Response to Dry Reading

It seems almost natural for people what is "real" is based on a person's own beliefs (emerging from experience and found knowledge), as well as simple human imagination. Finding "real things" in even the most "outlandish" scenarios is a way for individuals to involve themselves in a story's plot/character/etc. One of the pleasures of reading far-fetched ideas is indulging in the "what-if;" that is, exercising various choices (regardless of risk) to see what might actually unfold. Finding "real things" in very imaginative storylines becomes almost like the reader's unspoken responsiblity. To suspend some disbelief now will have its reward in the end. Of course, there does run the possiblity that an author may take advantage of a reader's blind faith. It is at that point that "real things" become too absurd to comprehend for even the most devoted reader to enjoy.