I've often wondered about this. How hard would it be to take a novel, distill it down to its basic plot skeleton (scenes, plot, etc), remask the characters and locations, re-tune the dialog, and re-release it? I am mostly thinking about trashy paperback fiction here, but it seems like the same book could be written and reshelled for westerns, vampires, generic sci fi, star wars sci fi, fantasy, kid-friendly fantasy, etc etc, with only minor changes.
"And then [PROTAGONIST1] pointed his [AMMOBASEDPROJECTILEWEAPON] at [ANTAGONIST5] from accross the [CLIMACTIC LOCATION] and yelled 'I know you only have 2 [AMMO UNITS] left, and there are three of us...how is this going to end, [ANTAGONIST5]?'"
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