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Gulliver's Travels Into Several Remote Regions of the World
by Jonathan Swift
Like everyone, I grew up with the abridged versions and renditions made appealing to children. Just as Sunday school does disservice to the philosophical complexities of the Bible, they miss the most essential bits.
Swift is a brilliant thinker who chose to write a scathing study of (his) contemporary society, philosophy, theology, arts, and politics by use of fantasy. He is a SciFi/Fantasy pioneer. His Gulliver is the Dr Who of the 18th century.
This is my first reading in 30 years, and also, the first that was not a school assignment. A classic attribute is that each reading provides a new layer of understanding. It would be easier to count the layers in a Greek pastry.
Swift is a brilliant thinker who chose to write a scathing study of (his) contemporary society, philosophy, theology, arts, and politics by use of fantasy. He is a SciFi/Fantasy pioneer. His Gulliver is the Dr Who of the 18th century.
This is my first reading in 30 years, and also, the first that was not a school assignment. A classic attribute is that each reading provides a new layer of understanding. It would be easier to count the layers in a Greek pastry.