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Originally Posted by DiapDealer
He's got a point. I won't comment on the "mediocre", or "hack", or "no talent" claims, but as much as I enjoyed Old Man's War (and as much as I despise Beale and his cronies), it WAS a color-by-numbers Heinlein ripoff.
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Many authors have of course enjoyed highly successful careers through "writing by the numbers" formulaic plots, particularly in the mystery and romance genres. Nothing inherently wrong with that. Writing doesn't always have to be great literature; sometimes it's just a way to pay the bills.