Third AMAZING STORIES Story

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From: Wynne McLaughlin <wmclaughlin at sprynet.com>
Date: 15 Jan 2000 04:26:40 -0700
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Hi Joe,

I'm curious.  Since, as you've said, WB owns the B5 characters lock stock and
barrel, I'm sure the Amazing Stories stuff is licensed.  That being the case, does
WB have story approval?  What if you were to go and do something drastic?
Hypothetically, let's say you wrote a story about the Drakh plague mutating,
spreading off world and killing all the regular B5 characters.  (Or something akin
to Arthur Conan Doyle killing off Sherlock Holmes.)  Would they have the power to
veto it?

Jms at B5 wrote:

> The first one was a Londo story because I really wanted to do something
> different and cool with the character, go inside his head and show the
> transition to being emperor, let folks know that inside he was still the same
> Londo...the second one with Lyta and G'Kar was mainly for fun, to play with
> them and see their relationship together out there.
>
> The third, which I just finished and turned in to Amazing Stories, and which
> will appear I think around May, was written with one express purpose: to set
> the proverbial cat amongst the proverbial pigeons with something that's going
> to send a ripple all through B5 fandom; it's a story I don't think anyone ever
> expected to see.
>
> Just the first line alone should stun a number of B5 folks
>
> And that's all I'm going to say about it.  But just know...there's a real
> toad-strangler coming up in May.
>
> (And Rising Stars 4 is out now.)
>
>  jms
>
> (jmsatb5 at aol.com)
> B5 Official Fan Club at:
> http://www.thestation.com
> (all message content (c) 2000 by
> synthetic worlds, ltd., permission
> to reprint specifically denied to
> SFX Magazine)



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From: jmsatb5 at aol.com (Jms at B5)
Date: 16 Jan 2000 01:33:21 -0700
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> That being the case, does
>WB have story approval? 

Nope.  They don't get into it.

Consequently, don't think I haven't played with the idea of going nuts from
time to time....


 jms

(jmsatb5 at aol.com)
B5 Official Fan Club at:
http://www.thestation.com
(all message content (c) 2000 by
synthetic worlds, ltd., permission
to reprint specifically denied to
SFX Magazine)




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