The Book of the Subgenius: Lunatic Prophecies for the Coming Weird Times - Softcover

J. R. Bob Dobbs

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0070622299 ISBN 13: 9780070622296

Publisher: McGraw-Hill Book Company, 1983

Synopsis

A parody of religious cults and fanaticism looks at nuclear war, world hunger, UFOs, the environment and the future

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Review:

Divine obfuscation has a purpose. This is the classic that ushered in so many imitators, imitators who did not get "it." "It" is slack, the desiderata that cannot be desired and is only attainable through "Bob," the evil god/male model who founded the Church of the SubGenius without bothering to "exist." If you read this holy book properly, you will learn to "pull the wool over your own eyes." While this volume may seem hilarious, it's also an incredibly adept deconstruction of religion in general and the human impulse to believe in and follow anyone who promises to give their lives meaning and structure. Plus, it's the only place to find the information you need to survive when the bad alien gods come out of the sky to kill, enslave, and entertain us. If you don't already have a copy, then hand in your hipness ID card and hang your head in shame.

From the Publisher:

Sometimes a book goes too far. Sometimes is... now. First, there was The Gilgamesh. Then... the Bhagavad-Gita Then... the Torah, the New Testament, the Koran Then... the Book of Mormon, Dianetics, I'm OK You're OK. And now...The Book of the Subgenius (How to Prosper in the Coming Weird Times)END

About this edition

• Publisher: McGraw-Hill Book Company
• Publication date: 1983
• ISBN 10: 0070622299
• ISBN 13: 9780070622296
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 184