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| Biographer | David Harriman |
|---|---|
| Editor | BJ Lindholm |
| Genre | Biographical Narrative |
| Publisher | Astounding Publications |
Publication Date | 2021 |
Rise of the Salton Sea is the first novel in a series of biopic narratives.
The descriptions, events, and lives depicted in the novels are aggregated from a collection of personal journals found at an abandoned military installation on the west coast of the United States. Additional documentation was discovered at a later date that corroborated much of the information contained in the journals.
Purpose of this Wiki
This Wiki was created to provide additional context, reference, and scope for the events and life experiences of the people described in the novel.
About this Wiki
The contents of this Wiki are sourced from a wide range of data, which includes documents, images, and personal journals. Information selected for publication on this website is intended to enhance the reading experience of the novels by augmenting recollections made in each of the recovered personal journals.
Article and Material Sources
Written documents on various forms of media comprise the bulk of the material that was recovered from the site. The documents consist of articles collected from several versions of Wikipedia that span several decades. It is not a complete or comprehensive version of the various Wikipedia editions, only excerpts.
Encryption & Decryption
In their original form, the articles were archived on several outdated electronic storage devices. The individual files were found to be protected with a sophisticated encryption technology. A significant investment of effort and resources were required to understand the encryption technology and develop a method of decrypting it.
Even with the vast capabilities of modern computers, the decryption process takes a considerable amount of time. As a result, the number of articles that have been decrypted and published on this site represent only a small portion of the total found. Additionally, of the articles that have been published, only a few have been fully decrypted. Most contain multiple sections that remain encrypted.
There are also portions of the original storage media that were physically damaged at some point in the past. This causes Fragmentary Encryption Anomaly errors during the decryption process. This effectively makes it impossible to decipher using current recovery methods. Efforts to develop a solution for the issue are an ongoing effort.
Editing & Conversion
All articles and media from the various versions of Wikipedia are converted into a contemporary Wikipedia format as part of the publication process. Other than formatting, no changes have been made to the content.
Even though nothing has been changed during the editing and conversion process, minor modifications made to the original content were discovered. The most prevalent changes are the removal or redaction of proper names of individuals. Any instances of modified content that have been detected are noted in the text of articles.
Journalistic Integrity
A paramount objective of this Wiki is to maintain journalistic integrity. However, as noted in the Encryption & Decryption section above, most articles have not been fully decrypted. This creates competing interests in the decision process for publishing incomplete articles.
Publishing an incomplete articles risks misunderstanding or misinterpretation by a reader. But there is also a compelling need to make new content available in a timely manner. As a compromise, whenever articles are published, notations are included to warn readers about drawing conclusions based on incomplete content. Please see the Editing Notations Article for additional information on notations.
Article Duplication
Some articles in this Wiki have duplicate entries sourced from different years. In order to differentiate articles from multiple years, a trailing date in parenthesis is added to the title of each entry. For example; Salton Sea (2020). If no year is included in a title, it indicates there is currently only a single version of an article available. When multiple year versions of articles are available, readers are encouraged to view all of them for a better understanding of the subject matter.
Additional Media
Additional reference and supporting material has been published on the following websites.
- Life of the Salton Sea: Details the past history of the Salton Sea.
- Rise of the Salton Sea: Combines the information contained in this Wiki and the journals into a timeline of events.
Novels
Biography VS Biopic Novelization
The original objective of this project was to present each journal as a biography of the person that wrote it. However, early in the process of preparing their personal journals for publication, it became evident publishing them in that manner would not to do justice to the story of their lives. It was determined that independent biographies would remove vital elements necessary for communicating the broader scope of events occurring outside of each individual's direct experience. A method to convey how their lives were intertwined with others and how it all connected to larger events was necessary.
The most viable solution was to combine segments of every person's life journey into a single biographical narrative. Writing it in this manner made it possible for each person's unique perspective to be combined into a cohesive accounting of larger events that considered multiple viewpoints. But it also raised several other issues. First was the concern each individual's story might be diminished if it was perceived as a dramatization. Every precaution has been taken to avoid this pitfall and accurately preserve every person's thoughts, feelings, and perspectives when conveying it from their journals into a biopic.
Whenever possible, information sourced from journals has been corroborated with decrypted articles from this Wiki.
Future Releases
Additional novels titled Moon Shift, World Shift, and Birth of the Salton Sea will follow the release of Rise of the Salton Sea. It is anticipated there will be enough remaining material from the journals to publish another series of novels that focus on each individual. The first novel in that series is expected to be Fire on High.
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Recommended Articles
As previously noted the purpose of this Wiki is to provide context and scope to the lives of the people chronicled in their personal journals and the events they experienced. Their lives can be better understood by reading the books and using this Wiki as reference. Below are a list of recommend articles that readers can use to quickly familiarize themselves with various aspects of their world.