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canopic jug [soylentnews.org] writes:

The Smithsonian is reporting that Jonathan Swift's satire, Gulliver's Travels, turned 300 years old last month [smithsonianmag.com]:

Since it was first published in October 1726, the novel purporting to tell the fantastical travel tales of Captain Lemuel Gulliver has never left print. An exhibition of rare editions and adaptations in Dublin celebrates Swift’s most famous work

Also covered at RTE [www.rte.ie]. Being a satire on human nature and politics, it is still most unfortunately relevant. There was a symposium in London on the book [fabula.org] back in September.

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