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The problem with what I'm hearing from agents is this. They want more of the same. After all it's sold before. But there's a reason true crime is kicking fiction's ass. Real people are far more inventive than what's getting published.
 
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Ipcress File series: The Ipcress File (TV Mini Series 2022) - IMDb. I don't even bother to watch the BBC anymore. As the reviewer says -it's all paint by numbers. Unless readers and viewers change I don't see a future for AI generated intellectual property. It may be able to fly planes better than humans but stories for the zeitgeist are still our bailiwick.
 
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