Multi-million selling writer has `` a very rare form of early onset Alzheimer 's '' Terry Pratchett says work continuing on books , plans to honor commitments . Discworld novels are set in a fantasy universe but satirize modern day life . Comment:
Multi-million selling writer has `` a very rare form of early onset Alzheimer 's '' Terry Pratchett says work continuing on books , plans to honor commitments . Discworld novels are set in a fantasy universe but satirize modern day life . Received the Order of the British Empire from the Prince of Wales in 1998 .