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As originally anticipated, the fifth and final chapter from the first volume of Apolyton Civilization Site`s "The History of..." multi-part serial has been published. From from the full introduction:
"Seven years ago, Daniel Quick and Markos Giannopoulos agreed to merge their respective Civilization II fansites and form Apolyton Civilization Site (ACS). The joint press release issued by Quick and Giannopoulos would be the first of many, setting out what the site would incorporate, how it would operate and discussing future plans. Little attention was paid to the roads travelled to get to that point.
Within a year of this time, a general however brief history of how ACS came into being was published on-site. [..] Many... questions remained unanswered, and others still unasked. Until now. [..]
The first volume of "The History of Apolyton Civilization Site" ("THOACS"), written by Quick, documents the trials, tribulations and triumphs of the Ultimate Civilization II Site from its founding to morphing as one-half of ACS. At nearly 9,000 words, 'An Ultimate Journey' goes into greater detail than ever before publicly disclosed. Nearly 150 endnotes speak to the effort and extent of research conducted by Quick to make this work as comprehensive and authoritative as possible."
This week, the fifth and final chapter has been published. The conclusion initially intended to be separate has instead been merged into Chapter Five. Readers are invited to ask the author any questions and share any thoughts they may have about the work through ACS` `Apolyton/Community` forum to allow the greatest exposure to those inquiries as possible.
A second history volume, documenting Giannopoulos' The First Greek Civilization 2 Site (TFGC2S) in similar fashion, is just entering the planning stages. Looking even more long-term, it is hoped that a separate volume for each year of ACS' existence will also be written/compiled and distributed. That said, how well (or not) THOACS' first volume is generally received will greatly influence and perhaps even determine if, how many and to what extent future instalments are written and released.
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Dan; Apolyton CS
"Seven years ago, Daniel Quick and Markos Giannopoulos agreed to merge their respective Civilization II fansites and form Apolyton Civilization Site (ACS). The joint press release issued by Quick and Giannopoulos would be the first of many, setting out what the site would incorporate, how it would operate and discussing future plans. Little attention was paid to the roads travelled to get to that point.
Within a year of this time, a general however brief history of how ACS came into being was published on-site. [..] Many... questions remained unanswered, and others still unasked. Until now. [..]
The first volume of "The History of Apolyton Civilization Site" ("THOACS"), written by Quick, documents the trials, tribulations and triumphs of the Ultimate Civilization II Site from its founding to morphing as one-half of ACS. At nearly 9,000 words, 'An Ultimate Journey' goes into greater detail than ever before publicly disclosed. Nearly 150 endnotes speak to the effort and extent of research conducted by Quick to make this work as comprehensive and authoritative as possible."
This week, the fifth and final chapter has been published. The conclusion initially intended to be separate has instead been merged into Chapter Five. Readers are invited to ask the author any questions and share any thoughts they may have about the work through ACS` `Apolyton/Community` forum to allow the greatest exposure to those inquiries as possible.
A second history volume, documenting Giannopoulos' The First Greek Civilization 2 Site (TFGC2S) in similar fashion, is just entering the planning stages. Looking even more long-term, it is hoped that a separate volume for each year of ACS' existence will also be written/compiled and distributed. That said, how well (or not) THOACS' first volume is generally received will greatly influence and perhaps even determine if, how many and to what extent future instalments are written and released.
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Dan; Apolyton CS
Your style of storytelling isn't exactly the most readable, but the content more than makes up for it. Amazing to read how often and how close the site came to extinction, great job on getting keeping it going!
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