Gulliveriana Online

Having recovered from the melancholia of Houyhnhnmland, yet still plagued by the unreasonableness of my own species, I set sail as captain of the Calculus , bound for the South Seas. My crew, a hardy lot, little suspected that our charts were useless, for we were destined for the , a land uncharted by any cartographer.

Upon landing, I was apprehended not by soldiers, but by diminutive philosophers holding small polished slates, which they constantly consulted. They were citizens of . Gulliveriana

style often imitated in the 1720s and 30s? Let me know which angle you'd like to pursue. Re-writing Gulliver's Travels: the Demise of a Genre? Having recovered from the melancholia of Houyhnhnmland, yet

I was summoned to meet their Supreme Coordinator. He did not speak, but rather displayed an image on a tablet that summarized my life. When I attempted to recount my adventures, he dismissed them, stating, "If it is not quantified, it did not happen." They were citizens of

I soon realized the terror of this place: they are perfectly rational, perfectly orderly, and entirely devoid of human empathy. I found myself longing for the simple brutality of the Yahoos in my previous travels, for at least they knew they were beasts. The inhabitants of Logica believe themselves gods.

The Yahoos here are not filthy creatures, but rather "Unprocessed Individuals"—those who refuse to follow the algorithm of daily life. They are treated with clinical indifference, left to starve in orderly, perfectly calculated piles.

Based on the concept of —referring to the genre of imitations, continuations, and adaptations of Jonathan Swift's 1726 masterpiece Gulliver's Travels —