Feral House
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+ | '''Feral House''' is an [[American publisher]] founded by [[Adam Parfrey]]. Feral House describes itself as "publishing innovative and celebrated non-fiction books since 1989. Movies have been made, cultural trends influenced and political crimes exposed by our small, independent press." | ||
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+ | Feral House was founded in 1989 and is headquartered in [[Port Townsend, Washington]]. | ||
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+ | A sister imprint to Feral House, [[Process Media]], was founded in 2005 in a collaboration with [[Jodi Wille]] of [[Dilettante Press]] to publish titles that are of differing style and content of Feral House. | ||
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+ | ==Film== | ||
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+ | [[Tim Burton]]'s film ''[[Ed Wood (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 [[American Hardcore (film)|feature documentary of the same name]], released by Sony Classics in the fall of 2006. | ||
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+ | ==Awards== | ||
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+ | * Winner: Best Book of 1989 by Readercon: ''[[Apocalypse Culture]]'' edited by Adam Parfrey | ||
+ | * Winner: Firecracker Award, Best Music Book of 1999: ''[[Lords of Chaos (book)|Lords of Chaos]]: The Bloody Rise of the Satanic Metal Underground'' by [[Michael Moynihan (journalist)|Michael Moynihan]] and Didrik Søderlind | ||
+ | * 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 | ||
+ | * 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 | ||
+ | * 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 | ||
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Feral House is an American publisher founded by Adam Parfrey. Feral House describes itself as "publishing innovative and celebrated non-fiction books since 1989. Movies have been made, cultural trends influenced and political crimes exposed by our small, independent press."
Feral House was founded in 1989 and is headquartered in Port Townsend, Washington.
A sister imprint to Feral House, Process Media, was founded in 2005 in a collaboration with Jodi Wille of Dilettante Press to publish titles that are of differing style and content of Feral House.
Film
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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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