STANG, Reverend Ivan

STANG, Reverend Ivan
(1949-)
   US writer, given the title "Reverend" by the Church of the SubGenius. He ed The Book of the SubGenius (anth 1983), a SATIRE on other religions and cults in the form of densely packed clip art relating the teachings of J.R. "Bob" Dobbs, a former encyclopedia salesman. The crackpot literature that inspired the book is reviewed in the nonfiction High Weirdness by Mail: A Directory of the Fringe-Made Prophets, Crackpots\& True Visionaries (1988). IS also ed Three-Fisted Tales of "Bob": Short Stories in the SubGenius Mythos * (coll 1990), much of whose content is sf.
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