shopping cart
Save up to 30% on our Staff Picks
Call us: 800-878-7323 HELP
McAfee SECURE helps keep you safe from identity theft, credit card fraud, spyware, spam, viruses and online scams.
Original Essays | September 23, 2009

Jonathan Lethem: IMG Stops: On Those Things My New Novel Forgot to Be About, Maybe

0 comments By Jonathan Lethem

For me, there's a weird, unfathomable gulf — I almost wrote gulp — between the completion of a novel and its publication. Some days this duration feels interminable, as though the book has... Continue »
  1. $19.56 Sale Hardcover add to wish list

    Chronic City

    Jonathan Lethem

Job: A Comedy of Justice

by Robert A Heinlein

Job: A Comedy of Justice Cover

ISBN13: 9780345316509
ISBN10: 0345316509
Condition: Standard
All Product Details

Only 2 left in stock at $3.25!

Synopses & Reviews

Publisher Comments:

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 ....
back to top

What Our Readers Are Saying

Add a comment for a chance to win!
Average customer rating based on 1 comment:
Katherine Stuart, October 18, 2008 (view all comments by Katherine Stuart)
A brilliant satire keeping a sharp, witty edge throughout. I think this is probably Heinlein's best book and certainly his funniest.
Was this comment helpful? | Yes | No
report this comment
back to top

Product Details

ISBN:
9780345316509
Subtitle:
Comedy of Justice
Author:
Heinlein, Robert A.
Author:
Heinlein, Robert A.
Publisher:
Del Rey Books
Location:
New York :
Subject:
General
Subject:
Science Fiction - General
Subject:
Science fiction
Subject:
Fantasy - General
Copyright:
1984
Edition Number:
1st pbk. ed.
Series Volume:
85-596
Publication Date:
October 1985
Binding:
Mass Market Paperbound
Language:
English
Illustrations:
Yes
Pages:
448
Dimensions:
743x359x94 45
back to top

Other books you might like

  1. $5.50 Used Mass Market add to wish list

    Variable Star

    Robert Heinlein
  2. $10.50 Used Hardcover add to wish list

    The Story of Little Black Sambo

    Helen Bannerman
  3. $3.95 Used Mass Market add to wish list

    Sixth Column

    Robert A Heinlein
  4. $12.95 Used Trade Paper add to wish list

    Iti the Model Integrated Thematic 3RD Edition

    Susan J Kovalik
  5. $8.95 Used Hardcover add to wish list

    Freedom's challenge

    Anne Mccaffrey
  6. $3.95 Used Mass Market add to wish list

    Freedom's Choice

    Anne Mccaffrey
back to top

Related Aisles

  • back to top

Powell's City of Books is an independent bookstore in Portland, Oregon, that fills a whole city block with more than a million new, used, and out of print books. Shop those shelves — plus literally millions more books, DVDs, and eBooks — here at Powells.com.