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Adam Roberts' The Soddit was a Sunday Times bestseller and sold 150,000 copies. But what happened to the Soddit after his adventures, and after his account of them was published . . .?

In the grand tradition of the blockbusting parody Bored of the Ring, comes this uproarious literary spoof of Tolkien's other (much shorter) masterwork, The Hobbit. It has already sold 80,000 copies in hardcover--and is still going strong.

Tolkien was never this funny--and that's why we need this delicious parody. It follows the 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 blockbuster box office success of the Lord of the Rings films, and the continued interest in the original books, the time is ripe for someone to poke a bit of good-natured fun at the phenomenon that is The Hobbit, and this hilarious satire 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.

Dr. Who better watch out—Doctor WHOM is here! He’s the grammatically correct TimeLord (or should that be Time Lord? Or Timelord?) who has come to save Earth from the terror’s of sloppy syntax and bad grammar. With his intrepid assistant by his side, Whom’s on a mission to correct greengrocers sign’s, the errors of popular fiction, and government memos (memoes?). If he fails, the results are dire: inaccurate and lazy communication will rip apart the very fabric of the space time continuum. And one thing’s for sure: he’s not ready to eat, shoot, and leave before the job is done.

"В далеком Хромбит-Эгейе жил в своей уютной норке соддит по имени Бинго Граббинс. Жил он тихо и скромно, как и следует жить любому уважающему себя соддиту, как вдруг в одно, казалось бы, ничем не примечательное утро к нему не постучался старый маг по имени Гэндеф..." Ничего не напоминает? Да и сами названия: "Соддит", "Салямиллион"... на что же это похоже?…

Работник знаменитого музея убит совершенно жутким способом: ему в глотку засунули... свежую треску! К счастью, перед смертью он успел оставить на стене таинственную надпись...
За дело берутся обаятельный, непьющий, некурящий, состоятельный, холостой специалист по самым сложным в мире анаграммам и очаровательная француженка, получившая диплом по криптологии в университете, где криптологию никогда не преподавали.
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Something fishy is going on in the world of artistic scholarship. How can there possibly be a link between the hidden cod of Leonardo Da Vinci's paintings and the over fishing of the North Atlantic fish stocks?

Could it be that Leonardo Da Vinci, the greatest genius of his age and inventor of the photocopier and mouse mat, had a chilling insight into European Union Fishing policies.

Only one man can find out. Robert Hangdog, international scholar, master spy and action hero. Oh and Bezu Fish.

It’s no joke: parodies sellamillion! After the huge success (100,000 copies) of The Soddit, it’s time to poke more fun at Tolkien. So The Lord of the Rings swept the Oscars—all the more reason to continue to tweak, spoof, and lampoon the cult of Tolkien. Despite its title, The Sellamillion isn’t a satire of The Silmarillion; how could it be? Though every one of…