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Church of the SubGenius

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	Church of the SubGenius - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Because of its similarities to the tenets of Discordianism, The Church of the SubGenius is often described as a syncretic offshoot of that belief.
		In 1999, officials of the city of Cambridge, Massachusetts pressured owners of the Middle East nightclub to cancel the booked devival because of a mistaken belief that the organizers were affiliated with the Trenchcoat Mafia (the organization claimed to have been responsible for the Columbine High School massacre).
		Only the members of the Church of the SubGenius were expected to be saved from this SubGenius version of the apocalypse, by being carried away in the spaceships of the Sex-Goddesses.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Church_of_the_SubGenius (1627 words)

	Church of the SubGenius -- Facts, Info, and Encyclopedia article (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
		Their efforts resulted in the publication of the (Click link for more info and facts about Book of the SubGenius) Book of the SubGenius in 1983, followed by High Weirdness By Mail in 1988, Three-Fisted Tales of "Bob" in 1990, and Revelation X: The "Bob" Apocryphon in 1994.
		This belief is probably why the Church is seen as an elaborate joke, (an arguably postmodern) mockery of organized religion, and a parody of controversial religious groups and (A system of religious beliefs and rituals) cults.
		Only the members of the Church of the SubGenius were expected to be saved from this SubGenius version of the (A cosmic cataclysm in which God destroys the ruling powers of evil) apocalypse, by being carried away in the spaceships of the Sex-Godesses.
	www.absoluteastronomy.com /encyclopedia/c/ch/church_of_the_subgenius1.htm (1322 words)

	CHURCH OF THE SUBGENIUS FACTS AND INFORMATION (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
		The original group, using such pseudonyms as "Pastor Buck Naked", "Susie the Floozie", "Palmer Vreedeez", and "Pope Sternodox", forwarded their literature to a number of underground pop-culture figures such as R._Crumb, Paul_Mavrides, and the New Wave rock group Devo, who embraced it and incorporated it into their work.
		The popularization of the Internet in the mid-1990s brought a new surge of interest in the Church, resulting in dozens of home-made, elaborately decorated web sites and two Usenet newsgroups, ''alt.slack'' and ''alt.binaries.slack.'' (A third newsgroup, ''alt.binaries.multimedia.slack,'' was created on March 12, 2005.) Ivan Stang maintains the official SubGenius home page at http://www.subgenius.com today.
		The central figurehead and symbol of the Church is the smiling, pipe-smoking face of J._R._Bob_Dobbs, an image based on 1950s clip art.
	www.witwib.com /Church_of_the_SubGenius (1606 words)

	Amazon.com: So You'd Like to... steal meaning from the heart of Chaos. (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
		His books, of which these are the best, are warm and humorous without being sacharine.
		This book includes a handful of mindblowing excercises, both physical and mental, that help one break free from the chatter of one's own mind.
		It is in these books that his magickal philosophy (the aim of religion, the means of science) is expressed most elegantly.
	amazonmembers.com /exec/obidos/tg/guides/guide-display/-/1G3TU6A7I20QU (1259 words)

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		The transition from pamphlet to a professionally produced book wasn't anything planned by Smith and the rest of Dobbs' disciples.
		Vintage comic books are stacked on a stand in the living room; posters of Idi Amin and Captain Beefheart decorate the upstairs; a green and red papier-mache dinosaur decorates the foyer.
		All the writing of "The Book of the SubGenius," as well as most of the production work, was accomplished at Smith's house.
	www.textfiles.com /humor/sungenu.hum (1077 words)

	Book of the SubGenius: Definition and Links by Encyclopedian.com - All about Book of the SubGenius
		Book of the SubGenius: Definition and Links by Encyclopedian.com - All about Book of the SubGenius
		The Book of the SubGenius: Being the Divine Wisdom, Guidance, and Prophecy of J.R. 'Bob' Dobbs, High Epopt of the Church of the SubGenius, Here Inscribed for the Salvation of Future Generations and in the Hope that Slack May Someday Reign on this Earth is seen as the "bible" of the Church of the SubGenius.
		Definition / meaning of Book of the SubGenius:
	www.encyclopedian.com /bo/Book-of-the-SubGenius.html (169 words)

