Stand On Zanzibar, Shockwave Rider- John Brunner Steel Beach- John Varley (perhaps the greatest American author alive today) Blood Music- Greg Bear
Well since you already have a pre planned look and feel the stories work because you already have the visions. I dunno hard to explain myself I'm not doing a good job. Like.. You don't need to exercise your imagination too much, because you already know what you read about, which leaves you to really get into the story lines.
Happened to me when I read Jurassic Park as a kid. Sam Neil was running around with Jeff Goldblum talking about, "So you uh, dig up, dig up dinosaurs? "
probably had to be there but last night one of my broadcast mates couldnt get this thing working and im pretty hopeless at an English accent but i nailed this John Hammond "Jesus, the race will be over by the time you get it right" he's a big JP fan so made him LULz.
But that’s why I read books to exercise my imagination, along with listening to old time radio shows