How necessary is it to have read his novel? Or to want to read his next one?
I'm plenty interested in the creative process of successful writers, but I've honestly only found time to read a very select few novels in the last couple years. And besides the time, I find I often don't have the attention span for novels anymore despite reading some real doorstops when I was younger. My fluff allergy has gotten worse and worse to the point where I could only finish reading one of the Hugo nominees last year, although I managed the Novellas. I often find myself skipping those in the magazines lately too, although that could just be Kristine Kathryn Rusch Fatigue.
Anyway, I doubt I'm going to want to read his novel, I've got quite the backlog of novels I have much more interest in, but I might still be interested in his process. Do you think it would be worthwhile with no knowledge of the books?
I enjoyed perusing Rudy Rucker's writing notes files despite most of them being for books I hadn't gotten around to yet.