Nation by Terry Pratchett – Interview

Nation by Terry Pratchett

Best-selling fantasy author Terry Pratchett told SCI FI Wire that his latest novel, Nation, deals with the island survivors of a tsunami, but the first pieces of the story came to him about six months before the 2004 tsunami that devastated several Asian countries.

“I’d hate people to think that I was being a bit crass and nicking an idea from what was a very tragic occasion,” Pratchett said in an interview. “Partly for that reason, [at the time] I thought it would be too soon to turn this into a novel, and then, rather more than a year ago, I thought, really, I must get this one out of my head, because it’s getting in the way of other things.”

Nation by Terry Pratchett – Interview.