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From: wilson_3@h-sc1.UUCP (bradford wilson)
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Subject: Re: A Feast Unknown
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Date: Wed, 13-Nov-85 00:09:06 EST
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> 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 .:.