Discworlder

English Etymology From en Discworld er inhabitant, from en disc + en world. Noun An inhabitant of the Discworld from Terry Pratchett’s Discworld fantasy novels. en w:New Scientist 163 1999 48 2 To Discworlders steeped in magic, the science of Roundworld—our science—did not always look as alien as you’d imagine. en Bette D. Ammon SOUL MUSIC. (A Discworld novel.) Terry Pratchett. 1994/1996. ISIS Audio Books. Read by Nigel Planer.8 tapes, 9.5 hrs. 0-7531-0120-3. $69.95. Sturdy vinyl binder; reader, plot notes. w:Kliatt 33 6 November 1999 58 https://archive.org/details/sim_kliatt_1999-11_33_6/page/58/mode/1up 3 His various voices and accents range from exaggerated Cockney to raspy utterances to adenoidal inflections, and Planer zips effortlessly from Discworlder to Discworlder with aplomb. en Peter J[ames] Carroll The Octavo (Roundworld Edition): A Sorcerer-Scientist’s Grimoire w:Mandrake of Oxford 2011 83 https://archive.org/details/peter-j.-carroll-the-octavo-roundworld-edition/page/83/mode/1up 978-1-906958-17-6 Now Discworlders use peculiar units, the appearance of a small white goose or three billiard balls for the Thaum, and the movement of a pound of lead one foot for the Prime. en Christopher Ketcham The Alchemy of Flat Worlds Nicolas Michaud Discworld and Philosophy: Reality Is Not What It Seems Popular Culture and Philosophy w:Open Court Publishing Company 2016 978-0-8126-9923-4 Geometry to Flatlanders is as important as magic is to Discworlders. Flatlanders favor string theory and Discworlders favor loop quantum gravity as the way to tie the theories of Einstein and quantum mechanics together. Discworlders, on the other hand, favor telling the story of loop quantum gravity first because, like Einstein they are enamored with storytelling, and, second; the minuscule but discrete quantum of loop quantum gravity and spin networks are as mysterious as their thaum. en Joseph Rex Young George R.R. Martin and the Fantasy Form Routledge Studies in Contemporary Literature w:Routledge 2019 978-1-138-50216-1 In trying to be glamorous, the less astute Discworlders merely end up grubby – alazons open to criticism by their intellectual betters both inside and outside the text. At the climaxes of their stories, Discworlders often find themselves in supernatural situations which Pratchett keeps largely free of bathos. en w:Stephen Briggs The Shakespeare Codex Methuen Drama 2021 60 978-1-3502-4497-9 And one of the Discworlders was carrying these? Related terms en Discworldian en terms derived from toponyms en Fictional characters