	Revelation X: The "Bob" Apochryphon: Hidden Teachings and Deuterocanonical Texts of J.R. "Bob" Dobbs by Bob Black
		The first is the perennial renewal of the population of white male college students uncomfortable with girls.
		RX is the fourth coffee-table book by Douglass St. Clair Smith, aka "Rev. Ivan Stang," all published by the notorious underground publisher Simon & Schuster.
		SubGenius is like the guy who, as John Crawford put it, couldn't get himself arrested.
	www.spunk.org /library/writers/black/sp001645.html (971 words)

	SubSite - Start
		The exciting new do-it-yourself virus we invented for the SubGenius Art Mines is spreading throughout our website, sometimes spilling over even into the so-called "reality" that we SubGenii are forced to share with the humans.
		Unless otherwise noted, all content is the exclusive property of the The SubGenius™ Foundation, Inc. and may not be reproduced in any form without prior written consent.
		The SubGenius Foundation, Inc, regrets any confusion caused by the use of this symbol prior to registration of the mark.
	www.subgenius.com (975 words)

	INWO SubGenius Plots
		SubGenius is a registered trademark of the SubGenius Foundation, Inc. This Concordance quotes a very limited amount of material from INWO (card titles, mostly) in order to stay within the limits of fair use.
		They had their bags packed with IDs in their breast pockets and money in their pants pockets, presumably to convince the UFO pilots that they were authorized passengers and to pay their transit fares, respectively.
		A portmanteau of "mediocrity" (a just-muddling-through level of performance) and "cretinism" (a glandular disorder characterized by, among other things, stunted mental development -- "cretin" is colloquially used to refer to a stupid person whether or not the stupidity is caused by this condition).
	www.speakeasy.org /~sbrinich/INWO_Plots3.html (780 words)

	Book of the SubGenius - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		It is usually found in the humor section of most bookstores, though zealous SubGenius followers often move it into the religion section instead.
		This article about a non-fiction book is a stub.
		This page was last modified 21:44, 6 July 2005.
	www.wikipedia.org /wiki/Book_of_the_SubGenius (113 words)

	SwankiVY's Book Collection! (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
		I thought this was funny the first time I read it, so I jumped at the chance to buy my own copy when I found it on the sale rack at my bookstore.
		Pretend reference book that takes the names of places people supposedly never go and gives them definitions for things there need to be words for.
		Picked up at the Book Swap for a lot cheaper than should have been possible.
	members.aol.com /swankivy2/bhumor.html (453 words)

	The Secular Web - infidels.org
		My point being, this is a book that should be read by everyone, if not for enjoyment then for cultural reference; moreover, anything I have to say about it would neither add to or detract from the book, and would only make me look like an ass (the braying kind).
		I first saw the BBC series and then got the book which was much better; I think now I have read all 5 books and short story that comprise the trilogy.
		With an electronic book in his pocket (with the words 'Don't Panic' in large, friendly letters on the cover) and a fish in his ear, Arthur finds himself travelling the galaxy.
	www.secweb.org /bookstore/bookdetail.asp?BookID=237 (422 words)

	[No title] (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
		The fl shadow of the Conspiracy, unfortunately, has seen to it that even His teachings were diluted and distorted until human attempts to follow them were fully as misguided as the carving of the heads of Easter Island or the 'runways' of Nazca.
		And so the true history of the SubGenius has been kept secret from Man. For Jehovah 1 is to the Xists and Us what a hungry fisherman is to a prize fish and his favorite pet worm - the last in the can.
		("The Brag of the SubGenius") - --- a fragment.
	www.technopagan.org /politics/subgenius.txt (2167 words)

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		The Book Of The SubGenius Lunatic Prophecies For The Coming Weird Times This is not the entire book of the SubGenius.
		Except as permitted under the copyright act of 1976, no part of this publication may be reproduced or distributed in any form or by any means or stored in a data base or retrieval system, without prior written permission of the publisher.
		II The Book Of The SubGenius This Book Was Begun in 1953 by J.R. High Epopt of the Church of the SubGenius Revised in 1979 by D. Phigo U. Drummond, 01 Dr. X Rev. Ivan Stang, A.0.
	www.textfiles.com /occult/subg-001.txt (1418 words)

