<P> Despite its initial positive reception, the book faced backlash . One of the first critics of the book, referred to as Lord Bolingbroke, criticized Swift for his overt use of misanthropy . Other negative responses to the novel also looked towards its portrayal of humanity, which was considered inaccurate . Swifts's peers rejected the novel on claims that its themes of misanthropy were harmful and offensive . They criticized its satire for exceeding what was deemed acceptable and appropriate, including the Houyhnhnms and Yahoos's similarities to humans . There was also controversy surrounding the political allegories . Readers enjoyed the political references, finding them humorous . However, members of the Whig party were offended, believing that Swift mocked their politics . </P> <P> British journalist William Makepeace Thackeray described Swift's novel as "blasphemous," citing its critical view of mankind as ludicrous and overly harsh . He concludes his critique by remarking that he cannot understand the origins of Swift's critiques on humanity . </P> <Ul> <Li> Many sequels followed the initial publishing of the Travels . The earliest of these was the anonymously authored Memoirs of the Court of Lilliput, published 1727, which expands the account of Gulliver's stays in Lilliput and Blefuscu by adding several gossipy anecdotes about scandalous episodes at the Lilliputian court . </Li> <Li> Abbé Pierre Desfontaines, the first French translator of Swift's story, wrote a sequel, Le Nouveau Gulliver ou Voyages de Jean Gulliver, fils du capitaine Lemuel Gulliver (The New Gulliver, or the travels of John Gulliver, son of Captain Lemuel Gulliver), published in 1730 . Gulliver's son has various fantastic, satirical adventures . </Li> <Li> Donald Grant Mitchell retold part one of the novel in the form of a short story for children, published in St. Nicholas magazine in 1874 . </Li> <Li> Hungarian author Frigyes Karinthy wrote two science fiction novellas that continue the adventures of Gulliver: Voyage to Faremido (1916) is an early examination of artificial intelligence, with a pacifist theme, while Capillaria (1921) is a satire on the' battle of the sexes' . </Li> <Li> Soviet science fiction writer Vladimir Savchenko published Gulliver's Fifth Travel--The Travel of Lemuel Gulliver, First a Surgeon, and Then a Captain of Several Ships to the Land of Tikitaks (Russian: Пятое путешествие Гулливера--Путешествие Лемюэля Гулливера, сначала хирурга, а потом капитана нескольких кораблей, в страну тикитаков), a sequel to the original series in which Gulliver's role as a surgeon is more apparent . Tikitaks are people who inject the juice of a unique fruit to make their skin transparent, as they consider people with regular opaque skin secretive and ugly . </Li> <Li> Gulliver's Travels Beyond the Moon (ガリバー の 宇宙 旅行, Garibā no Uchū Ryokō, Gulliver's Space Travels) is a 1965 Japanese animated film, portraying an elder Gulliver taking part in a space travel, joined by a boy, a crow, a talking toy soldier and a dog . The film, although being a children's production generally fascinated by the idea of space travelling, portrays an alien world where robots have taken power . Thus it continues in Swift's vein of critical approach on themes in current society . </Li> <Li> Hanna - Barbera produced two adaptations of Gulliver's Travels, one was an animated TV series called The Adventures of Gulliver from 1968 to 1969 and another was a 1979 animated television special titled Gulliver's Travels . </Li> <Li> American physician John Paul Brady published in 1987 A Voyage to Inishneefa: A First - hand Account of the Fifth Voyage of Lemuel Gulliver (Santa Barbara: John Daniel), a parody of Irish history in Swift's manner . </Li> <Li> In 1998 the Argentine writer Edgar Brau published El último Viaje del capitán Lemuel Gulliver (The Last Voyage of Captain Lemuel Gulliver), a novel in which Swift's character goes on an imaginary fifth journey, this time into the River Plate . It satirises ways and customs of present - day society, including sports, television, politics, etc . To justify the parody, the narrative is set immediately after the last voyage written by Swift (precisely, 1722), and the literary style of the original work is kept throughout the whole story . </Li> </Ul> <Li> Many sequels followed the initial publishing of the Travels . The earliest of these was the anonymously authored Memoirs of the Court of Lilliput, published 1727, which expands the account of Gulliver's stays in Lilliput and Blefuscu by adding several gossipy anecdotes about scandalous episodes at the Lilliputian court . </Li>

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