Apocalypse Omnibus

The Apocalypse Omnibus collects the best of Adam

Parfrey's essays in a single volume.

Adam

Parfrey was, before starting iconoclastic publisher Feral House, a writer. His foresight in revealing extreme

trends and societal angst long before mainstream media had any inkling of the

darkness bubbling just under the surface of American culture earned him praise

and derision. Apocalypse Culture

(1987) was hailed by J.G. Ballard as the "terminal documents of the Twentieth

Century."

Many of

the included essays are eerily prescient as Parfrey warned about right-wing

militias in the early nineties and documented the rise of conspiracy-dominated

thinking decades before Republican government officials loudly declared

political opponents were satanically inspired drinkers of baby blood. Yet

Parfrey's interests were wide-ranging and Apocalypse Omnibus includes

profiles of outr? characters, artists, and, yes, some crackpots. Parfrey loved tweaking American mythology

by resurrecting lost texts highlighting outlaws and outsiders. He

continually sought to expose the absurdity of American culture.

Parfrey

was fascinated by the contrast between America portrayed as wholesome freedom

loving peacekeepers and the reality of covert military operations, mass-drug

experiments, and the obscured "wizards" hidden behind the curtain pulling the

levers of power. His work has been lauded as groundbreaking and criticized as

dangerous. In a time when truth has been stretched to the breaking point,

Parfrey's essays remind readers that there is always more to the story.

Apocalypse Omnibus also contains material previously published in

the out-of-print books, Apocalypse Culture 2 (2003) and Cult Rapture

(1995), as well as new material culled from his extensive private archives. It

also contains a selection of Parfrey's essays and investigations, originally

published in the San Diego Reader, Village Voice, Hustler Magazine, and on his

own site, and inaccessible for years, are collected here in a single

volume. Black and white images with full-color art by Joe Coleman.