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| - Discworld is a set of 2 TV Series based on the Discworld book series by English author Sir Terry Pratchett. One is called Soul Music and the other is called Wyrd Sisters.
- Discworld is a free MUD set in the Discworld as depicted in the Discworld series of books by Terry Pratchett. It is based on the LPMud codebase.
- Discworld is a planet that was discovered near the star G-890 by the space probe Potent Voyager in 1974. It has been the subject of a series of non-fiction exposés by anthropologist Terry Pratchett.
- Discworld refers to the series of books by Terry Pratchett, one of the authors most revered by the PPC. The series takes place on the Disc. It's where the boots come from. The final Discworld novel, The Shepherd's Crown, was released on 27 August, 2015 in the UK, and 1 September in the US. The book was published posthumously, as Pratchett died in March 2015.
- Discworld is a comedy fantasy series by Terry Pratchett, consisting of 40 books. Many parts of the Discworld series parody our own society. The series is set entirely on the back four elephants which stand of the back of a giant Turtle called The Great A'tuin. Different books follow different parts of Discworld society (eg. the city watch, the wizards guild, Death).
- The Discworld is a fantasy land in the Tolkien and Brothers Grimm mould, complete with witches, wizards, dragons, trolls, and dwarfs; however, over time it has largely evolved into its own distinct culture, as its denizens find more sophisticated ways to outgrow their narrative conventions. The Disc is heavily influenced by magic and, while having similarities to (and in some cases, based on) planet Earth, it (generally) conforms to its own laws of physics. Pratchett first explored the idea of a disc-shaped world in the novel Strata (1981).
- The Discworld novels of Sir Terry Pratchett are a very widely read and popular series of works in fantasy, and latterly steampunk sci-fi. It is implausible that the Caltech gang would not be aware of these books and would not have read at least one, or indeed the graphic novel versions. Coming out of the United Kingdom, Pratchett's books are an absurdist deconstruction of the premises of fantasy fiction and latterly of steampunk imaginings in mainstream sci-fi. The humour is rooted in British comedy and satire and owes something to Douglas Adams' H2G2 reimagining of hi-tech science fiction.
- Discworld is a comedic fantasy book series by the British author Terry Pratchett set on the Discworld, a flat world balanced on the backs of four elephants which are in turn standing on the back of a giant turtle, Great A'Tuin. The books frequently parody or at least borrow ideas from J. R. R. Tolkien, Robert E. Howard, H. P. Lovecraft and William Shakespeare, as well as myth, folklore and fairy tales, often using them for satirical parallels with current cultural, technological and scientific issues.
- The Discworld, a flat planet carried by four elephants standing on the back of a gigantic space-turtle, is the venue for Sir Terry Pratchett's long running fantasy series. The first few books were a straightforward parody of Heroic Fantasy tropes, but later books have subverted, played with, and hung lampshades on practically every trope on this site, in every genre, and many not yet covered, as well as parodying (and in some cases, deconstructing) many well known films, books, and TV series. The humour ranges from simple wordplay to wry reflections on the absurdities of life.
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