
Entering Discworld. Population: Terry Pratchett.
Imaginary Worlds
The Power of Wonder
Pratchett was diagnosed with Alzheimer's at the age of 59. Emmett thinks that even if anger was the fuel behind a lot of Pratchett's work, what got him through was his sense of wonder. "I don't really think that you can write fantasy without having a certain deep-seeded awe," he says.
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