[B5JMS] ATTN JMS S2 commentary comment

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From: janmschroeder at aol.com (Jan)
Date: 25 May 2003 00:27:49 GMT
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JMS wrote:

>Funny thing is, on an aspect of the B5 philosophy...a while back, in order to
>be able to use it in the show, I wrote down the whole basic philosophical
>underpinning, under the heading of the Foundation (Franklin's group).  It's
>quite long and involved, but I felt that the only way to use it properly
>would
>be to have it as fully fleshd out as the rest of the B5 universe.
>
>Because so many people seem to respond to it, from time to time over the
>years
>I've considered releasing that material...then I hesitate.  It's one of those
>things that either I'll release posthumously or delete altogether.

Is it too late to slide it into the quote book?  Sounds like it might go well
there.

And speaking of which,  any news on a publication date?

Thanks,

Jan
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From: jmsatb5 at aol.com (Jms at B5)
Date: 25 May 2003 08:44:06 GMT
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>>Because so many people seem to respond to it, from time to time over the
>>years
>>I've considered releasing that material...then I hesitate.  It's one of
>those
>>things that either I'll release posthumously or delete altogether.
>
>Is it too late to slide it into the quote book?  Sounds like it might go well
>there.

Not feasible since it's basically a small book in length on its own.

>And speaking of which,  any news on a publication date?

The final manuscript should be going in this coming week, so figure a few
months thereafter.

 jms

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