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Professor Mmaa's lecture

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Overlook Press, Aug 22, 1984 - Fiction - 225 pages
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A little dry, but a generally amusing Oulipo-esque novel about humans as viewed by termite academia. Read full review

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takes place in a termite world. meaning: all the characters are termites. professor mmaa is a specialist in studying humans, or as the termite term goes: "homos." a sometimes uproarious send up of ...

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TitleProfessor Mmaa's lecture
AuthorStefan Themerson
Editionillustrated
PublisherOverlook Press, 1984
ISBN0879519665, 9780879519667
Length225 pages
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