Jeannie answers “does it bother anyone that in the 20 years...”

Catherine Goldwyn asked this question about Station Eleven:

does it bother anyone that in the 20 years since these people got slammed and the human race got almost wiped away , no one thought about going to a library and figuring out how to rebuild? I mean, all the information is there - in writing, in books! All of it - for all the ages! For me, this was nagging me the whole time

Jeannie I asked the same question. What about the libraries? At first I was thinking that the virus must have wiped out anyone with any intellect whatsoever. …moreI asked the same question. What about the libraries? At first I was thinking that the virus must have wiped out anyone with any intellect whatsoever. In the end, I realized this book is more a theoretical exploration of human interaction rather than a survivalist manual for doomsday prepping. It is not meant to be taken literally, or even fully believed. The reader experiences the suspension of disbelief that endures through the novel just as the world of "Station Eleven" isn't literal but is a beautiful artistic interpretation borrowed from snippets of reality and what ifs. (less)

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