Editing Book of the SubGenius


{{Infobox book | <!-- See Wikipedia:WikiProject_Novels or Wikipedia:WikiProject_Books -->
| name          = The Book of the SubGenius
|image = Book of the SubGenius.jpg
|caption = First edition
| author        = [[J.R. "Bob" Dobbs]] and [[The Church of the SubGenius|The SubGenius Foundation]]
| cover_artist  = John Hagen-Brenner (1983 edition); Kenneth Huey
| country       = United States
| language      = English
| genre         = [[Religious satire|Satirical religious text]]
| publisher     = [[McGraw-Hill]]
| release_date  = 1983
| media_type    = Print ([[Paperback]])
| pages         = 194 (Paperback)
| isbn          = 0-07-062229-9<!--match original McGraw-->
| dewey= 818/.5402 19
| congress= PN6231.R4 D6 1983
}}
'''''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''''' ({{ISBN|0-671-63810-6}}) is seen as the "[[Bible]]" of the [[Church of the SubGenius]]. 

It was compiled from the Church's ongoing [[zine]] publication ''The Stark Fist of Removal''.<ref name="Rehill2009">{{cite book|author=Anne Rehill|title=The Apocalypse Is Everywhere: A Popular History of America's Favorite Nightmare: A Popular History of America's Favorite Nightmare|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=cf4MKjEmdA8C&pg=PA223|date=12 November 2009|publisher=ABC-CLIO|isbn=978-0-313-35439-7|pages=223–}}</ref> It is usually placed in the humor section of most bookstores, though ordained Subgenius members have been sometimes authorized to move it into the religion section instead.<ref>J.R. "Bob" Dobbs and the Church of the Subgenius (Sandy K. Boone)</ref>

The book has been republished numerous times, by at least two separate publishers.  The original edition was published in 1983 by [[McGraw-Hill]],<ref name="Foundation2009">{{cite book|author=Subgenius Foundation|title=Book of the Subgenius|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=QnUesfjL5dQC&pg=PT560|date=24 November 2009|publisher=Simon and Schuster|isbn=978-1-4391-8865-1|pages=560–}}</ref> while the re-release of the book (with the current cover illustration) in 1987 was by [[Simon & Schuster]]'s imprint [[Fireside Books]] ({{ISBN|0-671-63810-6}}, "1st Fireside edition").
==References==
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==Further reading==
*''Revelation X : The 'Bob' Apocryphon: Hidden Teachings and Deuterocanonical Texts of J.R. "Bob" Dobbs'', {{ISBN|0-671-77006-3}}

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[[Category:1983 non-fiction books]]
[[Category:Church of the SubGenius]]
[[Category:McGraw-Hill books]]
[[Category:Satirical books]]


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