worldbuilder n.
a writer who engages in world-building n.
SF Criticism
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1892
Imaginary world-builders, like Mr. Spencer, lay their foundations in shallows.
Mind in Matter (ed. 3) 158 -
1942
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Raymond A. Palmer
Now he [sc. Edmond Hamilton] ought to have the title of ‘world-builder’! Because he has a knack of building a whole new world of thrilling adventure with a few typewritten words.
Editor’s Notebook in Fantastic Adventures June 7/1 -
1993
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Michael Bishop
Once you step Inside the Funhouse…you will see that the world-builders are just as weird as the worlds they build.
Books in Science Fiction Age Jan. 15/1
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2006
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Adam Roberts
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He is a world-builder, an imaginary anthropologist, and above all a stylist; and it is the conjunction of the unflagging fertility of his imagination and the elegant, chill mannerisms of his prose that generate the distinctive Vance quiddity.
History of SF x. 203
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2012
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Norman Spinrad
When the fictional world-builder is a seasoned world traveler like Alan Dean Foster, who is thoroughly and enthusiastically familiar with the cultural, ecological, and geographic multiplexities of the real world in realtime, the depth, detail, and emotional connection of his fictional one becomes something special.
On Books in Asimov’s Science Fiction Oct.–Nov. 188/2
Research requirements
any evidence 1892
Earliest cite
James Tait, 'Mind in Matter'
Research History
Ben Ostrowsky submitted a 2006 cite from Adam Roberts.We would like to get examples from any other sources, to fill out this entry.
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