hankb@teklds.UUCP (Hank Buurman) (11/08/85)
I have just aquired a copy of "A Feast Unknown" by Farmer, and have set it aside after the first two chapters. Frankly, I was so disturbed by what I had read, I don't think I can finish it. Can anyone out there tell me if the remainder of this book has any redeeming value? Is it worth wading through the extremely sadistic sex and violence to finish it. I am not normally prudish about either sex or violence in books or movies, but this thing has really grossed me out. Comments? Hank Buurman Tektronix Inc. Beaverton, OR.
wilson_3@h-sc1.UUCP (bradford wilson) (11/13/85)
> I have just aquired a copy of "A Feast Unknown" by Farmer, and have set > it aside after the first two chapters. Frankly, I was so disturbed by what > I had read, I don't think I can finish it. Can anyone out there tell me > if the remainder of this book has any redeeming value? Is it worth wading > through the extremely sadistic sex and violence to finish it. I am not > normally prudish about either sex or violence in books or movies, but this > thing has really grossed me out. > > Comments? > > Hank Buurman > Tektronix Inc. > Beaverton, OR. As I recall, this book was banned for many years due to its content. It certainly is unique, but indescribable except by SPOILING. If you were so thoroughly grossed out, I don't think you will enjoy the rest of it, but for folks interested in the fictional Doc Savage meets Lord Greystoke (Tarzan) stories, Farmer's characters are thinly veiled versions. Personally, I quite enjoyed the book! (Call me what you will :-)!). It is not often you see this kind of thing in print! The Wombat .:.
clewis@mnetor.UUCP (Chris Lewis) (11/19/85)
In article <742@h-sc1.UUCP> wilson_3@h-sc1.UUCP (bradford wilson) writes: >> I have just aquired a copy of "A Feast Unknown" by Farmer, and have set >> it aside after the first two chapters. Frankly, I was so disturbed by what > As I recall, this book was banned for many years due to its content. >It certainly is unique, but indescribable except by SPOILING. If you were >so thoroughly grossed out, I don't think you will enjoy the rest of it, >but for folks interested in the fictional Doc Savage meets Lord Greystoke >(Tarzan) stories, Farmer's characters are thinly veiled versions. >Personally, I quite enjoyed the book! (Call me what you will :-)!). It is >not often you see this kind of thing in print! Are "A Feast Unknown" and "Image of the Beast" different books? The above description fits the latter book very well. -- Chris Lewis, UUCP: {allegra, linus, ihnp4}!utzoo!mnetor!clewis BELL: (416)-475-8980 ext. 321
wilson_3@h-sc1.UUCP (bradford wilson) (11/27/85)
> > As I recall, this book was banned for many years due to its content. > >It certainly is unique, but indescribable except by SPOILING. If you were > >so thoroughly grossed out, I don't think you will enjoy the rest of it, > >but for folks interested in the fictional Doc Savage meets Lord Greystoke > >(Tarzan) stories, Farmer's characters are thinly veiled versions. > >Personally, I quite enjoyed the book! (Call me what you will :-)!). It is > >not often you see this kind of thing in print! > > Are "A Feast Unknown" and "Image of the Beast" different books? The above > description fits the latter book very well. > -- > Chris Lewis, > UUCP: {allegra, linus, ihnp4}!utzoo!mnetor!clewis > BELL: (416)-475-8980 ext. 321 I am not sure if they are one and the same. I posted the above description awhile back and someone sent me Mail saying I would ALSO like Image_of_the_Beast (which is memory serves he said was fairly new). The book I reviewed was definitely titled A_Feast_Unknown, though. Anybody out there know of IOTB? The Wombat .:. ----------------------------- "Are the noises in my head bothering you?"
wrd@tekigm2.UUCP (Bill Dippert) (11/29/85)
> > > As I recall, this book was banned for many years due to its content. > > >It certainly is unique, but indescribable except by SPOILING. If you were > > >so thoroughly grossed out, I don't think you will enjoy the rest of it, > > >but for folks interested in the fictional Doc Savage meets Lord Greystoke > > >(Tarzan) stories, Farmer's characters are thinly veiled versions. > > >Personally, I quite enjoyed the book! (Call me what you will :-)!). It is > > >not often you see this kind of thing in print! > > > > Are "A Feast Unknown" and "Image of the Beast" different books? The above > > description fits the latter book very well. > > -- > I am not sure if they are one and the same. I posted the > above description awhile back and someone sent me Mail saying I would ALSO > like Image_of_the_Beast (which is memory serves he said was fairly new). > The book I reviewed was definitely titled A_Feast_Unknown, though. > Anybody out there know of IOTB? > Yes, they are definitely two different books, I have both of them in front of me now from my home library. "A Feast Unknown" is the book about Tarzan and Doc Savage. "Image of the Beast" is a totally different book which contains two stories: "Image of the Beast" and "Blown". Both are published by Playboy Press in pocket book format. AFU is 0-872-16586-8 225 and IOTB is 0-872-16557-4 225. From these ISBN numbers any bookstore should be able to order them for you. However, I do believe that Playboy Press has either been sold or changed names or something? The new company may no longer be publishing these books.
wmartin@brl-tgr.ARPA (Will Martin ) (12/02/85)
Is/was there a Farmer book devoted solely to a modernized Tarzan? Or was there such a book and it was incorporated into or rewritten to become part of A FEAST UNKNOWN? I have a vague recollection of reading a library copy of a book about a mad scientist recreating a Tarzan-like person by putting a male baby into an environment where he was raised by apes and had no contact with civilization until adult. All I can recall about the book was that the mad scientist lived on a pinnacle in the middle of a lake, and had the capability to spy on/watch the proto-Tarzan and his interaction with the native tribes (I think they all were imprisoned in the area somehow, maybe by surrounding impassable cliffs). The only other thing I recall was the scientist getting furious when the Tarzan-like boy engaged in sexual experimentation with the young native girls, actions which the scientist felt were "unbecoming" to the image he was trying to inculcate... :-) Will
jsq@im4u.UUCP (John Quarterman) (12/03/85)
>Is/was there a Farmer book devoted solely to a modernized Tarzan?
It's called Lord Tyger. Set in the highlands of Gabon with dwarfs playing
the parts of the primates.
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