "jokes" are funny and it's amusing to read how the author crystalizes the original plot and characters. But there are, to my taste, too many "jokes" I consider to represent bad humour. At times it's very lame when there are given some "sexual spice" to the characters and chapters. It looks like the author was forcing the reader to laugh. I don't like the twisting of the characters' names either. It just looks too overdone. I think the Soddit is worth flipping through anyway. A few years ago I couldn't stand any parodies mocking LotR but one has to learn not to take them so seriously. Nowadays I can get good laughs about some of those parodies. __________________ Fenris Wolf Last edited by dancing spawn of ungoliant; 08-31-2004 at 01:26 PM.