10- The Michigan Daily Sumner Weeky-Wednesday, July 21, 1993
BOOKS
The Book of the
SubGenius
The SubGenius Foundation
Simon & Schuster
By OLIVER GIANCOLA
Would you like to practice a reli-
gionthatencouragessexualpromiscu-
ity? Would you like to make lots of
money without even trying? Would
you like to start your own industrial-
strength church? Well, friends, "The
Book of the SubGenius"can help you
do these very things and it may even
save your life, all for only $12.95.
"The Book" is the 200-page bible
of The Church of SubGenius, "the
world's first industrial church, the
prophesied End Times cult of scream-
ers and laughers, scoffers, blasphem-
ers, mockers, sinners and the last true
holymen in America today." The
Church is the religion for the anti-
religious, for the true "SubGenius."
How can you recognize a
"SubGenius"? A SubGenius has a cer-
tain attitude. Being a SubGenius "has
nothing to do with intelligence," but it
does involve sense, "Common Sense,
Sense of Humor, Dollars and Cents."
A SubGenius is a cynical individualist
who rejects conformity of any kind-
political, racial, social or sexual. To
refer to SubGeniuses as a group is a
mistake sincenotwoSubGeniusesare
alike. They congregate only to share a
vague sense of spiritual community
with their telepathicleader,J.R."Bob"
Dobbs, founder of the Church.
"Bob" is amysterious figure. He is
usually known by his "Dobbshead," a
picture of "Bob" clenching a pipe.
Whether his father was a Spanish
Mayan or a wandering milkman is
uncertain, but "Bob" was endowed
with powers that enable him to com-
municate with JHVH-1, orJehovah- 1.
Over time, "Bob" has discovered
that JHVH-1 controls everything in
our universe through the SKOR, the
cosmic "script" upon which our desti-
nies are written. According to the
SKOR, aliens (called "XISTS") will
come to Earth on July 5, 1998. On that
day, JHVH-1 will judge humanity.
"Bob" will protect SubGeniuses to
ensure that they are transformed into
OverMen and Women.
How can you avoid certain death
five years from now? "Repent! Quit
your job! SLACK OFF!" Slack is the
key to your survival. Let the tides of
life carry you to your destination, and
then you'll really be Slacking.
Unfortunatelythe Anti-Slack Con-
spiracy limits your ability to Slack.
Face it: school, work, government and
institutionalized religion deny you
Slack. Is it just coincidence that all
these organizations produce the same
Anti-Slackstate?Ask"Bob." He fights
the Conspiracy on yourbehalf, so you
can achieve Slack. Whether you take
advantage of that freedom by Slacking
is up to you, but without Slack it is
impossible to become a SubGenius
and, ultimately, an OverPerson.
If saving your life isn't enough
incentive toread"The Book,"themind-
bending collages are worth a look,
especially if you're ahard-core po-mo
fiend. Overall, "The Book" contains
insight worth reading. It shows us that
"Fuck'EmIfThey Can'tTakeAJoke"
is not just a slogan, buta way of life.
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tury, the ClevelandOrchestrahas been like its baseball team - not always monic suffers from thexd
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