Etidorhpa: The Reverse Aphrodite Обратная Афродита η Ανάποδη Αφροδίτη

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. Etidorhpa was published in 1895. The word Etidorhpa is the backward spelling of the name The first editions of Etidorhpa were distributed privately; later editions of the book feature numerous fanciful illustrations by John Augustus Knapp. Eventually a popular success, the book had eighteen editions and was translated into seven languages. Etidorhpa literary clubs were founded in the United States, and some parents named their infant daughters Etidorhpa The book purports to be a manuscript dictated by a strange being named IAmTheMan to a man named Llewyllyn Drury.