also known by the natives as Brewer and Schmai-gunug, a term the glossary claims is rendered from a Yiddish phrase meaning "to browse and fiddle around and window-shop enough". An advertisement in the back of the book promised conceptual sequels, including Doon Meshugganah; Men, Women, Children, Pets of Doon; Lord God Help Us, Another Sequel to Doon; The Doon Reference Book, Atlas, and Rhyming Dictionary; and The Doon Catalogue of Quality Menswear for Dad 'n' Lad. Characters House Agamemnides and retainers Duke Lotto Agamemnides, head of house Pall Agamemnides, son of Lotto and heir (or "shanana-Duke"), and Messiah (or "Mahdl-T") to the Freedmenmen Lady Jazzica, Boni Maroni adept, concubine of Duke Lotto Safire Halfwit, Mantan and Chief Character Assassin Gurnsey Halvah, House Agamemnides' troubadour-jester-torpedo Oyeah, Certified Imperial Accountant (and part-time stand-up comic) and traitor to House Agamemnides Drunken Omaha, Runner-with-Scissors Nailya-the-Truly-Weird, Daughter of Lotto and Jazzica House Hardchargin, retainers and allies Baron Vladimir Hardchargin, head of house Filp-Rotha, shanana-Baron and heir Peter DeVries, Mantan The Imperial House and allies Shaddap IV, Pahdedbrah Emperor Serutan, princess and incessant author Revved-up Mother George Cynthia Mohairem, Boni Maroni truth-consequencer and tester of shanana-Duke Pall Agamemnides Freedmenmen and others Spilgard, Nabe (leader) of Hootch Grabr (a "Hootch" is a Freedmenmen settlement) Dr Keynes, Imperial Planetologist and liberal economist, Freedmenmen ally Loni, young Freedmenmen girl, Pall's concubine Caramello, Revved-Up Mother of the Freedmenmen of Hootch Grabr, who Jazzica succeeds. Janis, Freedmenmen Hootchmember whom Pall defeats in single insult-combat (rankout) Harrumf, Janis' wife, who becomes Pall's half-wife for a year after Janis' self-sacrifice post-rankout Great Big Houses, the holders of large planetary fiefs. These are mentioned in passing in the story, and include House Pancakes, House Seven Betty Grables, House Rising Sun, and House Dressing. The Schlepping Guild. Cognate of the Spacing Guild, the Schlepping Guild are characterized as beer-besotted long haul truckers who speak in a tongue not too different from that of the stereotypical truckers of the 1970s as seen in movies and television series popular at the time. Reception Dave Langford reviewed National Lampoon's Doon for White Dwarf #76, and stated that "with the best will in the world, a parody of a particular author gets tiresome after a few thousand words." Reviews Review by Dave Mead (1985) in Fantasy Review, February 1985 Review by Thomas G. Mahnken (1985) in Fantasy Review, February 1985 Review by Alma Jo Williams (1985) in Science Fiction