Sep 24, 2017 kit reed was an american author of both speculative fiction and literary fiction, as well as psychological thrillers under the pseudonym kit craig. Dec 14, 2009 if youve perused the pages of our sister publication, woodworking magazine, you might have seen this piece in the spring 2005 issue. The good smells of bacon and eggs came up from downstairs. Thinner than thou is one of those books you want to appreciate for so many reasons. Oh, florida how americas weirdest state influences the. Thinner than thou is highly recommended to all, including readers with eating disordersbut then, is there anyone in this culture who doesnt have issues with food.
Thinner than thou an extract from the novel by kit reed multifaceted, witty, and endlessly inventive. Jan 11, 2020 in the tomorrow of thinner than thou, the cult of the body has become the one true religion the dedicated sisters are a religious order sworn to help anorexic, bulimic, and morbidly obese youth throughout the land, houses of worship have been replaced by the health clubs of the crossed triceps and through hypnotically powerful evangelical infomercials, the reverend earlin the tomorrow of. The monstrous head of castertowns megamall is the evil genius behind, or in his case beneath, the sinister setting in kit reed s new book for young readers. Dec 30, 2015 thinner than thou kit reed i dont know if this counts it is a science fiction book about the future where everyone is encouraged to be thin, and bingeeating is a sport. My butt catches on a candy rack, dragging a shelf of necco wafers to the ground. About thinner than thou kirkus calls kit reed s thinner than thou unsettling, sometimes appalling. She also creates prints and notecards of many of the most popular sets of books in various genres.
Thinner than thou by kit reed is science fiction that transcends the perceived geekiness of science fiction. Images courtesy of publishers, organizations, and sometimes their twitter handles. Buy thinner than thou by kit reed from amazons fiction books store. Thinner than thou 05 by reed, kit paperback 2005 reed on. The ideas are good and still relevant but rereading now that im older, i noticed how bad the writing is. This nightmare vision hits the pressure points like acupuncture. A guggenheim fellow, she was the first american recipient of an international literary grant from the abraham woursell foundation. Thinner than thou promises a slim, beautiful heaven, the afterfat. Everyday low prices on a huge range of new releases and classic fiction.
Reed was born lillian hyde craig on june 7, 1932, in san diego, california. Jane mount started ideal bookshelf in 2007, painting portraits of people through the spines of their favorite books, the ones that changed their lives and made them who they are today. The subject matter is a very enticing part of what gave the book such potential. Reed s honors include a guggenheim fellowship, a fiveyear grant from the abraham woursell foundation, three nominations for the james tiptree, jr. We dug through the archives to find a fine bookcase, then did a bit of construction modification to allow the design to better fit the i can do that column. Four speculative near futures by kit reed, author of where and mormama, showcasing her sharp and transgressive social dystopias where characters are pushed to their psychological limits.
Kit reed has published 22 novels and over a hundred short stories, has garnered awards, and remains as critically feted as she is commercially underrated. Earls luxury spa, sylphania, is the rage for those with severe eating disorders until jeremy devlin enters and. I think it looks goodbut id take a few items down so it doesnt look to cluttered minimize the dvdblue rays and the box on the top left corner takes up a lot of space. Thinner than thou was one of my favorite books to read as a teenager because its about a world that has been taken over by a cult of becoming thin and perfect. I was looking forward to this book after reading her biting, funny and disturbing attack on the ramifications of modern fitness flexing its muscle on pop culture and selfimage in thinner than thou this summer. He had to crane forward slightly to read the numbers on the scale. Kit reed is an american author who wrote about the problem of body image in her book thinner than thou, which was published in 2004. In his short story collection tenth of december, saunders demonstrates clearly that he can master and twist every rule to his will, but in his first novel, lincoln in the bardo, he takes. We hope that the deseret bookshelf app provides quality ebooks that build faith, strengthen homes and families, ennoble personal virtues, and offer practical advice.
