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<p>86.82.7.18: </p> <hr /> <div>Mentioned in {{SG}}, this is a book written by [[Gnomon]], one of the [[Philosophers]] of [[Ephebe]].<br /> <br /> ==Annotation==<br /> <br /> Presumably a reference to the [[Roundworld]] philosphical book known generally as '''{{wp|Utopia|Utopia}}''' (real name ''Of the Best State of a Republic, and of the New Island Utopia''). Within this book, Utopia is the name for an ideal community or society. The book, written in 1516 by Sir Thomas More, describes a fictional island in the Atlantic Ocean, possessing a seemingly perfect socio-politico-legal system. The term has been used to describe both intentional communities that attempted to create an ideal society, and fictional societies portrayed in literature. &quot;Utopia&quot; is sometimes used pejoratively, in reference to an unrealistic ideal that is impossible to achieve. It has spawned other concepts, most prominently dystopia.<br /> <br /> '''Ectopia''' itself is a medical term for the displacement or malposition of an organ of the body. Most ectopias are congenital but some may happen later in life.<br /> <br /> [[Category: Discworld publications]]<br /> [[de:Ectopia]]</div>

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