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Jim Gerard (Author)
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May 16, 2007
The wildly funny response to the Left Behind series, Beam Me Up, Jesus will help the reader navigate their way through born-again America, with tips on how to avoid being Left Behind, how to protect oneself against demonic locusts, and how to find a guide to class-action suits and post-Rapture therapy.

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About the Author

Jim Gerard is an author, journalist, and playwright. His book, Celebrity Skin, was published by Avalon in 2002, and his book, Yankees S**K, was published by Chamberlain Bros./Penguin in 2005. Mr. Gerard has written humor for The New Republic, Travel & Leisure, Playboy, Maxim, and Cosmopolitan; features for The Washington Post, Salon, Details, New York Observer; and many other magazines, and has published fiction in The Boston Review and elsewhere. He has performed stand-up comedy in New York clubs such as The Comic Strip, the Duplex, and the Village Gate.

Product Details

  • Paperback: 256 pages
  • Publisher: Nation Books (May 16, 2007)
  • Language: English
  • ISBN-10: 1568583273
  • ISBN-13: 978-1568583273
  • Product Dimensions: 8.2 x 6.8 x 0.6 inches
  • Shipping Weight: 8 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
  • Average Customer Review: 3.7 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (18 customer reviews)
  • Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,286,625 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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5.0 out of 5 stars Humor on the road to hell!, May 22, 2007
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If you're one who believes that religion, regardless of its intentions, is largely man made claptrap then this book is for you. The author serves up an absolutely hilarious dismemberment of the whole second coming, end of times, rapture mythology that is metastasizing through large parts of American culture.
If you're a 'believer' on the other hand you will probably not be amused.
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7 of 7 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars Real Humor - It's Been a While Since I've Read Some, June 15, 2007
This review is from: Beam Me Up, Jesus: A Heathen's Guide to the Rapture (Paperback)
What passes for comedy these days (Will Ferrel vehicles, MTV Prank shows) makes an intelligent comedy lover cringe. Well, cringe no more. Jim Gerard's "Beam Me Up, Jesus" is the real thing. Gerard has an uncanny knack for finding exactly the right set-up for his seemingly neverending supply of punch lines. This book is a wonderful skewering of the evangelical right. I can't think of any single group of people who are simultaneously so self-righteous and so dangerous - and therefore deserving of such rich ridicule.

Jim Gerard has obviously read and been influenced by great humor writers like James Thurber, Woody Allen, and S.J. Perelman. But he is for our times. For all times. And with this book, for the end times as well.

I hope this is just the tip of the iceberg for Gerard. Something tells me there's plenty more where this came from.
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8 of 9 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars comedy reaching cosmic heights, May 31, 2007
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Truly tears-in-your-eyes funny -- hip and smart. A little bit Bill Maher, a little bit Sarah Silverman, but still original and fresh. If Bill O'Reilly sees this, he'll forget all about Rosie and have material for the next 25 "Factors".
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End Times, Jesus Christ, Taco Bell, United States, Pat Robertson, Bill Clinton, Hillary Clinton, Last Judgment, New Haven, New Jesus, Rapture Index, Whore of Babylon, World Series, Dick Cheney, Eternal Forces, Old Testament, The Late Great Planet Earth, The Passion of the Christ, White House, Amish Barbie, Mel Gibson, Operation Blessing, Super Bowl, Worship the Goat
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