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Originally Posted by DMcCunney
"Loosely tie"?
Let's see: Discworld is a flat disk, supported on the back of giant elephants, who are standing on the shell of great A'Tuan, a giant turtle swimming through the see of space. It has magic, wizards, barbarians, various non-human inhabitants like the Nac Mac Feegle...
If Discworld isn't straight up fantasy, I'd have a hard time saying what is. 
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Dennis
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It reads like science fiction or humour. People that prefer science fiction tends to like Pratchett. It is definitely not straight fantasy.
Also the distinctions you described are used. But other distinctions are also used. i thing the Fantasy Encyclopedia for example use something else.
There is also a rather strong argument that science fiction and fantasy have different "feel" and you read them differently and for different purposes.