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Kit reed lived in middletown, ct, and was resident writer at wesleyan university. Kit reed, left, teaching in her living room in the 1980s. Kit reed s deliciously satirical thinner than thou is a mordant vision of a brave new world where religion is rooted in the worship of ones. The dedicated sisters are a religious order sworn to help anore. Use features like bookmarks, note taking and highlighting while reading thinner than thou. Richard bachman is king without his voice, and the result is flat. Kit reed has 167 books on goodreads with 40504 ratings. The alex awards are given to ten books written for adults that have special appeal to young adults, ages 12 through 18. Id ever met but she was the first to have a full shelf of books with her name on them. Her liners painted thicker on one eye, making the two sides of her face seem mismatched. You dont have to have or fake knowledge of advanced mathematics or wormholes or fuelweight ratios. Buy a cheap copy of thinner than thou book by kit reed. Reed brilliantly delves into the psyche of a society that is enslaved by its relentless quest for physical perfection and everlasing youth. Throughout the land, houses of worship have been replaced by.
Kit reed, born lillian hyde craig or lillian craig reed june 7, 1932 september 24, 2017, was an american author of both speculative fiction and literary fiction, as well as psychological thrillers under the pseudonym kit craig. Oh, florida how americas weirdest state influences the rest of the country embraces those contradictions and shows how they fit together to make this the most interesting state. The story blends a bit of bizarro fiction involving a fanatical religious cult with the very real pressure from the media that tells us that we must look a certain way or we. Throughout the 1970s and 1980s kit s work regularly appeared.
A clever whatif, reed s tale is provocative as well as amusing. Thinner than thou by kit reed 2004, hardcover, revised. Its all he can think of as he flees the wayward plantation. Jul 31, 2011 7 posts published by contented reader during july 2011. The baby merchant 2006, enclave 2009, and thinner than thou 2004. I can do that simplified stickley bookcase popular.
The dedicated sisters are a religious order sworn to help anorexic. Sep 28, 2017 authors whose books are so damn good that im willing to push just about everything else on the toberead pile out of the way so i can crack them open as soon as theyre available. His recent work includes sleeping beauties cowritten with his son owen king, end of watch, the short story collection the bazaar of bad dreams, finders keepers, mr. Fifteen years ago kit reed published her twentysecond novel, the darkly satiric thinner than thou, which imagined a near future when a new religion has formed around weight loss and body consciousness. Download it once and read it on your kindle device, pc, phones or tablets. She read from thinner than thou tor, 2004 when i shared at. Sunny days aint your books friends either since sun rays trigger chemical reactions resulting in discolouration of paper. Health clubs replace houses of worship in reeds notsosciencefiction novel thinner than thou. I dont recall whether i read about it online, or if. But it is not on my bookshelf and looking through the text it is entirely unfamiliar. The result is a book that feels thinner no pun intended than kings better books. Soon shell fill the night with more words than youd ever guess she owned.
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Vanity fair a clever whatif, reeds tale is provocative as well as amusing. Award three times, and in 2005 her novel, thinner than thou, was given the alex award by the young adult library services association yalsa. My prewriting life ended when i was about four and a half. Kit reed, author of thinner than thou and other novels, has written an sf satire and psychological thriller that provokes larger questions about money, status, happiness, parenting, and even technology newborns receive microchips in their heads.
Used books may not include companion materials, may have some shelf wear, may contain highlightingnotes. Between foreign, paperback, and film rights, kit craig made more money than all those years of kit reed put together. Stephen king is the author of more than fifty books, all of them worldwide bestsellers. Her 20 bestof collection, the story until now, a great big book of stories was a 20 shirley jackson award nominee. The dedicated sisters are a religious order sworn to help anorexic, bulimic, and morbidly obese youth. Thinner than thou livros na amazon brasil 9780765353061. Kit reed is the author of the alex awardwinning thinner than thou and many other novels, including the night children, her first young adult work. Thinner than thou by kit reed 2005, paperback for sale.
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