Gulliver's Travels (miniseries) was said that he went abroad. The film ends in a scene of Gulliver and his family, whom he has grown to love once more, and shares what he is now as a person. The miniseries was generally well received by critics. Ken Tucker of "Entertainment Weekly" wrote that, "Everything about this production is surprising, from its choice of Gulliver—"Cheers"' Ted Danson in an excellent wig—to its startling fidelity to Jonathan Swift's 1726 novel," and called it "a big, gaudy, funny production that feels free to give full reign to Swift's blithe vulgarity." Gulliver's Travels (miniseries) Gulliver's Travels is a
The Ninja (novel) The Ninja (novel) The Ninja novel was written in 1980 by Eric Van Lustbader and is a tale of revenge, love and murder. The author blends a number of known themes together: crime, suspense and Japanese martial arts mysticism. The book is divided into five parts, called "rings," as an apparent homage to Miyamoto Musashi's The Book of Five Rings. It is initially set in Japan following the end of World War II and follows the story of Lustbader's hero Nicholas Linnear, a man raised by Anglo-Chinese parents. As a youth, Linnear is introduced to the world of "aikido", "kenjutsu",