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From: clewis@mnetor.UUCP (Chris Lewis)
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Subject: Re: A Feast Unknown
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Date: Tue, 19-Nov-85 08:15:03 EST
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Posted: Tue Nov 19 08:15:03 1985
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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.
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