Babylon 5 Fandom Update for 9 - 27 - 2020
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universe_todayI update once every 2 weeks (or so) with fiction, challenges etc. Please feel free to contact me if I you have news or anything you think needs to be featured here. Just send me a PM at alexcat or post it to the update and I’ll include it the next time.
Another two weeks is past and I’m back with some old stuff and some new! Still not got any new TV to watch? Babylon is always a great choice! Also we are rewatching atb5_revisited! Join there!
One of my favorite B5 Bester moments:
Babylon 5 Love Month Master List:
1. FIC: As I Say, Not As I do
2. Favorite Babylon 5 Sites and Links
3. Fanvid: Marcus/Neroon|The Same Heart
4. Fanart: Delenn
5. Essay: How I Got Into Babylon 5
6. The Wit and Wisdom of Citizen Gkar
7. Favorite Episodes
8. Time Capsule
9. FIC: A Short History of Interstellar Baseball
10. FIC: All Through the Night
11. Some B5 Appreciation Video.
12. Fanart: Delenn and Lennier
13. FIC: The Captain and the Thief
14. FIC: Soul Surviovrs
15. Essay and photos: Some Pics of the Worker Caste Minbari in the Series
16. Some Silly memes
17. FIC: Roar Unheard and Curling Crest Unseen
18. FIC: Max’s Anatomy Lesson
19. FIC: Secrets of the Heart
20. Cast Interviews
21. JMS Interviews
22. FIC: Lingering Shadows
23. FIC: Cavern Madness
24. FIC: Max and Trace
25. FIC: The Thief in the Night
26. FIC: Still Waters
27. FIC: Just the Three of Us
28. FIC: Midsnight Reverie ‘
29. Meme for 2020
30. Article: Babylon 5 101
Fanfic:
Elegeia by icarus_chained (G’kar/Londo Mollari, Mature).
a call away, and never closer by antevasin (JOHn/delenn, Gen).
What Ever Happened to Daffy Duck? by elfin (John Sheridan/Jack Maynard, Explicit).
New Light by DownToTheSea (G’kar/Lyta Alexander, Gen).
The Little Things by janetcarter (G’kar/Lyta Alexander, Teen and up).
UPDATED:
Chaos, Order and Time by denise (Doctor Who crossover, Teen and up)
BREAKWATER by eusuchia (Franklin/G’kar, Teen and up).
TIE Fighter: Resurrection by ImperialGirl (Star Wars Crossover, Mature).
A Separate Path by music68 (John Sheridan/Delenn, Mature).
Remember by cperrinss (Susan Ivanova, Talia Winters, K).
Babylon 5 SI by heavyneos (T).
Fan comic:
Babylon 6 Episode 4: Driving Forces by Jameson9101322 (Various, Gen). Check it out! It’s a good story. Last chapter of episode 4
Fanart:
I am changing up the fanart selections since I use Deviantart for most of my art posts. For the foreseeable future I will feature one artist a week and maybe include a small sample of their work with a link.
Something a little different – a page at a website called fandomania – this one is from 2013 and features several nice pieces: Babylon 5 20th Anniversary.
Bio of the week: Walter Koenig
Walter is perhaps best known the world over as Chekov in Star Trek, but we all know and love (or hate) him as Alfred Bester, the face of the Psi Corps on Babylon 5. He has acted in many shows over his career and is also a writer. He has been married to Judy Levitt for 55 years and ha two children. His son died of suicide in 2010. His daughter is a writer and comedian.
Walter has a Twitter account. Walter’s latest book is Beaming Up and Getting Off: Life Before and Beyond Star Trek, which is an updated reprint of the 1998 version.
News and articles:
**The Real Reason These Actors Left Popular Sci-fi Shows.
*Before 'Mortal Instruments' YA Author Cassandra Clare Faced Accusations of Plagiarism. Babylon 5 is mentioned.
*MMO Wish-list: 3 sci-fi Universes That Need the Full MMORPG Treatment
*How B5 made Star trek Better
*How to Watch Babylon 5 and Its Spinoffs in Order.
*9 Star Trek Characters Played by Jeffrey Combs - an Article about the actor who played Harriman Gray in Eyes.
Communities and members:
***b5_revisited began rewatching Season 2 on June 1. Join us each week for a discussion post about the week’s featured episode. If you’d like to write the summary/lead the discussion for an episode – go here and sign up : https://b5-revisited.dreamwidth.org/144967.html.
***Episode 16 – In the Shadow of Z’ha’dum and the Mirror is Here.
***Episode 17 – Knives and the Mirror is Here.
*B5 Prompts on Tumblr is a good place to find story ideas.
*There is a Babylon 5 Discord server here: https://discord.gg/NAK4ywU with lots of chat about B5 and such.
*Babylon 5 Facebook Page: Come join us and start a conversation.
https://www.facebook.com/groups/1643505239288376/
Here is a list our communities at Dreamwidth - all posts are mirrored at from LJ to DW:
Babylon 5 Revisited
Babylon 5 Love
Universe Today
*NOTE* All announcements are posted at the mirror Livejournal communities as well.
