false http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1223951520m/640993.jpg 355 14 924656 book 1984 Job: A Comedy of Justice total:2840|5:752|4:920|3:819|2:270|1:79| 2840 10516 3380 116 355 0345316509 9780345316509 2784 113 3.70 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1156897090m/355.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/355.Job_A_Comedy_of_Justice 2 2 false Fri Jun 01 00:00:00 -0700 2007 Thu May 17 19:17:36 -0700 2007 Tue Jun 26 20:20:14 -0700 2007 I just didn't get it. The characters were flat and the scenarios they found themselves in seemed so episodic and inconsequential that, by about halfway through the book, I grew bored and apathetic. It was recommended to me by someone whose taste I admire, but ...more...]]> 355 0345316509 9780345316509 2784 113 3.70 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1156897090m/355.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/355.Job_A_Comedy_of_Justice 4 1 false Wed Jan 16 16:46:29 -0800 2008 Thu Jul 24 16:10:06 -0700 2008
The more ...more...]]> 355 0345316509 9780345316509 2784 113 3.70 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1156897090m/355.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/355.Job_A_Comedy_of_Justice 3 1 false Sun Nov 01 00:00:00 -0800 1998 Thu Jun 07 15:38:48 -0700 2007 Thu Jun 07 15:40:05 -0700 2007
Job mostly mocks organized religion and Christianity in general, but the story itself is pretty enjoyable, if not one of my favorite of Heinlein's.]]> 355 0345316509 9780345316509 2784 113 3.70 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1156897090m/355.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/355.Job_A_Comedy_of_Justice 2 0 false Mon Dec 01 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Fri Dec 19 15:09:17 -0800 2008 Fri Dec 19 15:13:01 -0800 2008 more...]]> 355 0345316509 9780345316509 2784 113 3.70 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1156897090m/355.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/355.Job_A_Comedy_of_Justice 5 0 false Wed Apr 08 18:53:00 -0700 2009 Wed Apr 08 18:57:06 -0700 2009 more...]]> 355 0345316509 9780345316509 2784 113 3.70 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1156897090m/355.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/355.Job_A_Comedy_of_Justice 4 0 true Sun Dec 06 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Wed Dec 09 07:08:17 -0800 2009 Wed Dec 09 07:18:38 -0800 2009 more...]]> 355 0345316509 9780345316509 2784 113 3.70 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1156897090m/355.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/355.Job_A_Comedy_of_Justice 5 0 false Wed May 27 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Fri Jan 25 15:45:40 -0800 2008 Sun Jun 14 17:10:32 -0700 2009 I'm re-reading this book for the first time in 20 years. So far, so good. I'm finding I'm much more aware of the narrating character's idiosyncrasies than before.

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While I really like the concept of this book, I got really distracted throughout by t...more...]]> 355 0345316509 9780345316509 2784 113 3.70 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1156897090m/355.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/355.Job_A_Comedy_of_Justice 3 0 false Tue Apr 07 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Wed Apr 22 18:43:51 -0700 2009 Wed Apr 22 18:49:58 -0700 2009 more...]]> 355 0345316509 9780345316509 2784 113 3.70 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1156897090m/355.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/355.Job_A_Comedy_of_Justice 5 1 false Wed Apr 16 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Tue Apr 08 15:47:38 -0700 2008 Sun Apr 27 22:57:20 -0700 2008 more...]]> 6630964 1433251558 9781433251559 3 1 3.70 http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/6630964-job 4 0 true Fri Jul 17 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Thu Aug 27 00:29:26 -0700 2009 Thu Aug 27 00:32:35 -0700 2009 1 more...]]> 355 0345316509 9780345316509 2784 113 3.70 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1156897090m/355.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/355.Job_A_Comedy_of_Justice 4 0 false Sun Jun 06 00:00:00 -0700 2004 Sun Nov 23 09:06:27 -0800 2008 Sun Nov 23 09:07:40 -0800 2008 more...]]> 355 0345316509 9780345316509 2784 113 3.70 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1156897090m/355.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/355.Job_A_Comedy_of_Justice 2 0 false Sat Jan 03 20:56:14 -0800 2009 Sat Jan 03 21:01:25 -0800 2009 I think this book takes too long in getting to the action, and I didn't think it was as funny as Heinlein had hoped it wo...more...]]> 355 0345316509 9780345316509 2784 113 3.70 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1156897090m/355.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/355.Job_A_Comedy_of_Justice 3 0 false Sat Jun 13 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Mon Jun 15 15:32:04 -0700 2009 Mon Jun 15 15:33:49 -0700 2009 355 0345316509 9780345316509 2784 113 3.70 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1156897090m/355.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/355.Job_A_Comedy_of_Justice 5 0 false Tue Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 1991 Sun Aug 12 16:03:25 -0700 2007 Sun Aug 12 16:12:33 -0700 2007 more...]]> 355 0345316509 9780345316509 2784 113 3.70 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1156897090m/355.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/355.Job_A_Comedy_of_Justice 1 0 false Tue May 12 16:06:09 -0700 2009 Tue May 12 16:16:21 -0700 2009 355 0345316509 9780345316509 2784 113 3.70 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1156897090m/355.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/355.Job_A_Comedy_of_Justice 5 0 false Wed Jul 29 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Wed Mar 25 06:58:57 -0700 2009 Thu Jul 30 00:09:47 -0700 2009 more...]]> 355 0345316509 9780345316509 2784 113 3.70 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1156897090m/355.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/355.Job_A_Comedy_of_Justice 4 0 false Tue Oct 06 07:32:30 -0700 2009 Fri Oct 16 04:04:05 -0700 2009
While Heinlein has a lot to say about religion here, and most of it is entertaining or interesting, the saving grace is the love story. ]]> 355 0345316509 9780345316509 2784 113 3.70 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1156897090m/355.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/355.Job_A_Comedy_of_Justice 5 0 false Mon Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2007 Wed Aug 27 12:29:23 -0700 2008 Sun Aug 31 22:27:00 -0700 2008 more...]]> 355 0345316509 9780345316509 2784 113 3.70 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1156897090m/355.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/355.Job_A_Comedy_of_Justice 1 0 false Sun Jun 14 22:29:02 -0700 2009 Mon Jun 15 08:18:20 -0700 2009 355 0345316509 9780345316509 2784 113 3.70 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1156897090m/355.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/355.Job_A_Comedy_of_Justice 4 0 false Tue Aug 04 00:53:26 -0700 2009 Tue Aug 04 00:54:18 -0700 2009 http://www.goodreads.com/book_link/follow/8?book_id=640993