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Etidorhpa
''Etidorhpa, or, the end of the earth: the strange history of a mysterious being and the account of a remarkable journey'' is the title of a scientific allegory or science fiction novel by John Uri Lloyd, a pharmacognocist and pharmaceutical manufacturer of Cincinnati, Ohio.〔Michael A. Flannery, ''John Uri Lloyd: The Great American Eclectic'', Carbondale, IL, Southern Illinois University Press, 1998.〕 ''Etidorhpa'' was published in 1895.
The word "Etidorhpa" is the backward spelling of the name "Aphrodite." The first editions of ''Etidorhpa'' were distributed privately; later editions of the book feature numerous fanciful illustrations by J. Augustus Knapp. Eventually a popular success, the book had eighteen editions and was translated into seven languages.〔Neil Harris, ''Cultural Excursions: Marketing Appetites and Cultural Tastes in Modern America'', Chicago, University of Chicago Press, 1990; p. 151.〕 ''Etidorhpa'' literary clubs were founded in the United States, and some parents named their infant daughters Etidorhpa.〔J. K. Scudder, M.D., "''Etidorhpa'' — A Review," ''The Eclectic Medical Journal'', Vol. 57 (1897), p. 157.〕
==Concept==
The book purports to be a manuscript dictated by a strange being named ''I-Am-The-Man'' to a man named Llewyllyn Drury. Drury's adventure culminates in a trek through a cave in Kentucky into the core of the earth. Ideas presented in ''Etidorhpa'' include practical alchemy, secret Masonic orders, the Hollow Earth theory and the concept of transcending the physical realm.
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