Feral House
| Status | Active |
|---|---|
| Founded | 1989 |
| Founder | Adam Parfrey |
| Country of origin | United States |
| Headquarters location | Port Townsend, Washington |
| Distribution | Consortium Book Sales & Distribution (US, Canada) Turnaround Publisher Services (UK)[1] |
| Nonfiction topics | Non-fiction |
| Imprints | Process Media |
| Official website | feralhouse |
Feral House is an American book publisher founded in 1989 by Adam Parfrey and based in Port Townsend, Washington.[1]
Early history[edit]
The company's first book was The Satanic Witch (1989; originally published in 1971 by Dodd, Mead & Company) by Anton LaVey, the founder of the Church of Satan.
Cultural references[edit]
Tim Burton's film Ed Wood was based upon the Feral House title, Nightmare of Ecstasy: The Life and Art of Edward D. Wood Jr.[2] The Feral House title American Hardcore: A Tribal History by Steven Blush has been made into a feature documentary of the same name, released by Sony Classics in the fall of 2006.[3]
Awards[edit]
- Readercon | Best Book of 1989: Apocalypse Culture, edited by Adam Parfrey[citation needed]
- Firecracker Award | Best Music Book of 1999: Lords of Chaos: The Bloody Rise of the Satanic Metal Underground by Michael Moynihan and Didrik Søderlind.[4]
Selected bibliography[edit]
- Mudrian, Albert (2004). Choosing Death: The Improbable History of Death Metal & Grindcore. ISBN 978-1932595048.
- Parfrey, Adam, and Kenn Thomas, eds. (2008). Secret and Suppressed II: Banned Ideas and Hidden History into the 21st Century. ISBN 978-1932595352. OCLC 216936953.
- Parfrey, Adam, and Cleetus Nelson. (2014). Citizen Keane: The Big Lies Behind the Big Eyes. ISBN 978-1936239955. OCLC 1193377936.
See also[edit]
- Choosing Death: The Improbable History of Death Metal & Grindcore (published by Feral House)
References[edit]
- ^ a b "About Us." Feral House. Archived from the original.
- ^ Umland, Samuel J. (2015). The Tim Burton Encyclopedia. Rowman & Littlefield. p. 182. ISBN 9780810892019.
- ^ Guerrasio, Jason (September 22, 2006). "Fast, Cheap and Out of Control."Filmmaker. Archived from the original.
- ^ "Firecracker Alternative Book Award"(list). Library Thing. Archived from the original.
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