Apocalypse Culture

Apocalypse Culture, or just Apocalypse, is an anthology of the fringe and transgressive edited by Adam Parfrey and first published by his publishing house Amok Press in 1987. Three years later, it was republished in an expanded and revised edition by Parfrey's second publishing house, Feral House. The book, named after Parfrey's fringe cultural scene, defines itself as "an exhaustive tour through the nether regions of today's psychotic brainscape"; it contains writings from, among others, anarchist Hakim Bey and journalist Thomas McEvilley, as well as avowed neo-Nazis, Satanists, pedophiles, necrophiles, and writing from Parfrey himself.

Though controversial, the book was popular with its audience and sold well, reportedly having sold at least 100,000 copies by 2010. The expanded edition contains largely different content. It was a success for Parfrey, his earliest book to achieve this kind of success, and became a cult classic in some circles. The book was banned in Russia in 2006. It was followed by a sequel, Apocalypse Culture II, in 2000.