JMS on CompuServe (Feb 13, 1997) *POSSIBLE SPOILERS*
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[ Summary of subjects in this section: ]
Sb: #647879-Kathryn Drennan
Sb: #647883-<The Wrath of Nuts>
Sb: #647904-407: <Escorts?>
Sb: #647914-The big pic (itf etc)
Sb: #647916->>Epiphanies<<
Sb: #648005-Kathryn Drennan
Sb: #648015-Kathryn Drennan
Sb: #647990-<<ITF>> Frying Pan...
#: 647879 S5/Babylon 5: General
12-Feb-97 13:22:44
Sb: #Kathryn Drennan
Fm: JEAN S MCKNIGHT
I was delighted to see that the next B5 book coming down the pipe is being
written by the inestimable Kathryn Drennan, who, in addition to having
impeccable taste in men, wrote one of my favorite B5 scripts, "By Any Means
Necessary". Please pass along my appreciation for, and eager anticipation of,
her work. Are there any other Kathryn Drennan books available? Does she have
an Email address for fan mail?
Jean McKnight
#: 647949 S5/Babylon 5: General
12-Feb-97 16:57:21
Sb: #647879-Kathryn Drennan
Fm: J. MICHAEL STRACZYNSKI
While she has written prose for Twilight Zone magazine, and other
national publications, and is a Clarion graduate, this will mark her first
novel. It's quite good (having read most of it now), tracking Sinclair's
journey from B5 to Minbar, taking up the role of Ambassador, then transitioning
to head of the Rangers.
This book stands to be the first one (closely followed by Jeanne
Cavelos' forthcoming B5 book) that's 100% canon...to be considered a true
chapter in the B5 storyline.
What's fun about it is that it ties all the books and comics together
with the show, and puts it all in chronological order, and weaves in and out of
events in the second season. I think this is going to be a fan favorite. The
Cavelos book follows Anna Sheridan as she comes to join the crew of the Icarus,
and the details of their fate at Z'ha'dum.
jms
#: 647883 S6/Babylon 5: Spoilers
12-Feb-97 13:39:04
Sb: #647869-#<The Wrath of Nuts>
Fm: BRENT BARRETT
"You'll have to catch me first...."
We're working on a plan. *Bwahahahahahaha!*
-- Brent
#: 647950 S6/Babylon 5: Spoilers
12-Feb-97 16:57:22
Sb: #647883-<The Wrath of Nuts>
Fm: J. MICHAEL STRACZYNSKI
"We're working on a plan."
And where you intend to get a chicken that large is beyond me.
jms
#: 647904 S6/Babylon 5: Spoilers
12-Feb-97 14:56:44
Sb: #407: <Escorts?>
Fm: BRENT BARRETT
Oh, Joe;
Another quickie about "Epiphanies" while I remember.
Londo is now Prime Minister. On Earth, people in such power are always
escorted by guards when in public. How come he's got no guards on B5?
Especially in their assassination-prone society, and with his newfound
nervousness about reprisals, you'd think he'd demand an escort.
Just curious.
Thanks,
-- Brent
#: 647951 S6/Babylon 5: Spoilers
12-Feb-97 16:57:23
Sb: #647904-407: <Escorts?>
Fm: J. MICHAEL STRACZYNSKI
Because Londo wouldn't abide that for more than five minutes; it'd cramp
his style.
jms
#: 647914 S6/Babylon 5: Spoilers
12-Feb-97 15:20:52
Sb: #647675-#The big pic (itf etc)
Fm: JONATHAN KASS
OK,
Let me ask another one... this is more of a "what it might have been about
before the cast changes", but please bare with me - just curious right now!
The Inquisitor
Truly one of the great episodes of the season, so understand this isn't a
criticism of that episode in any sense. But I'm curious, shouldn't he have
been looking for Sinclair? Reason I ask is, now that we've seen the resolution
of the war, I'm at a loss for who the "right person in the right place in the
right time" was supposed to be 1000 years ago. And if the 'younger' Kosh was
present at the end of WWEII, then he knew that the younger races' "savior" for
that war must be found in the future. Hence, a need to be able to find that
right person even though he isn't actually in the right place at the time. And
given the messy causality of time travel, the search for Sinclair had to be a
fairly TOP TOP priority among the Vorlons, to ensure things happened as they
were supposed to.
So while identifying Sheridan and Delenn as the #1 team for this war seemed
appropriate, it would seem that finding Valen might have been the original
reason for the Inquisitor, since The One who became Valen had to have such pure
motives that he would sacrifice not just himself or his people, but his whole
life's context for the mission...
Just another random thought...
#: 647952 S6/Babylon 5: Spoilers
12-Feb-97 16:57:23
Sb: #647914-The big pic (itf etc)
Fm: J. MICHAEL STRACZYNSKI
No, Valen was a done deal, as far as the Vorlons were concerned; they
knew that that happened/would happen. It was Sheridan and Delenn who had to go
through this...and in Delenn's case, more for her benefit, in some ways.
jms
[ Summary: "I quit my job yesterday. My boss seemed to think it has
something to do with something that happened in ["Epiphanies"], but
I have no clue what he's talking about, do you?" ]
#: 647953 S6/Babylon 5: Spoilers
12-Feb-97 16:57:24
Sb: #647916->>Epiphanies<<
Fm: J. MICHAEL STRACZYNSKI
Ah...well, that explains the angry phone calls and late-night hangups,
then....
jms
#: 648005 S5/Babylon 5: General
12-Feb-97 20:54:08
Sb: #647949-#Kathryn Drennan
Fm: MARA K. MALOVANY
>>This book stands to be the first one (closely followed by Jeanne Cavelos'
forthcoming B5 book) that's 100% canon...to be considered a true chapter in the
B5 storyline.<<
Forgive me if this has already been asked, but what month should we
start haunting the bookstores for the new batch of novels?
Mara
#: 648025 S5/Babylon 5: General
12-Feb-97 23:30:35
Sb: #648005-Kathryn Drennan
Fm: J. MICHAEL STRACZYNSKI
I think the first one out, the Cavelos book, should be out next month.
jms
[ Summary: "What does this tell us about the nature of the the B5 books
that are already out there?" ]
#: 648026 S5/Babylon 5: General
12-Feb-97 23:30:37
Sb: #648015-Kathryn Drennan
Fm: J. MICHAEL STRACZYNSKI
The other books...in broad strokes, I accept they happened, but in the
details, and how they're treated, and some incidentals...they haven't hit all
the right cylinders. This time, with this batch, I got more directly involved
and I think they're definitely improved...though the Cavelos novel had the
least need for input, since she *really* knew the show.
jms
#: 647990 S6/Babylon 5: Spoilers
12-Feb-97 19:40:03
Sb: #647868-#<<ITF>> Frying Pan...
Fm: SYSOP LEE WHITESIDE
Do you want a reminder on Sunday?
#: 648027 S6/Babylon 5: Spoilers
12-Feb-97 23:30:39
Sb: #647990-<<ITF>> Frying Pan...
Fm: J. MICHAEL STRACZYNSKI
Reminder about what?
jms
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