Terry Pratchett est en interview dans le magazine SFX. Il évoque son roman Nation.

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On the inspiration for standalone book Nation Terry Pratchett : ‘I came up with the idea about six months before the first big Asian tsunami. And that’s on record because I have a witness! Sarah LeFanu (who wrote a book on how to write science fiction and fantasy) introduced me when I did a signing in Waterstone’s one time. And it was on the day that I said, “I’ve got to write this book!” and she said, “Sounds great, hope you do it.” And she’s my witness that I didn’t base Nation on the terrible 2004 tsunami. It’s all based on Krakatoa of course – there are certain similarities. After the tsunami I put it on one side for a while because I didn’t want people to think I was taking advantage. And then that lasted for about a year or so and I thought, “To hell with this I’ve got to get it down.” I just identified with it in some way! I don’t quite know why. Mau is such a good character, you spend all the time in his head, and you know that this kid is one step away from actually going insane – that’s good material to work with.’