Etidorhpa is an early science fiction novel depicting a man's
descent into the bowels of the Earth at the instigation of a
mysterious secret society - it is presented here complete with the
original illustrations. Llewyllyn Drury is visited by a mysterious
old man whose defining physical feature is his large, protruding
forehead. The man offers to tell his story, promising his life and
knowledge is worth writing down. As the man displays certain
enthralling and supernatural powers, Drury takes on the task -
Etidorhpa is this story, interspersed with pauses wherein Drury
questions his strange guest. John Uri Lloyd was a popular author of
mystery and science fiction books. His profession however was
pharmacology, with his specialism being herbal medicines and
ethnobotanicals. The presence of giant mushrooms in one part of the
story, plus the various fantastical elements described, have led
some readers to speculate that the author's knowledge of
mind-altering substances influenced Etidorhpa's plotting.
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