Job: A Comedy of Justice
core novel 1984 Job: A Comedy of Justice
Record
| First published | 1984 |
|---|---|
| Original language |  EN |
| Work type | novel |
| Canon status | core |
| Reader rating | 3.78 (18,907 ratings, collected 2026-11-03) |
| First-edition ISBN | 9780345313577 |
| Internal chronology | 1 |
Synopsis
Alex, a Christian political activist, falls in with Margrethe, a cruise ship hostess who worships the Norse gods. Together they survive a shipwreck and an earthquake, and then find themselves slipping from one alternate reality to the next, each with its own rules and its own disasters. The upheavals are attributed to the trickster Loki, acting with the permission of Jehovah. Each loss and setback strips something more from them, and Alex begins to see his own situation in the story of the Biblical Job. When the two are separated, he sets off through timeless space to find her again.
Where it sits
- Universe: Job: A Comedy of Justice
- Series: Job: A Comedy of Justice core; position 1 of 1 in the series' recorded order
- Author: Robert A. Heinlein
Awards (verified)
- Locus Award (Best Fantasy Novel), 1985: won
- Nebula Award (Best Novel), 1984: nominated
- Hugo Award (Best Novel), 1985: nominated
Notes
- From the series record (Job: A Comedy of Justice): A standalone novel in which a man and a woman are pushed through shifting realities by the gods.
Sources
- Wikipedia: Job: A Comedy of Justice
- AbeBooks listing (Ballantine 1984 first edition) and Wikipedia ISBN 0-345-31357-7
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