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Originally Posted by pwalker8
My guess is that you see it mostly with older writers (Card is 68) who are slowing down a lot and whose name still has a lot of pull in the market.
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BTW - I like Ringo as an author
I know about Card....plus he had a stroke a couple years ago. I hope he finds a better "more like OSC" writer to keep some of his series alive.
I generally don't mind "large Author's Name on book, but written by someone else who's name is small at the bottom". To me I think "well, if the author is letting his name be large and in charge, then he's taking responsibility for the quality of the book, even if he doesn't write it".
I've been immune for the most part...of feeling majorly let down. I read every new Clancy book, every new Bourne book. I can't possibly ready every James Patterson labeled book, but the series of his that I follow, I'm pleased with.
I've like the Honor Harrington spin off's and collaborations - but at least those haven't been marketed "big author name"-style.
But this time I was truly fooled. First....by falling for "Author's Name as Brand" at the top of the book cover without noticing the small "written by...." at the bottom. I just hadn't come to expect that from OSC. Then the story simply wasn't up to OSC writing ability. All the while I was reading, I thought "has the stroke ruined OSC's writing ability"?