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Cover artist Peter Maxish Publisher Essex House Media type Print Originally published 1968 Preceded by Traitor to the Living Genres Science Fiction, Erotica | 3.8/5 Goodreads Language English Publication date 1968 Pages 255 pp Country United States of America | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Followed by Blown, Or, Sketches Among the Ruins of My Mind: An Exorcism: Ritual Two Similar Philip José Farmer books, Farmer books, Science Fiction books | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Image of the Beast (1968) is a science fiction novel by Philip José Farmer.
Background
The story follows Herald Childe, a private detective, who is sent a snuff film of his partner being murdered by what appears to be a vampire. His investigation into the identity of the killers leads him into a world of apparent monsters who have a predilection for brutal and supernatural sex. The monsters including vampires, werewolves, snake-women, other undefined shape-changers and his ex-wife. The first printing or first edition of Image of the Beast (1968), was written for sf-porn publisher Essex House. It was paperback selling at $1.95.
The sequel to this novel is Blown.
Image of the Beast was adapted by artist Tim Boxell (under the pseudonym "Grisly") as a comic book published by Last Gasp in 1973, with a second printing in 1979.