Three-Fisted Tales of "Bob"

by Ivan Stang (Editor/Contributor)

Stories depict the life of J.R. "Bob" Dobbs and the SubGenius church he founded after nuclear war decimated the Earth.

Genres: Fiction, Humor, Philosophy, Religion, Science Fiction, Short Stories

352 pages, Paperback

First published February 15, 1990

About the author

American writer, filmmaker and broadcaster, best known as the author and publisher of the first screed of the Church of the SubGenius.

He is credited with founding the Church with friend Philo Drummond in 1979, though Stang himself denies this and claims the organization was founded in 1953 by J. R. "Bob" Dobbs.

Reviews

[Ned · Rating 4 out of 5]

the last story in this collection of wide-ranging tales of apocalyptic bulldada, simply entitled ""Bob" and the Oxygen Wars" is worth anybodies notice. A lot of these stories try harder than it is just to be weird, and despite the inclusion of weird somebody's like Mark Mothersbaugh or William Burroughs, most of these tales are bad advertisement for the Church. Bulldada that's been spit-shined for mass Pub that it was.
It's the last story in that book which got me thinking . . .

[Malcolm Collins · Rating 2 out of 5]

Tolerable but nothing of the quality of the earlier books in the series.

[Patch · Rating 5 out of 5]

Ahhhh the creative crew and their short stories.

[Sheba]

Couldn't make it past the first few pages. It seemed as though the writer was having more fun in writing it than I ever would in reading it.

[Michael McDonnough · Rating 4 out of 5]

This was a fun read. My favorite section was "Bob and the Oxygen Wars" by Waves Forest.