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In this quote from "City of Invention", Fay Weldon expresses her opinion on what makes a good "builder" stand out from other authors. Weldon's belief is that reading a well-written piece of literature should change a person's world. These authors stand out from other types of authors, because they can create a space within their works in which a reader can be pulled out of reality and into a text, and can then pull the text back out into his or her reality. She believes that, not only should a reader feel that their worldview changes while they are in the process of reading a text (which can often happen to a reader if he or she gets consumed by the world created in a story), but that the reader should also feel that their world has changed after they have finished reading the text. Even if it is just by a small amount, Weldon explains that the mark of excellent world-building in literature is the ability to alter a reader's reality.
I find this to be a very persuasive argument, because while many books can be good, what makes a great book is one that a reader can think about after finishing it. As Weldon argues, if the ideas and the world of a text follow a reader into his or her day-to-day experience, and can have a lasting impact on them, it is far better than a book that simply gets closed and forgotten. "Good builders" know how to have this effect on their readers, and their work reflects this knowledge well.
I find this to be a very persuasive argument, because while many books can be good, what makes a great book is one that a reader can think about after finishing it. As Weldon argues, if the ideas and the world of a text follow a reader into his or her day-to-day experience, and can have a lasting impact on them, it is far better than a book that simply gets closed and forgotten. "Good builders" know how to have this effect on their readers, and their work reflects this knowledge well.
