連載
SERIAL（れんさい）[/ˈsɪriəl/]名詞
解説
付記
故ジェイムズ・F・ボウマンは、 その名が現代に伝わっていないある天才と共同で、 週刊誌に連載小説を執筆していた。 彼らの執筆方法は、共同ではなく交代制で、 ボウマンが一週分の連載を担当し、 友人が次の一週を担当するという具合に、 永遠に続くことを彼らは望んでいた。 しかし、不幸なことに彼らは仲違いをしてしまった。 ある月曜日の朝、ボウマンが自らの執筆に備えて 新聞を読んだとき、 彼は驚きと苦痛をもって、 自分の仕事が片付けられているのを知った。 彼の協力者は、物語の登場人物全員を船に乗せ、 大西洋の最も深い場所に彼ら全員を 沈めてしまっていたのである。
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Original
A literary work, usually a story that is not true, creeping through several issues of a newspaper or magazine. Frequently appended to each installment is a "synposis of preceding chapters" for those who have not read them, but a direr need is a synposis of succeeding chapters for those who do not intend to read them. A synposis of the entire work would be still better.
Additional notes
The late James F. Bowman was writing a serial tale for a weekly paper in collaboration with a genius whose name has not come down to us. They wrote, not jointly but alternately, Bowman supplying the installment for one week, his friend for the next, and so on, world without end, they hoped. Unfortunately they quarreled, and one Monday morning when Bowman read the paper to prepare himself for his task, he found his work cut out for him in a way to surprise and pain him. His collaborator had embarked every character of the narrative on a ship and sunk them all in the deepest part of the Atlantic.