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    <body><![CDATA[Every now and then, when I get to feeling low I pull out my dog-eared copy of Dobbs and run through it again.  It's a masterful book that does a brilliant job of disguising wisdom as bullshit -- tells us not to take ourselves so damned seriously.  ]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[i'd tell you to read this book, but then that would make me a Con, or at best, a Pink. if you want to know what i mean, DON'T READ THIS BOOK! NEVER READ THIS BOOK! just send your life savings to the Church of the Subgenius, Dobbstown, Malaysia, and you will be spared from a life of suffering by the ...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/66954406">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[A REAL LAFF RIOT]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[I'd totally forgotten about this book.<br/><br/>Background: I was a student at a conservative Quaker college in 1998. <br/><br/>During mid-semester break in the fall, I went out to Enterprise, Oregon with my friend Chris, a copy of my college’s lifestyle agreement, and a sharpie. The Challenge...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/19223847">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <![CDATA[Divine obfuscation has a purpose. This is the classic that ushered in so many imitators, imitators who did not get &quot;it.&quot; &quot;It&quot; is slack, the desiderata that cannot be desired and is only attainable through &quot;Bob,&quot; the evil god/male model who founded the Church of the SubGenius without bothering to &quot;exist.&quot; If you read this holy book properly, you will learn to &quot;pull the wool over your own eyes.&quot; 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.]]>
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    <body><![CDATA[One of the best catch-all self-help panaceas I could find at the time it came out I guess.  Now I type while my left hand tries to pick off the aliens sucking on my VERY FLESH!!!!!<br/>Looking back now this article of faith seems rather prescient.  Only operate this vehicle under extreme care and w...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/25618547">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <![CDATA[Divine obfuscation has a purpose. This is the classic that ushered in so many imitators, imitators who did not get &quot;it.&quot; &quot;It&quot; is slack, the desiderata that cannot be desired and is only attainable through &quot;Bob,&quot; the evil god/male model who founded the Church of the SubGenius without bothering to &quot;exist.&quot; If you read this holy book properly, you will learn to &quot;pull the wool over your own eyes.&quot; 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.]]>
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    <body><![CDATA[In the sense that it's chock-full of insanity, I enjoy it.  Once you realize that there's plenty of people who might actually believe some of the contents, you're conviction that people are wholly half-witted slaps you back to reality.]]></body>
    
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    <![CDATA[Divine obfuscation has a purpose. This is the classic that ushered in so many imitators, imitators who did not get &quot;it.&quot; &quot;It&quot; is slack, the desiderata that cannot be desired and is only attainable through &quot;Bob,&quot; the evil god/male model who founded the Church of the SubGenius without bothering to &quot;exist.&quot; If you read this holy book properly, you will learn to &quot;pull the wool over your own eyes.&quot; 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.]]>
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    <body><![CDATA[read some of this and loved it!  then weeks later i pulled out my favorite c.d.- sublime 40 oz. to freedom and lo and behold, Bob's face was prominently displayed therein.  TRIPPY!]]></body>
    
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    <![CDATA[Divine obfuscation has a purpose. This is the classic that ushered in so many imitators, imitators who did not get &quot;it.&quot; &quot;It&quot; is slack, the desiderata that cannot be desired and is only attainable through &quot;Bob,&quot; the evil god/male model who founded the Church of the SubGenius without bothering to &quot;exist.&quot; If you read this holy book properly, you will learn to &quot;pull the wool over your own eyes.&quot; 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.]]>
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    <body><![CDATA[Funny for the first few chapters. Became a tedious read after a while. Repetitive jokes and massive amounts of irrelevant words, not a good thing considering that this is a book.]]></body>
    
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    <![CDATA[Divine obfuscation has a purpose. This is the classic that ushered in so many imitators, imitators who did not get &quot;it.&quot; &quot;It&quot; is slack, the desiderata that cannot be desired and is only attainable through &quot;Bob,&quot; the evil god/male model who founded the Church of the SubGenius without bothering to &quot;exist.&quot; If you read this holy book properly, you will learn to &quot;pull the wool over your own eyes.&quot; 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.]]>
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    <body><![CDATA[Hilarious tongue-in-cheek parody of religious cults, political fringe groups UFO fanatics, and other marginal groups with passionate beliefs. Witty, observant, and creative.]]></body>
    
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