Editing Bored of the Rings (section)

=== Other materials ===

Aside from the main text, the book includes:

* Inside cover reviews from a variety of supposed sources such as "This book ... tremor ... [[Manichaeism|Manichean]] guilt ... [[Existentialism|existential]] ... [[pleonastic]] ... redundancy ..." by a Mr Orlando di Biscuit of the publication ''[[Hobnob biscuit|Hobnob]]'', and concluding with a quotation by a Professor [[Hawley-Smoot|Hawley Smoot]] in the publication ''Our Loosely Enforced [[United States defamation law|Libel Laws]]''.{{sfn|Beard|1969|p=1}}
* A list of other books in the [[Matzah|Matzoh]] "series" including ''[[The Mayor of Casterbridge|The Matzoh of Casterbridge]]'' and ''[[Moby-Dick|Matzoh Dick]]'', with the rider "Unfortunately all of these books have been completely sold out".{{sfn|Beard|1969|p=v}}
* A [[Tolkien's maps|double-page map]] by William S. Donnell, with places such as "[[Tolkien's maps#Geomorphological issues|The Square Valley Between the Mounts]]",{{efn|The geologist Alex Acks describes Tolkien's maps as "messed up", noting that mountain ranges do not form right angles, nor do major rivers run for long distances parallel to mountain ranges.<!--the Ganges?--><ref name="Acks 2017">{{cite web |last=Acks |first=Alex |title=Tolkien's Map and The Messed Up Mountains of Middle-earth |url=https://www.tor.com/2017/08/01/tolkiens-map-and-the-messed-up-mountains-of-middle-earth/ |publisher=[[Tor.com]] |access-date=4 January 2022 |date=1 August 2017}}</ref>}} "The Intermittent Mountains", the lands of "[[Four-door sedan|Fördør]]" and "[[Gonad|Gönad]]", "The Big Wide River", "The Legendary [[Drilling rig|Drillingrigs]]", and the "[[Lumbar vertebrae|Lümbar]]" region.{{sfn|Beard|1969|pp=vi–vii}} 
* A text that purports to be a salacious sample from the book, in which an elf-maiden sets about seducing Frito to get the Ring.{{sfn|Beard|1969|pp=ix–x}}<ref name="Schnelbach 2018"/>
* A "Foreword" and "Prologue" that mock the equivalent sections in ''The Lord of the Rings''.{{sfn|Beard|1969|pp=xiii–xxi}}
* A laudatory back cover review, written at Harvard, possibly by the authors themselves.{{sfn|Beard|1969|loc=back cover}}