Hisland: Adventures in Ac-Ac-ademeHisland takes place in a fictional universe--the Islands of Ac-Ac, whose pride and joy is the educational institution of Ac-Ac U. Into this traditionally male world fall the narrator and her feline companion. Their attempted integration into this dystopian world leads the reader on a self-conscious and role-questioning journey. |
Contents
In Which MM Arrives at AcAc | 9 |
In Which MM Gets a Lecture on Academic Hierarchies | 15 |
In Which MM Gets Her First Introduction to DULL | 21 |
In Which MM Attends the Open Faculty Meeting | 27 |
In Which MM Participates in the Induction into | 33 |
In Which MM Feels OverReceived | 43 |
In Which MM Goes through the Faculty List at DULL | 49 |
In Which MM Takes Steps to Set Up the Legendary | 57 |
In Which MM Introduces S P T Directly to | 73 |
Woman at AcAc U | 127 |
In Which MM Hands the Manuscript to S P T | 167 |
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