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"Beach" is a verb in the Barbie film, maybe that's their inspiration
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I just came across an AI-generated book cover.
Honestly I'm surprised I haven't seen one before... at least not one that's got that explicit artificial look. Last edited by ownedbycats; 07-23-2024 at 07:25 PM. |
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The flowers floating off into space, the wonky-looking legs (at least they don't have any extra ones)...oh yeah and that screwed-up bench. It's not even good AI art, lol. |
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Hmm. I actually like the cover. Not that it makes me buy the book, not my genre. But the cover is kinda cute, IMO. Even if it's obviously artificial.
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Books / Series that change dramatically in plot / writing style.
I recently fell into the rabbit hole of reading the Alex Cross series by James Patterson and find that the entire "feel" of the books change as I get into the more recent books. They've become far more lurid I suppose. I can't help but think there are probably ghost writers involved. Thoughts? Sent from my Pixel 7a using Tapatalk |
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James Patterson is more factory than author. But, so far as I know, other authors are usually acknowledged on the cover of the book.
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From what little I know about James Patterson, I wasn't even sure he was a real person.
I know of at least one nonexistent author. "Lauren Brooke", who wrote a juvenile horse-fiction series called Heartland (this later was adapted into a popular television series by CBC) was actually a handful of ghostwriters under the company Working Partners. There's also a weird case in V.C. Andrews, who wrote maybe half a dozen books before dying but now she has a zillion ghostwritten books to her name. Last edited by ownedbycats; Today at 06:50 PM. |
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