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07-22-2008, 08:56 AM
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Darth Vader anyone?
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07-22-2008, 09:55 AM
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Originally Posted by smilinghelps
I don't hear any one particular voice, any one of the above-mentioned voices would be cool though. Each character has their own voice, which is why I like a lot of dialogue, then it is like a movie.
I just read a bunch of short stories by D H Lawrence and every one of the characters had distinctly different voices and accents.
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So you try to fully recreate the scenes in your head? I do that, but in all honesty I think it detracts from my reading, as it's hard for me to just create multiple places on the fly when I tend to read as fast as I do. If I just read however, I feel like I'm missing out and worry about misunderstanding something. |
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07-22-2008, 10:10 AM
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If I could CHOOSE the voice in my head, it would be Jonathan Katz. I could listen to his voice all day.
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07-22-2008, 10:15 AM
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No fair...I want voices in my head. Deepak Chopra would be nice...and Al Pacino...
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07-22-2008, 10:16 AM
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I don't intentionally recreate the scene in my head and I read fast too--it's hard to explain. When I'm really into a book, I am completely enveloped in the story so yes I "see" it and when there isn't dialogue, the "narrator" has its own voice.
I guess it goes back to when my father read to me when I was little, making voices for all the characters. He did a great Mickey Mouse impersonation 
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07-22-2008, 10:18 AM
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I don't hear any one particular voice, any one of the above-mentioned voices would be cool though. Each character has their own voice, which is why I like a lot of dialogue, then it is like a movie.
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That's more or less how I read. My imagination is in high gear. And I'm in no hurry when I read. I'm not hearing any one voice as far as the narrative is concerned, other than my own inner voice.
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07-22-2008, 10:28 AM
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Anyone ever notice that when you're silently reading something, it's almost like your hearing a voice in your head reading you the words? For some reason the voice in mine sounds like Morgan Freeman, and that scares me. It really, really does.
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I wouldn't mind hearing Morgan Freeman narrate.
I've never given much thought to hearing the voices because the story is like an alternate reality to me. If it's well written I hear the characters, feel things along with them, experience the world that's created. It's difficult to drag myself back to real life and someone can be talking to me for several minutes before I notice.
That's why a badly written story is so painful. Getting tossed out of the story all the time is frustrating.
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07-22-2008, 10:31 AM
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ROFL LMFAO HAHAHAHAH, he said morgan freeman, this was actually much funnier than I thought it would be.
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07-22-2008, 10:33 AM
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I suppose if I could choose a voice, it would be Joan Rivers.
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07-22-2008, 01:24 PM
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Actually when I read i hear the voice of some weird British dude in my head  |
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07-22-2008, 01:45 PM
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I think the worst possible voice to hear would be like Gilbert Gottfried.
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07-22-2008, 01:54 PM
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Or Edith Bunker
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07-22-2008, 02:05 PM
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Originally Posted by smilinghelps
I don't intentionally recreate the scene in my head and I read fast too--it's hard to explain. When I'm really into a book, I am completely enveloped in the story so yes I "see" it and when there isn't dialogue, the "narrator" has its own voice.
I guess it goes back to when my father read to me when I was little, making voices for all the characters. He did a great Mickey Mouse impersonation |
Ah. I use to get into books when I was younger. Now my focus seems off nearly every time I try to read and I can't read as quickly. It's very frustrating. |
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07-22-2008, 02:23 PM
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No, the worst voice ever has to be Alan Carr. Knowing my luck, I'm gonna start hearing his voice now every time I read something.
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07-22-2008, 02:32 PM
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I suppose if I could choose a voice, it would be Joan Rivers.
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Ack!
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I think the worst possible voice to hear would be like Gilbert Gottfried.
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Double Ack!
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