Feral House
Feral House is an American book publisher owned and operated by Adam Parfrey, founded in 1989 and based in Port Townsend, Washington.[2]
| 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 |
Early history
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
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.[3] 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.[4]
Awards
- Winner: Best Book of 1989 by Readercon: Apocalypse Culture edited by Adam Parfrey
- Winner: Firecracker Award, Best Music Book of 1999: Lords of Chaos: The Bloody Rise of the Satanic Metal Underground by Michael Moynihan and Didrik Søderlind [5]
- Winner: Independent Publisher Awards Best Pop Culture Book of 2000: Pills-a-Go-Go: A Fiendish Investigation Into Pill Marketing, Art, History & Consumption by Jim Hogshire
- Winner: Independent Publisher Awards Best Erotica Book of 2005: SuicideGirls edited by Missy Suicide [6]
- Winner: Independent Publisher Awards Best Pop Culture Book of 2006: Sin-A-Rama: Sleaze Sex Paperbacks of the Sixties edited by Brittany A. Daley, Hedi El Kholti, Earl Kemp, Miriam Linna, and Adam Parfrey[7]
- Winner: Independent Publisher Awards Best History Book of 2012 Silver Medal: Ritual America: Secret Brotherhoods and Their Influence on America Society by Adam Parfrey, and Craig Heimbichner [8]
See also
- Choosing Death: The Improbable History of Death Metal & Grindcore (published by Feral House)
References
- "About Us". Feral House. Retrieved 2018-01-12.
- http://feralhouse.com/about-us/
- Umland, Samuel J. (2015). The Tim Burton Encyclopedia. Rowman & Littlefield. p. 182.
- Guerrasio, Jason (2006-09-22). "Fast, Cheap and Out of Control". Filmmaker. Retrieved 2016-02-15.
- Library Thing
- Independent Publisher Online Magazine Archived 2007-07-05 at the Wayback Machine
- Independent Publisher Online Magazine
- Independent Publisher Awards 2012
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