The Pill versus the Springhill Mine Disaster

I bought some Richard Brautigan for a Christmas present for someone, and of course I started reading it right away. It's been probably 25 years or more since I've read any.
It's so good. How has he faded from view?
Why isn't he still popular?
I am enjoying this immensely.

All Watched Over by Machines of Loving Grace
1968

I like to think (and
the sooner the better!)
of a cybernetic meadow
where mammals and computers
live together in mutually
programming harmony
like pure water
touching clear sky.

I like to think
(right now, please!)
of a cybernetic forest
filled with pines and electronics
where deer stroll peacefully
past computers
as if they were flowers
with spinning blossoms.

I like to think
(it has to be!)
of a cybernetic ecology
where we are free of our labors
and joined back to nature,
returned to our mammal
brothers and sisters,
and all watched over
by machines of loving grace.