Lame of Thrones will take you to Westopolis, where several extremely attractive egomaniacs are vying to be ruler of the realm and sit on the Pointy Chair. Our hero Jon Dough was a likely bet, but his untimely murder at the hands of his own men of the Night's Crotch has made that seem less likely. Will Dragon Queen Dennys Grandslam escape from her Clothkhaki captors and return to conquer the world? Or will she just get left in the desert counting grains of sand for the rest of the book? And what about Jon Dough's siblings? Will they be mentioned? Probably? Almost definitely, yes? It would be weird if they weren't prominent characters in the book, you say?
To find out, read the book you wish George R.R. Martin would write but never will. The Lampoon-the place where such comedy writers and performers as Conan O'Brien, Colin Jost, B.J. Novak, Patricia Marx, Alan Yang, Andy Borowitz and many more all got their start-is ready to serve parody notice to the most entertaining, infuriating, and inescapable cultural phenomenon of the past decade.
I thought I'd really enjoy this. I like a parody, I've read several and I know the Lampoon basically does parodies and nothing else. I've watched the show, not read the books, but I figured I could follow along.
I could follow along. The problem was that it's not funny, or not what I consider funny. It's all fart jokes and sex jokes and ridiculous pop culture references. That's probably funny to some people - humour is subjective, after all - but it's not to my taste. I hope it reaches enough people who enjoy it to be successful.
Oh, and in case it matters, as far as I can tell it's all based on the TV show, not the actual books. Like I say, I haven't read them, but I know that the series diverged in the last few years, and this seemed very close to the series.
I would try and read a little before buying if I were you, but I hope you enjoy it.
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