Apocalypse Culture

"Apocalypse Culture" is a book edited by Adam Parfrey. It is a collection of texts showcasing a variety of examples of, and reactions to, eschatological madness, extreme perversion, "conspiracy theories", and aesthetic nihilism.

First published by Amok Press in 1987 (ISBN 0-941693-02-3), an "Expanded & Revised Edition" was published by Feral House ( [http://www.feralhouse.com/apocalypseculture.html 2] ) in 1990 as a paperback (ISBN 0-922915-05-9).

It features a cover painting by Joe Coleman.

Contents (to the "Expanded & Revised Edition")

The book is divided into two sections. "Apocalypse Theologies" (which "surveys the thanatoxic symptoms") and "The Invisible War" (which "pieces together the psychopolitical consequences of the "sub rosa" convergences behind apocalypse culture"). It is dedicated to Aimee Semple McPherson and opens with a quote from the Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám.

Apocalypse Culture was awarded Best Nonfiction Work of the Year by Readercon in 1987.

A sequel to it, titled Apocalypse Culture II ( [http://feralhouse.com/titles/kulchur/apocalypse_culture_ii.php 3] ), was published in 2000 (ISBN 0-922915-57-1).

External links

* [http://feralhouse.com/titles/kulchur/apocalypse_culture.php "Apocalypse Culture"] at the publisher's website.
* [http://www.surfingtheapocalypse.com/apocult.html A site] which uses the same term.
* [http://reason.com/0211/cr.bd.publishing.shtml Parfrey interview]
* [http://www.thestranger.com/2000-10-26/books.html Parfrey interview]