Suntup Press - the wolfen

Fast-paced, compelling, and gruesomely violent, The Wolfen is the first novel by bestselling horror novelist, Whitley Strieber.

Following the savage killing of two New York City policemen, George Wilson and Becky Neff are two detectives bound together by their strange and passionate hunt for the Wolfen. Strieber’s novel breathed new life into the werewolf genre, building upon the traditional myth and lore of the lycanthrope to create a genetically superior crossbreed of human and wolf that has existed in the shadows for centuries.

Upon its release in 1978, the Washington Post called The Wolfen “a howling success.” Likewise, St. James Guide to Horror, Ghost and Gothic Writers deemed it, “an amazingly effective debut novel that turns the werewolf story completely on its head. Breathtakingly suspenseful throughout.”

In 1981, The Wolfen was adapted into a horror movie starring Albert Finney, directed by Michael Wadleigh.

The signed limited edition of The Wolfen by Whitley Strieber is presented in three states: Lettered, Numbered and Artist editions.

What’s the general consensus here on Suntup?

>2 thecollectingdad: Like 350 people are having a party on the Island next to me, and I get to view all their fun through binoculars, in the water in-between us there are crocodiles .. and I have no boat

Bought the artist edition though ..

This specific book does look pretty good considering it's got 3-4x more illustrations than a comparable publisher puts out, and they look nice too (thought to each their own... I dislike any cartoony or digital paintings)

>4 Soup811: I understand these illustrations can be to much for some, but personally I like these. They look like my dog. Not to obvious cartoony which I agree is a killer (for certain books).

Hmm, this is the first Suntup title I've never heard of. What do people think of the story itself?

I've only seen the film, which is kinda dull. I remember seeing it for the first time expecting a traditional werewolf film, with bipedal werewolves, but it wasn't and I remember being pretty disappointed. That being said apparently the film was a very high level adaptation and the book is supposed to be much better.

>3 Pellias: haha :)
Nice illustrations and the numbered edition looks great. That said, forget about ever getting a numbered edition, unless you want to pay ebay prices.

>3 Pellias: >8 astropi:
I like the art too, well enough to buy the artist edition. Still 183 left.

The wolf reminds me of the hound in EP’s “Hound of the Baskervilles DLE” - the one with electricity flowing from its mouth. I think that one is my all-time favorite book illustration.

I really like the illustrations and took a look inside the book on amazon. It read nicely, so I bought the Artist Gift Edition. I actually like the design of this one best of the three. Thank goodness considering that you can't get the other editions anyway unless you're already in the inner circle.

This one looks pretty good. Agreed on the illustrations; it really is a contrast where 15 or so illustrations can be considered a lot, when more classic books had so many illustrations.

Like many others, however, only purchased this one to be able to get to the March book, it's not something I'm interested in at all.