The Terrible Twos

TitleThe Terrible Twos
Year for Search1982
AuthorsReed, Ishmael [Scott](b. 1938)
Date Published1982
PublisherSt. Martin's/Marek
Place PublishedNew York
KeywordsAfrican American author, Male author
Annotation

Dystopia based on contemporary U.S. politics. See also his 1989 The Terrible Threes, and his 2021 The Terrible Fours.

Additional Publishers

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.

Holding Institutions

DLC, Merril

Author Note

African American author (b. 1938).

Full Text

1982 Reed, Ishmael [Scott] (b. 1938). The Terrible Twos. New York: St. Martin’s/Marek. 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. DLC, Merril

Dystopia based on contemporary U.S. politics. See also his 1989 The Terrible Threes, and his 2021 The Terrible Fours. African American author.