Simply amazing.Once you realise that it is not simply about a man travelling to strange exotic places, but is instead an incredible satire on the social and political issues of the time when it was written. Of the many satirized things, it includes the monstrosity of man, scientific discovery, and p...
IMHO it's a pretty entertaining and well written political satire, though many of the author's opinions are very, very dated (after all it's written long long ago), especially when he is showing his conservatism. Another interesting part for me might be the Grand Academy, where many ideas ridiculed ...
Pretty good stuff. Book 3 isn't as great, and book 4 gets a little preachy at times, but fun to read. Makes me wonder about Yahoo's decision to name themselves after it; Yahoos represent a pretty cynical, misanthropic view of humanity.
baeh, While some parts are entertaining, the big remainder is a torturous chore. The old writing style coupled with first person narrative and the book being a satirical comment on then-contemporary British did not work for me.Better classics exist.
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