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Split Fiction is an action-packed co-op adventure that jumps between sci-fi and fantasy worlds to tell a captivating story of friendship and collaboration.

Some science fiction authors have been using the concept of artificial intelligence in their books for decades. Try this short quiz to see how many works you remember.

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Writing techniques that help create psychologically-realistic characters are illustrated. .Novelists have sometimes-unconscious reasons for choosing certain themes and characters to write about.

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