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** Our Earth plays a greater role in ''[[The Science of Discworld]]'' series, where the wizards know it as "Roundworld". |
** Our Earth plays a greater role in ''[[The Science of Discworld]]'' series, where the wizards know it as "Roundworld". |
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** Moreover, the existence of alternate worlds (i.e. different legs of the Trousers of Time) is a given in several [[Discworld]] novels. Granny Weatherwax starts picking up random memories from these alternate worlds in ''[[Lords and Ladies]]'', and Sam Vimes accidentally ''swaps P.D.A.s'' with his {{spoiler|ill-fated}} counterpart from an alternate world in ''[[Jingo]]''. |
** Moreover, the existence of alternate worlds (i.e. different legs of the Trousers of Time) is a given in several [[Discworld]] novels. Granny Weatherwax starts picking up random memories from these alternate worlds in ''[[Lords and Ladies]]'', and Sam Vimes accidentally ''swaps P.D.A.s'' with his {{spoiler|ill-fated}} counterpart from an alternate world in ''[[Jingo]]''. |
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** Also in ''Lords and Ladies'' Ponder Stibbons (a wizard version of a physicist) tries to explain the "many worlds |
** Also in ''Lords and Ladies'' Ponder Stibbons (a wizard version of a physicist) tries to explain the "many worlds" principle to the Archchancellor (chief Wizard). Of course this goes badly as the Archchancellor is mainly concerned about why his trousers have anything to do with it, and why his parallel self never sent him a wedding invite... |
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* Introduced as the Whole Sort of General Mish-Mash in the fifth part of the ''[[The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy]]'' trilogy. |
* Introduced as the Whole Sort of General Mish-Mash in the fifth part of the ''[[The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy]]'' trilogy. |
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* In ''[[The Wheel of Time]]'', there is a multitude of possible other 'verses, called the 'Worlds That Might Be', which are basically [[Alternate Universe]]s. The less likely they are, the more faded they look. A channeler can be transported to one of these by using a Portal Stone and the One Power. |
* In ''[[The Wheel of Time]]'', there is a multitude of possible other 'verses, called the 'Worlds That Might Be', which are basically [[Alternate Universe]]s. The less likely they are, the more faded they look. A channeler can be transported to one of these by using a Portal Stone and the One Power. |
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