	Matt Howarth's Attic
		During his career of three decades, Matt has authored and drawn a variety of unconventional comic books and graphic novels, and contributed graphic fiction to numerous publications in the field of comics and science fiction...and music.
		In 1979, Matt collaborated with Gong's Daevid Allen on a short comic strip which was published in the Planet Gong Newspaper, a free giveaway in conjunction with Gong's debut USA Tour.
		He is currently working on a new "Bugtown" series, a new "Keif Llama: Xenotech" book, and arranging the digital reprinting of the original Keif series.
	www.matthowarth.com (766 words)

	T E X T F I L E S
		The Church of the Subgenius pushes the concept of "Slack" as a way of life, while indicating that all will come to those who know the true way of "Bob", that is, J.R. "Bob" Dobbs.
		Belarion the Antichrist from the Reverend Ivan Stang of the Church of the Subgenius (April 22, 1995)
		News of the Church of the Subgenius by Rev. Ivan Stang (1995)
	public.planetmirror.com /pub/textfiles/occult/BOB (468 words)

	Encyclopedia: Book of the SubGenius (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
		People who viewed "Book of the SubGenius" also viewed:
		J. Bob Dobbs J. Bob Dobbs is the pipe-smoking figurehead of the Church of the SubGenius.
		J. Bob Dobbs The Church of the SubGenius is a satirical pseudo-religious organization, originally based in Dallas, Texas, which gained popularity in the 1980s and 1990s subculture, with a large presence on the Internet.
	www.nationmaster.com /encyclopedia/Book-of-the-SubGenius (216 words)

	Richard Linklater's Slacker (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
		One source of slacker culture is the underground cult known as the Church of the SubGenius, founded by regular guy Bob Dobbs as a preparation for the end-times.
		The Church of the SubGenius is always looking to claim that original "slack" with which we were all born, and which society conspires to take away from us.
		The Book of the SubGenius, Simon & Schuster, 1983
	merlin.alleg.edu /employee/a/acarr/fs/slacker.html (779 words)

	The Book of the Subgenius (McGraw-Hill paperbacks) by J. R. Dobbs, New, Used Books, Cheap Prices, ISBN 0070622299
		Book of the SubGenius (By Inc Subgenius Foundation)
		Patience and Fortitude: A Roving Chronicle of Book...
		The Book of the Subgenius (By Dobbs Jr.)
	www.bookfinder4u.com /detail/0070622299.html (293 words)

	Amazon.com: Books: HIGH WEIRDNESS BY MAIL (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
		The book is only current through 1988, though; the only thing wrong with it is that it's high time for an update--with URLs, of course.
		The addresses in that book are now more than ten years out of date, but the book is still worth reading for the vicious, hilarious, and outrageous reviews of all of the addresses contained therein.
		The Church of the Subgenius is for you!
	www.amazon.com /exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/067164260X?v=glance (865 words)

	SubGenius Media Archive
		Persons familiar with Stang's other book, The Book of the SubGenius, will recognize the generous -- and successful -- use of italics, caps and boldface type for emphasis and sarcasm.
		But then again, persons familiar with The Book of the SubGenius will already have bought High Weirdness -- or will be included in it.
		In the book -- and the church -- of the SubGenius, Stang elevates scoffing and [line missing -- Modemac] reached, using every typographical and artistic resource to make his irreverent points, and usually making them so successfully that only the hippest -- or craziest -- readers can tell when, if ever, he's not being sarcastic.
	www.modemac.com /media3/1988_city-paper_12-2-88.html (676 words)

	XAOSMAGIC.net Aspirant's Introductory Booklist (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
		This list was formed to answer the often asked question “What books relating to Chaos Magic would you recommend me reading?” “Hmmm Chaos Magic is eclectic could be a tough one.
		Many of the books listed can be purchased from us at the normal retail price if ye so desire.
		Book shipping fees will vary and will be whatever it costs us.
	www.xaosmagic.net /books/booklist.html (196 words)

	[No title] (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
		As Tod says in the aleph.FAQ, "This netglommed book is a precursor to the eventual AO struct, and will serve as the introductory literary basis for many of the assumptions we shall continue to carry throughout the Great Work.
		Seeing that old Shub is a Cthulhoid entity, and that in the SubGenius mythos it is ultimately "the Elder Gods" who run the Conspiracy, it occurred to me that "The Book of the ShubGenius" could be a sort of recruitment manual for the Conspiracy, a reply to "Bob" from the Elder Gods.
		The Book of the SubGenius [incidentally, "ObO" is rot13 "BoB"] bob sb10.
	www.asifproductions.com /aleph/Docs/SHUBG.txt (7724 words)

