Terry Pratchett, author of the popular and pseudo-medievalist Discworld series, has been "diagnosed with a very rare form of earlyonset Alzheimer's." He is resolved to remain cheerful, and appears to be working on finishing at least two more books. h/t Mythusmage Opines
I assert and aver that Discworld's Unseen University is the most spot-on depiction of academic life ever, with the exception of Richard Russo's Straight Man and Kafka's The Trial.
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