Colonel Panic wrote:frelnamp wrote:Aphrodite reversed, 1895
One of the most famous and enigmatic hollow earth novels is Etidorpha, published in 1895. H.P. Lovecraft had read it (and observed the curious, backwards spelling of Aphrodite). Written by John Uri Lloyd (1849 - 1936) and magnificently illustrated by J. Augustus Knapp, it was so succesful that it became translated into Swedish (1898) and German (1899), is still in print today.
I'd go see a band called "Etidorpha"...
I have a 1910 edition of this book, which I've been fascinated with for the past year or so; initially because I've always been interested in "The Morgan Affair," but lately for its symbolic and allegorical content. John Uri Lloyd liked to sample his mycological specimens (which explains
a lot), and was a friend of Mark Twain.
You can read/download
Etidorhpa at Google Books.