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 owned and operated by Adam Parfrey, founded in 1989 and based in Port Townsend, Washington.[1]
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.[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[]
- 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.[4]
- 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.
- Independent Publisher Awards | Best Erotica Book of 2005: SuicideGirls, edited by Missy Suicide.[5]
- 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.[6]
- 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.[7]
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.
- 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[]
- ^ Jump up to: a b "About Us." Feral House. Archived from the original.
- ^ Umland, Samuel J. (2015). The Tim Burton Encyclopedia. Rowman & Littlefield. p. 182.
- ^ 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.
- ^ Staff writer (2005). "Independent Publisher Book Awards 2005 - And the IPPY goes to..." Independent Publisher Online Magazine. Archived from the original.
- ^ Staff writer (2006). "2006 Independent Publisher Book Awards Results." Independent Publisher Online Magazine. Archived from the original.
- ^ Staff writer (2012). "Independent Publisher Awards 2012." Independent Publisher Online Magazine. Archived from the original.
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Categories:
- Book publishing companies of the United States
- Book publishing companies based in Washington (state)
- Companies based in Port Townsend, Washington
- Publishing companies established in 1989