A Voyage to Laputa, Balnibarbi, Luggnagg, Glubbdubdrib and Japan

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Swift, Jonathan. "A Voyage to Laputa, Balnibarbi, Luggnagg, Glubbdubdrib and Japan." Part III of Travels Into Several Remote Nations of the World, in Four Parts, by Lemuel Gulliver. 1726. JS's 4-Part work is readily available under the vt Gulliver's Travels.

Fantastic satire upon the science of the Moderns in the early 18th c., featuring the great gadget of the flying island of Laputa; see for the Academy of Projectors in Lagado and the "Engine" for the automatic writing of books.

RDE, Title, 15Aug19