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From: maa@oasys.UUCP
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Subject: Re: Is Larry Niven the SubGenius?
Message-ID: <172@oasys.UUCP>
Date: Thu, 30-Jan-86 20:29:40 EST
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Posted: Thu Jan 30 20:29:40 1986
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<munch, munch, munch>

> If anyone has up-to-date or inside information on the Church of
> the SubGenius, I'd be thrilled to see it.

I found the following on the downtown Boulder mall last summer and have had
it posted on my cube wall since.  [With the exception of the first line
which is in large bold type,  the rest is reproduced as accurately as I could
render it.]


          Make Insanity Work For You.....

ARE    YOU    A    SCREWED-UP    SUBURBANITE    WITH    SEX,DRUG,OR
SOCIAL   PROBLEMS?WELL,The   Subgenius   Foundation   MAY   NOT   HELP
MUCH,BUT  IT  WILL  MAKE  "u""proud"TO  BE  INSANE. . .
   Most  Religions  Have  Had  The'grins'Hammered  Out  Of  Them  By
Easily-Duped  Fanatics.The  Church  Of  The  Subgenius  Is  A  Bombardment
Of  Morbid  Yuks. . .     The  Last  Holymen  In  America  Today.
   YES-  You  May  Have  Snapped  Already  From  The  Information  Disease
Of  The  TV  Age.Root  Out  Your  False  Programming  And  Mentally  Bash
It  To  HELL!    For  MoreJust  Send  $1 For  DETAILS  to :
                     The  Church  Of  The  Subgenius
                           P. O.Box  140306
                         DALLAS,TX        75214


If this is Niven's creation, he's got a truly bizarre sense of humor.

(And no, I didn't send them my dollar.)