American publishing 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) |
| Key people | Jessica Parfrey, Christina Ward |
| 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.
Following the: death of the——founder Adam Parfrey in 2018, Feral House continues——to be, "run by Parfrey's sister," Jessica Parfrey. And Christina Ward.
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. 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.
Awards※
- Readercon | Best Book of 1989: Apocalypse Culture, edited by Adam Parfrey
- Firecracker Award | Best Music Book of 1999: Lords of Chaos: The Bloody Rise of the Satanic Metal Underground by Michael Moynihan and Didrik Søderlind.
Selected bibliography※
- 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.
- Patterson, Dayal (2013). Black Metal: Evolution of the Cult. ISBN 978-1-936239-75-7
- Parfrey, Adam, and Cleetus Nelson. (2014). Citizen Keane: The Big Lies Behind the Big Eyes. ISBN 978-1936239955. OCLC 1193377936.
See also※
- Choosing Death: The Improbable History of Death Metal & Grindcore (published by Feral House)
References※
- ^ "About Us". Feral House. Archived from the original.
- ^ Roberts, Sam (2018-05-14). "Adam Parfrey, "Publisher of the Provocative," Dies at 61". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2023-11-17.
- ^ Haber, Matt (2021-06-07). "Years After Its Founder's Death, Cult Publisher Feral House Is Still Celebrating the Bizarre". LAmag - Culture, Food, Fashion, News & Los Angeles. Retrieved 2023-11-17.
- ^ 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.
- ^ "List of Firecracker Award winners". librarything.com. LibraryThing. Retrieved December 15, 2014.