I too have noticed this. I read very fast and also read alot of scifi/fantasy.
What I have found is that in books with the rediculous N'gler'th type names I find myself substituting a pronunciation that may have nothing to do with the actual name spelled by the author. Ex. Nerth for the above name.
I only realized I did this when I have spoken to someone else about a particular charachter in a book and when I say "well, I like the part where Nerth split the atom" or some such, the other person has NO idea who the heck I am talking about except by context, because THEY seem to have come up with their own idea of how to pronounce the un-pronouncable names.
Doesnt effect my reading of the book, but it is an interesting observation.
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I too have noticed this. I read very fast and also read alot of scifi/fantasy. What I have found is that in books with the rediculous N'gler'th type names I find myself substituting a pronunciation that may have nothing to do with the actual name spelled by the author. Ex. Nerth for the above name. I only realized I did this when I have spoken to someone else about a particular charachter in a book and when I say "well, I like the part where Nerth split the atom" or some such, the other person has NO idea who the heck I am talking about except by context, because THEY seem to have come up with their own idea of how to pronounce the un-pronouncable names. Doesnt effect my reading of the book, but it is an interesting observation.