Image of the Beast (novel)

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Image of the Beast
Image of the Beast.jpg
Author(s) Philip José Farmer
Country  United States
Language English
Genre(s) Science fiction, erotica
Publication date 1968
Media type Print
Pages 255 pp
ISBN 1-902197-24-0
Followed by 'Blown'

Image of the Beast (1968) is a science fiction novel by Philip José Farmer. 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, werewolfs, snake-women, other undefined shape-changers and his ex-wife.

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.[1]

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