	Amazon.com Books: New & used textbooks, biographies, children's books, science fiction, cookbooks & more (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
		Choose from parenting books, smart and funny children's books, and essay books to introduce yourself to the new universe of parenting.
		This may well be the sexiest coffee table book ever created.
		Prolific literary critic, Yale professor and professional provocateur Bloom (The Book of J) here tackles the characters of the Jewish and Christian gods: what god do we meet...
	Amazon.com /books (489 words)

	The Straight Dope Mailbag: What's the deal with the Church of the Subgenius?
		In a way it's like what Louie Armstrong said about jazz, if you have to ask what it is, you'll never know.
		The Subgenius foundation was actually begun back in 1979 by a Dallas filmmaker named Douglas St. Clair Smith, who now goes under the name Ivan Stang.
		He, along with Philo Drummond (possibly also a pseudonym) put together the first pamphlet announcing the Church and then published the "bible" of SubGeniuses "The Book of the Subgenius." Stang had always been interested in fringe and weirdo groups, a lot of which he lists in his book "High Weirdness
	www.straightdope.com /mailbag/mbob.html (655 words)

	SACRED SUBGENIUS MERCHANDISE (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
		1987 " Bible" of the Subgenius Foundation - The One True False Religion.
		Essential Regalia, discreet (23mm), subtle, fancy 3 colour enamel pin also doubles as a tie tack for those undercover corporate assignments.
		Subgenius top secret internal newsletter, crammed with info/ contacts/products/photos/sacred klip-art etc etc. Read all about X-DAY after its happened!
	www.mpawson.demon.co.uk /sub.html (74 words)

	SubGenius (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
		Well, The Book of the SubGenius is brought to us by those people I loosely call "the Discordian folks," that band of merry pranksters out in California who count Robert Anton Wilson and Antero Alli amongst their members.
		The SubGenius is one who recognizes his or her unique personhood and strives to maintain it's integrity in the face of the immense societal pressures of "The Conspiracy." "Of course people think you're weird; thank God (or Bob Dobbs) for that!" the book* proclaims.
		The book gives it's views on many aspects of life, from the mundane to the exalted.
	homestar.org /bryannan/genius.html (530 words)

	The Book of the SubGenius : The Sacred Teachings of J.R. 'Bob' Dobbs - Product Details \| GamingHaven.com Store (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
		It is a one-of-a-kind tome that reflects the ridiculous and arbitrary nature of pop-culture consumerism, with a healthy dose of patriarchal institutional mind-control parody thrown in just for good measure.
		If you have any interest in sharing in the absurdities and humor of the mixed up and misdirected belief systems of our society- or if you just want to have a good time- then this book is for you.
		I'm reading Shea and Wilson's Illuminati trilogy right now, and seeing that much of SubGenius etc. was probably inspired by that earlier tome fnord, if you like this one and also want to explore more.
	store.gaminghaven.com /details.rbx/0671638106 (392 words)

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		Subject: Re: IRN Question #2 The book that I can never read too many times is the dictionary.
		But, if we are referring to the single book which contains the most truth of any, and that which I must read continuously until the day I perish, then it must be the religious manual from the inspired source.
		Obtain the Book of the SubGenius, and slackfully begin a new fnord life, or kill me. Abbie Hoffman's "Steal This Book" is ok as well.
	www.alaska.net /~royce/Funny/IRN/IRN1_8.TXT (1028 words)

	Amazon.ca: Books: The Book of the Subgenius: Being the Divine Wisdom, Guidance, and Prophecy of J.R. "Bob" ... (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
		Amazon.ca: Books: The Book of the Subgenius: Being the Divine Wisdom, Guidance, and Prophecy of J.R. "Bob" Dobbs
		Assuming you never heard of the Church of the SubGenius, and their horrible, discordian, and nerdish beliefs...I'd say it's about time you did.
		Filled with passages fusing together the histories and religions of mankind's blatantly pointless path, the SubGenius detail how you can be freed from the bounds of this horrible present life style of common possession and launch yourself headlong into THEIR HELLISH HEAVEN of individual, spastic, self expression.
	www.amazon.ca /exec/obidos/ASIN/0671638106 (817 words)

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