The Ink-Pot and the Palette

Oh yes, it really would. I read "Shogun" in a weekend once, over a thousand pages, I think I only stopped reading for meals and when I had to go to bed, otherwise I sat on the couch and read. I got lost in that world. Now....

I think you're right, there's something about the ability to extend belief and extend disbelief that's gotten lost somehow. I'd really like to regain it.