Well, I was brought up with a love for satire: Mad Magazine when I was in my early teens, and sharper satire as I got older. One of my favourite works of satire was the Rutles, Eric Idle's hilarious riffing on the Beatles. Members of Monty Python and SNL combined to make a truly hilarious movie, and I could see some serious Beatles fans getting upset. Yet, I don't have very many sacred cows, and as much as I love the Beatles, I laughed and laughed until I thought I would have a hernia.
Same with this book: I laughed and laughed because it was a fairly well written, funny, original, satirical look at the LoTR phenomena that first arose in the late 60's early 70s. As an act of satire, though, it is definitely going to offend someone. That is one of the goals of satire.
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"Imagine there's no countries, it isn't hard to do.
Nothing to kill or die for, and no religion too.
Imagine all the people, living life in peace..."
Dr. Winston O'Boogie
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