tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3001434439078518468.post7850654401891716625..comments2024-01-08T13:43:58.220-05:00Comments on Brillig: The Carl and I The Brillig Bloggerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07886394602447693115noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3001434439078518468.post-70758305313377745462014-03-10T14:06:05.726-04:002014-03-10T14:06:05.726-04:00Fascinating. I'm wondering if you have any in...Fascinating. I'm wondering if you have any insights on what makes a writer's work something people will wait for--if the writer can't finish by a deadline--and what make it something they're willing to forget. I read a couple of Carl Sagan's books, enjoyed them and they may still be somewhere in the house, but they weren't "re-readers" for me. I don't think that's because they were nonfiction--I have plowed through some nonfiction multiple times. <br /><br />Can readers "feel" a writer's loss of interest in communicating that way? Or does the social/political climate change to make the work less appealing to the next wave of readers, or...what?Elizabeth Moonnoreply@blogger.com