The Soddit
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The Soddit or Let's Cash in Again is a 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.
[edit] The Story
The story starts with a peaceful Soddit called Bingo who is visited by a wizard and a party of 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.
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 steels the Thing® and continues to escort the dwarfs and the hastily sickening wizard to the only mountain, where horror strikes.
[edit] Standard edition
343 pages, miniature edition. Published by Gollancz of the Orion 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 hous, and is read by Mark Perry. ISBN 9-75286-165-4.
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