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Post by Feologild Oakes on Jan 10, 2020 20:47:24 GMT
When you are reading a book you really enjoy, Do you ever see pictures in your head while you are reading ?
Almost like a movie or a photo album ?
I don`t. I mean i can have an idea what it looks like. But i can never really see it like watching a picture.
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Post by wickedkittiesmom on Jan 10, 2020 22:28:04 GMT
Usually when the writer is describing a landscape or town in detail, I also try to "picture" the characters, I usually see them looking like some actor.
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Post by koskiewicz on Jan 11, 2020 15:54:00 GMT
No. But I see vivid pictures when I dream.
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Post by Feologild Oakes on Jan 11, 2020 15:59:53 GMT
No. But I see vivid pictures when I dream. I think most people does that.
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Post by Jep Gambardella on Jan 12, 2020 21:24:11 GMT
I don't think so, except in cases where the book has been adapted into a movie or a TV show that I have already seen.
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Post by Carl LaFong on Jan 13, 2020 2:56:55 GMT
I see dead people.
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Post by vegalyra on Jan 15, 2020 20:12:02 GMT
I have a pretty vivid imagination so in a lot of cases I do see pictures in my head while reading.
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Post by pippinmaniac on Jan 15, 2020 21:53:18 GMT
When I first read "The Lord of the Rings", I imagined that the locations resembled places that I grew up with. There is a stretch of interstate 40 between Tennessee and North Carolina that I could picture Aragorn and the hobbits being lost in the wilderness trying to get to Rivendell. Tom Bombadil's house resembled my grandparent's house, and The Prancing Pony made me think of a steakhouse in Knoxville, Tn.
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Post by ant-mac on Feb 1, 2020 5:50:56 GMT
When you are reading a book you really enjoy, Do you ever see pictures in your head while you are reading ? Almost like a movie or a photo album ? I don`t. I mean i can have an idea what it looks like. But i can never really see it like watching a picture. I suppose so... Sometimes they're a little hazy and sometimes they're extremely well-defined. I expect it depends upon how well the book has caught my attention and imagination and how much I'm enjoying it. If I've seen a film based upon the book I'm reading, then definitely so.
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Post by ant-mac on Feb 1, 2020 5:51:35 GMT
Then stop hanging around in graveyards late at night.
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Post by darknessfish on Feb 2, 2020 21:40:52 GMT
It really does depend on the book, and I guess, how important the descriptions of the location and characters are to the actual plot. When Ian Rankin writes at his best, the streets and pubs of Edinburgh are practically a character in themselves, and I can still recall clear images of some locations in those books. If I ever go to The Oxford, I expect I'll be disappointed that it doesn't look like it does in the books. When it comes to characters, there's not that many I have a clear image of. It can be really annoying if you've seen the film first, I found One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest infuriating because Randall keeps being described nothing like Jack Nicholson, and sometimes not behaving like Jack Nicholson, and that somehow becomes the fault of the author in my twisted mind.
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Post by llanwydd on Feb 3, 2020 3:01:58 GMT
Surprised to see that some people don't see mental pictures when they read. I thought everyone did. Interesting thing is I usually put faces on the characters and they are usually of people I know. They might not even be anything like the character but I always need a visual.
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Post by msdemos on Feb 3, 2020 16:03:41 GMT
Most certainly !! ESPECIALLY when reading this guy...... SAVE FERRIS
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Post by ck100 on Feb 4, 2020 10:04:19 GMT
On occasion that can happen.
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Post by BATouttaheck on Feb 6, 2020 5:53:32 GMT
most certainly !! ESPECIALLY when reading this guy...... SAVE FERRISHe looks like the Grinch in this picture with a semi-Grinch Grin ! Gotta wonder if it was deliberate !
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Post by jackspicer on Feb 6, 2020 22:20:19 GMT
When you are reading a book you really enjoy, Do you ever see pictures in your head while you are reading ? Almost like a movie or a photo album ? I don`t. I mean i can have an idea what it looks like. But i can never really see it like watching a picture. Almost always it plays out like a movie. I find it hard to visualize people's faces, if there is not a picture. I can only imagine them as a blur. I suppose I could imagine the face of someone I've seen in real life, but that would take me out of the book. Also, most of the time I get lost when elaborate architecture is being described.
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Post by MooseNugget on Feb 11, 2020 22:30:54 GMT
I do try to picture things that are happening in books. The last fable I read was Ralph Nader's Animal Envy and I remembering a scene where a seagull was reporting on what was happening in a supermarket parking lot and I did picture a cartoon version of the animal with a microphone flying around.
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Post by louise on Feb 13, 2020 10:39:41 GMT
Yes, generally I picture what is happening while I read about it.
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Post by klandersen on May 11, 2020 19:03:05 GMT
Sometimes. I think sometimes it depends on how detailed the author describes things. As someone else said it there is a movie based on the book and I've seen the movie before reading the book I will picture the movie. I have read many novels that were tie-ins to movies or TV shows and many of those I have pictured what is going on. Depending on the author sometimes I find myself thinking that the particular story I am reading would have made an excellent episode to the show.
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Post by Marv on May 12, 2020 3:41:31 GMT
Usually yes. A good mental image of the words you're reading is always a good thing, especially if its written by a particularly descriptive author.
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