TY - ABST T1 - The Terrible Fours Y1 - 2021 A1 - Ishmael [Scott] Reed (b. 1938) KW - African American author KW - Male author AB -

Sequel to his 1982 The Terrible Twos and 1989 The Terrible Threes. This novel continues the plot of The Terrible Threes with a televangelist the real power and the president he is blackmailing his pawn. Aliens are planning an invasion and others are struggling for power. The book ends with a set of questions to be answered in The Terrible Fives.

PB - Baraka Books CY - Montréal, PQ, Canada SN - 9781771862431 U5 -

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ER - TY - ABST T1 - The Terrible Threes Y1 - 1989 A1 - Ishmael [Scott] Reed (b. 1938) KW - African American author KW - Male author AB -

Sequel to 1982 Reed. Dystopian satire on U.S. politics emphasizing religion. See also his 2021 The Terrible Twos.

PB - Atheneum CY - New York U5 -

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ER - TY - ABST T1 - The Terrible Twos Y1 - 1982 A1 - Ishmael [Scott] Reed (b. 1938) KW - African American author KW - Male author AB -

Satiric dystopia based on contemporary U.S. politics in which economic and political leaders behave like a spoiled two year old. See also his 1989 The Terrible Threes, and his 2021 The Terrible Fours.

PB - St. Martin's/Marek CY - New York SN - 0-312-79199-2 N1 -

Rpt. New York: Atheneum, 1988. An excerpt, “Future Christmas (excerpt from the novel The Terrible Twos,” was rpt. in Dark Matter: A Century of Speculative Fiction from the African Diaspora. Ed. Sheree R. Thomas (New York: Warner Books, 2000), 275-89.

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ER - TY - ABST T1 - Mumbo Jumbo Y1 - 1972 A1 - Ishmael [Scott] Reed (b. 1938) KW - African American author KW - Male author AB -

Dystopia. One thread of a thematically and typographically complex novel is a conspiracy of whites to destroy African American culture.

PB - Doubleday CY - Garden City, NY U5 -

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