[HPFGU-OTChatter] Re: Bored of the Rings?

[heiditandy]

> 
> High time somebody did something similiar for HP! I'm sure JKR 
> wouldn't mind, though no doubt her publishers would throw a wobbler. 
> Do I get lynched for suggesting that here? 

No lynching - and her publishers haven't done anything about it. It's
called Barry Trotter and the Unauthorized Parody
(http://www.barrytrotter.com/) and in the US, you can't do anything to
prevent the creation and sale of parodies, all because of the wonderful
2 Live Crew case (the one involving Pretty Woman) from a few years back,
which Supreme Court ruling includes Justice Souter discussing the
wonders of bass riffs. Cool dude, that Souter. 

And if you want to see more parodies of various things HP, you can start
clicking at random at http://www.riddikulus.org/authorLinks/. I
especially recommend Minerva McTabby's Seussian works -
http://www.riddikulus.org/authorLinks/Minerva_McTabby/.

> 
> Now I'll spend the rest of the day looking for BOTR ...

Before you do, check out The Very Secret Diaries by Cassandra Claire:
http://diaries.diagon.org/

Am not just praising them because it was a slightly tipsy comment from
me that became the Gap of Rohan arc.

Heidi