The great English novelist Charles Dickens used exactly the same technique. Many of his works, like Oliver Twist, although later published as complete novels, were originally serialised.

伟大的英语小说家查尔斯·狄更斯用的也正是同一手法。很多他的作品，比如雾都孤儿，尽管后来都结集出版但是最早都是连载的。

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Whereas a novelist can craft a new world, coders can build worlds complete with artificial agents that exist and evolve outside the creator's mind.

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