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    Job: A Comedy of Justice by Robert A. Heinlein

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    (Mass Market Paperback - Reissue)

    • Pub. Date: October 1985
    • 448pp
    • Sales Rank: 83,695

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      • Pub. Date: October 1985
      • Publisher: Random House Publishing Group
      • Format: Mass Market Paperback, 448pp
      • Sales Rank: 83,695

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      After he firewalked in Polynesia, the world wasn't the same for Alexander Hergensheimer, now called Alec Graham. As natural accidents occurred without cease, Alex knew Armageddon and the Day of Judgement were near. Somehow he had to bring his beloved heathen, Margrethe, to a state of grace, and, while he was at it, save the rest of the world ....

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      Biography

      A science fiction pioneer, Robert A. Heinlein wrote popular stories that doubled as vessels for his political and cultural observations. In classics such as Stranger in a Strange Land and Starship Troopers, Heinlein blended suspenseful adventure with (sometimes controversial) visions of alternate worlds.

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      Not For the Religious Faint of Heartby Lost-in-books

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      January 03, 2009: Robert Heinlein was a graduate of the US Naval Academy and in his early years wrote swashbuckling SF Naval adventures-in-space with a very personal philosophical and political view. He is one of the great early science fiction writers, along with Clark, Asimov, Niven, and others, who moved beyond the BEM genre into modern, "legitimate" SF. He becomes more philosophical and less martial as he matures, but he always presents topics to ponder, puzzle, and discuss.
      In [Job] Heinlein looks at Judeo-Christian religion in particular, from an unorthodox (to say the least) viewpoint that will startle, titillate, confound, illuminate, provoke, and in many cases infuriate, depending on the readers's personal belief structure.
      I read it cover-to-cover in one sitting, my mind running the entire gamut of emotions from rolling-on-the-floor laughter to fury. In challenging what I expected, it challenged my lifeview and my worldview and indeed my view of the divine; the reader who can't deal with extreme irreverence will probably not enjoy this book, but it has a permanent place in my library.

      Patience, grasshopper.by Anonymous

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      May 13, 2004: For a devout Heinlein fan, this was a hard book to get through (though not as hard as Number of the Beast). The story drags through much of the first three quarters of the book, but makes up for it at the end. If you're not paying attention, it'll knock your chicklets out. A definite must-read.


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