It is certainly true that novels are superior to movies when it comes to capturing the attention and hearts of people. The worldbuilding one finds in Tolkien's works is vastly superior to that of cinema every day of the week.
I've also found that my podcasts on the stories of others and Tolkien or even my own serials (fantasy-serial author here), quite capture the wholeness of my world-building.
Though I'm thinking of expanding to audiobooks and radio-dramas as those are a useful close second I think. As they are similar to books.
But VIdeo-Games in my experience are also quite good and are a little ahead of movies in some ways as they can take the time to have discoverable notes, and clues to stories and build up the world in a subtle manner that a movie or show can't quite do as they have to race from beginning to end.
I was just talking to my wife about this. I think video games really offer a similar opportunity to books to actually engage with what you're experiencing. The book does not get read, and the game does not get played, if you're not doing something. I think this lends both mediums to a kind of engagement that can really be life-giving.
It is certainly true that novels are superior to movies when it comes to capturing the attention and hearts of people. The worldbuilding one finds in Tolkien's works is vastly superior to that of cinema every day of the week.
I've also found that my podcasts on the stories of others and Tolkien or even my own serials (fantasy-serial author here), quite capture the wholeness of my world-building.
Though I'm thinking of expanding to audiobooks and radio-dramas as those are a useful close second I think. As they are similar to books.
But VIdeo-Games in my experience are also quite good and are a little ahead of movies in some ways as they can take the time to have discoverable notes, and clues to stories and build up the world in a subtle manner that a movie or show can't quite do as they have to race from beginning to end.
Great take. It is hard to argue that reading is The medium for story telling. Very interesting thought.
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I was just talking to my wife about this. I think video games really offer a similar opportunity to books to actually engage with what you're experiencing. The book does not get read, and the game does not get played, if you're not doing something. I think this lends both mediums to a kind of engagement that can really be life-giving.