[RArchives etc.] Critical physical holdings cataloged
Dec 13, 2018 3:41:30 GMT -6
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Post by Gödafrïeu Válcadác’h on Dec 13, 2018 3:41:30 GMT -6
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Above is the catalog for the Royal Archives, which, for the first time lists the most prominent Talossan books in my collection of physical archives, including the full extant issues of TNN as well as L'Anuntzia and the Big History.
This catalog is crude, but it is now to the point where I can at leisure add to it and refine it as time goes on and as the methods of the Royal Archives continue to evolve.
It is also possible now for me to give you all a bare-bones summary of our ability to, with extant primary sources, to reconstruct at least a somewhat objective history of the Kingdom of Talossa. That summery is what follows:
Ephemeral: The Berber Project - by Ben
Pre-history to 1991: The Big History - by Ben
Prehistory to 2003: Àr Päts, 2003 Edition - by Ben
1983 to March 1991: Onward! Upward! Forward! - by JJ
April 1985 to the end of 1998 save the year 1991 when TNN was not published: extant TNN: issues 63-265 - by JJ
January 1987 to December 1996: Invasion of the Androids! - by JJ
Sept 1987 through October 1996: L'Anuntzia dels Legeux - compiled by Ben
1996-1999: collection of Støt, Witt V posts, and emails - printed out by Ben and all by Ben (mostly) - all to do with Penguinea and the whole bug-nations/Schivâ/96-98 affair with which Ben was (and still is, I'm sure) utterly obsessed
2002-2003: Oraclâ magazine - by GV
2002-2004: A Nation Sundered - by GV
2003-ca. 2007: Wittenberg X
2004 - present: Wittenberg XI (Talossa's current Witt and the only Wittenberg to ever supplant an iteration of Witt to come after it)
ca. 2007 to 2012: Wittenberg XIIa and XIIb (both Republic-only)
Save for Àr Päts, the year 1991 seems to be the one year least covered in extant primary sources. This is unfortunate in that it was the year in which JJ's PMship saw the country come back to life after the near-fatal apathy of the end of 1990.
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To understand how all this works together, one must first look at the Big History. It gives us the most truthful (or at least complete) picture of Talossa's first thirteen years. Àr Päts was meant to be a provisional summary of the whole of Talossan history with Ben's expectation being someone other than him writing the next volume of the Big History. It became the de facto 'truth' for general Talossan history and until the 2005 edition, Ben actually made what I would call at least a somewhat-decent good-faith effort to get facts and events straight before finalizing a new installment.
The role of JJ in Talossan scholarship cannot be overestimated. His attention to detail and more dispassionate approach to his meticulous record-keeping as well as his selling off his archives to the highest bidder in 2002 rather than just give them to Ben and the now-withheld National Archives has ensured a voice other than Ben's telling a different side of the Talossan story. Ben's and JJ's primary sources may not agree with each other, neither may agree with what actually happened at times, but both complement each other. Ben was Ben, and JJ was one of his greatest foils.
JJ's work and his disposition of his work has ensured posterity of a very clear record of the years 1983-1990, which constitute the golden age of pre-cybercit Talossan politics and Talossan media. TNN is absolutely a unique voice, and it speaks to us today.
GV, RArchivist
Above is the catalog for the Royal Archives, which, for the first time lists the most prominent Talossan books in my collection of physical archives, including the full extant issues of TNN as well as L'Anuntzia and the Big History.
This catalog is crude, but it is now to the point where I can at leisure add to it and refine it as time goes on and as the methods of the Royal Archives continue to evolve.
It is also possible now for me to give you all a bare-bones summary of our ability to, with extant primary sources, to reconstruct at least a somewhat objective history of the Kingdom of Talossa. That summery is what follows:
Ephemeral: The Berber Project - by Ben
Pre-history to 1991: The Big History - by Ben
Prehistory to 2003: Àr Päts, 2003 Edition - by Ben
1983 to March 1991: Onward! Upward! Forward! - by JJ
April 1985 to the end of 1998 save the year 1991 when TNN was not published: extant TNN: issues 63-265 - by JJ
January 1987 to December 1996: Invasion of the Androids! - by JJ
Sept 1987 through October 1996: L'Anuntzia dels Legeux - compiled by Ben
1996-1999: collection of Støt, Witt V posts, and emails - printed out by Ben and all by Ben (mostly) - all to do with Penguinea and the whole bug-nations/Schivâ/96-98 affair with which Ben was (and still is, I'm sure) utterly obsessed
2002-2003: Oraclâ magazine - by GV
2002-2004: A Nation Sundered - by GV
2003-ca. 2007: Wittenberg X
2004 - present: Wittenberg XI (Talossa's current Witt and the only Wittenberg to ever supplant an iteration of Witt to come after it)
ca. 2007 to 2012: Wittenberg XIIa and XIIb (both Republic-only)
Save for Àr Päts, the year 1991 seems to be the one year least covered in extant primary sources. This is unfortunate in that it was the year in which JJ's PMship saw the country come back to life after the near-fatal apathy of the end of 1990.
+ + +
To understand how all this works together, one must first look at the Big History. It gives us the most truthful (or at least complete) picture of Talossa's first thirteen years. Àr Päts was meant to be a provisional summary of the whole of Talossan history with Ben's expectation being someone other than him writing the next volume of the Big History. It became the de facto 'truth' for general Talossan history and until the 2005 edition, Ben actually made what I would call at least a somewhat-decent good-faith effort to get facts and events straight before finalizing a new installment.
The role of JJ in Talossan scholarship cannot be overestimated. His attention to detail and more dispassionate approach to his meticulous record-keeping as well as his selling off his archives to the highest bidder in 2002 rather than just give them to Ben and the now-withheld National Archives has ensured a voice other than Ben's telling a different side of the Talossan story. Ben's and JJ's primary sources may not agree with each other, neither may agree with what actually happened at times, but both complement each other. Ben was Ben, and JJ was one of his greatest foils.
JJ's work and his disposition of his work has ensured posterity of a very clear record of the years 1983-1990, which constitute the golden age of pre-cybercit Talossan politics and Talossan media. TNN is absolutely a unique voice, and it speaks to us today.
GV, RArchivist