Jesse Sheidlower on Nostr: Two new HDSF entries for all of you dull people who live on a planet! The descriptive ...

Two new HDSF entries for all of you dull people who live on a planet!

The descriptive "planet-dweller", from 1931 (with antecedents), & the slightly more expressive "grounder", from the 1950s. Doc Smith, Asimov, van Vogt, Hamilton, Niven, A. B. Chandler, &c

https://sfdictionary.com/view/2908/planet-dweller
https://sfdictionary.com/view/2905/grounder

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