http://entil2001.com/blog15 Reviews and comments on "Babylon 5" beginning in July 2007! Sun, 19 Apr 2009 23:31:35 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en This is the first book in the Psi Corps trilogy, and one of the first B5 books to be written based on an outline by JMS.  I still have my first-edition paperback copy of the book, and it was definitely interesting to go back for a re-read after so many ... http://entil2001.com/blog15/2009/04/19/babylon-5-dark-genesis-the-birth-of-the-psi-corps-by-j-gregory-keyes/ This was the final novel to be published under the original book contract, and it is by far the shining jewel of the collection.  In a very real sense, this book presages the kind of tight continuity that marks the trilogies that followed.  The story of what happened to Sinclair ... http://entil2001.com/blog15/2009/01/18/babylon-5-to-dream-in-the-city-of-sorrows-by-kathryn-drennan/ Following the poor reception of the first six “Babylon 5” novels, the publisher worked with JMS to commission three additional novels based on outlines supplied by the Great Maker himself.  The first of the new novels, “The Shadow Within”, finally delivered a solid B5 novel and gave fans hope that ... http://entil2001.com/blog15/2008/07/07/babylon-5-personal-agendas-by-al-sarrantonio/ While all of the volumes of this series have been educational and revelatory to say the least, it was always clear that this would be the motherlode.  The additional scripts, series treatment, and season 1 series bible were all very interesting and worth the time, but the real gem in ... http://entil2001.com/blog15/2008/06/22/babylon-5-the-scripts-of-jms-volume-15/ Ladies and gentlemen, introducing a little project that I've only talked about on the podcast. Voices of Babylon The current project is entitled "Three-Edged Sword".  It is an audiodrama set within the Babylon 5 universe, set during the late-third season (circa "Ship of Tears", for the initiated).  I play T'John of the ... http://entil2001.com/blog15/2007/08/24/voices-of-babylon/ Now that the official review is completed, I wanted to delve more deeply into the continuity questions raised by each of the “Lost Tales”, segment by segment.  The logical place to begin, of course, is the Lochley segment “Over Here”. It seems unusual that Colonel Lochley would remain in command of ... http://entil2001.com/blog15/2007/08/08/deep-geeking-the-lost-tales/ Written by J. Michael Straczynski Directed by J. Michael Straczynski It’s been more than five years since the last new entry in the “Babylon 5” franchise. “The Legends of the Rangers” TV-movie had its own particular crosses to bear. As a “backdoor pilot”, it had to introduce characters, setting, and ... http://entil2001.com/blog15/2007/08/01/the-lost-tales-volume-1-voices-in-the-dark/