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Originally Posted by Ea
I have been wondering - for those who visualise "heavily" - how much is like watching a film in your head? I mean, I get glances/flashes of vaguely felt images (unless I stop and visualise intentionally, which I can do fairly easily), but it's far from having a movie in my head. I wondered how it feels like? If it can be explained at all.
Is it different depending on the type of book - for example genre? What kind of books do you read? I mean, I wonder if, say a literary book like Thomas Mann's Magic Mountain or Eco's The name of the rose would "feel" the same as a genre fantasy or a genre romance novel? I.e. does the type or style of book change the way you perceive it?
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Depends on the book. Some stories actually got way too far in providing imagery and that excess of detail clogs my own imagination to varying degrees. On the other hand, if the story is cut to the bone, I can be left with not enought information to generate any images at all. But for stories that I find interesting, yes, I can almost see the movie playing in my head as I read. If the story isn't as compelling, I tend to just get 'snapshot' flashes of images.
For example, all three books in the "Mutineer's Moon" seris by David Weber tend to play out as movies, as does Eric Flint's "1632". On the other hand, something about the style of his "1634-1635" books tend to get in the way with too much information and I more often just flash on some images.
Derek