Books:
** Beaming Up and Getting Off: Life Before and Beyond Star Trek.
*Lost (and Found) In Space by Bill Mumy and Angela Cartwright – A pictorial memoir
*Have You Seen My Country Lately?: America’s Wake-up Call by Jerry Doyle – similar in style to his radio show.
*Diplomatic Act by Peter Jurasik and William H. Keith, Jr. A novel about an actor playing an alien.
*Pleasure Thresholds by Patricia Tallman. She has updated this one and it is available for Here: https://www.questretreats.com/pleasure-thresholds-order/
*Frontier Earth by Bruce Boxleitner is a fiction aliens and cowboys tale.
*Claudia Christian’s Snack Hacks at Amazon.
*Becoming Superman: Get it at Amazon.
You can also buy the Audible version there OR the Cd version with Peter Jurasik reading it.
Fun things:
***Mira Furlan newsletter: Sign up here
***Claudia Christian newsletter: Sign up here
If you have Facebook, ‘like’
*The Zocalo Today is a great place to read news and fun stuff from fans.***
*Babylon 5 Facebook Group is a fan group. It is quite busy, with over 17,000 members.***
*I have started a new Babylon 5 page at Facebook and we are eager to get new members.
Babylon 5 Fans and Friends is a new group. Come join us!
** September Birthdays**
September 1 - Judy Levitt (Mrs. Walter Koenig) (Unnamed Psi Cop in "A Race Through Dark Places" and "Dust to Dust")
September 4 - Pat Tallman
September 5 - Cinzia Zanetti
September 6 - Robin Atkin Downes
September 7 - Mira Furlan
September 9 - Jeffrey Combs (Harrison Gray in 'Eyes')
September 12 - Christopher Neame (Knight One in "And the Sky Full of Stars")
September 13 - Clyde Kusatsu (Dr. Bill Morishi in Thirdspace)
September 14 - Walter Koenig
September 15 - Henry Darrow (psychiatrist Dr. William Indiri, S4 episode "The Illusion of Truth)
September 19 - Paul Williams
September 20 - Robert Rusler
September 20 - Gary Cole
September 23 - Bear Burge (Property Master)
September 23 - Jason Carter
September 23 - Manny Case (Make-up Artist)
September 25 - Beth Toussant (Anna Sheridan in "Revelations" - Season 2)
September 30 - Ian Ogilvy (Centauri Lord Jano in "In the Kingdom of the Blind" - Season 5
Send us your news~!
alexcat or post it to the update and I’ll include it the next time. Another two weeks is past and I’m back with some old stuff and some new! Still not got any new TV to watch? Babylon is always a great choice! Also we are rewatching at
b5_revisited! Join there! One of my favorite B5 Bester moments:
Babylon 5 Love Month Master List:
1. FIC: As I Say, Not As I do
2. Favorite Babylon 5 Sites and Links
3. Fanvid: Marcus/Neroon|The Same Heart
4. Fanart: Delenn
5. Essay: How I Got Into Babylon 5
6. The Wit and Wisdom of Citizen Gkar
7. Favorite Episodes
8. Time Capsule
9. FIC: A Short History of Interstellar Baseball
10. FIC: All Through the Night
11. Some B5 Appreciation Video.
12. Fanart: Delenn and Lennier
13. FIC: The Captain and the Thief
14. FIC: Soul Surviovrs
15. Essay and photos: Some Pics of the Worker Caste Minbari in the Series
16. Some Silly memes
17. FIC: Roar Unheard and Curling Crest Unseen
18. FIC: Max’s Anatomy Lesson
19. FIC: Secrets of the Heart
20. Cast Interviews
21. JMS Interviews
22. FIC: Lingering Shadows
23. FIC: Cavern Madness
24. FIC: Max and Trace
25. FIC: The Thief in the Night
26. FIC: Still Waters
27. FIC: Just the Three of Us
28. FIC: Midsnight Reverie ‘
29. Meme for 2020
30. Article: Babylon 5 101
Fanfic:
Elegeia by icarus_chained (G’kar/Londo Mollari, Mature).
a call away, and never closer by antevasin (JOHn/delenn, Gen).
What Ever Happened to Daffy Duck? by elfin (John Sheridan/Jack Maynard, Explicit).
New Light by DownToTheSea (G’kar/Lyta Alexander, Gen).
The Little Things by janetcarter (G’kar/Lyta Alexander, Teen and up).
UPDATED:
Chaos, Order and Time by denise (Doctor Who crossover, Teen and up)
BREAKWATER by eusuchia (Franklin/G’kar, Teen and up).
TIE Fighter: Resurrection by ImperialGirl (Star Wars Crossover, Mature).
A Separate Path by music68 (John Sheridan/Delenn, Mature).
Remember by cperrinss (Susan Ivanova, Talia Winters, K).
Babylon 5 SI by heavyneos (T).
Fan comic:
Babylon 6 Episode 4: Driving Forces by Jameson9101322 (Various, Gen). Check it out! It’s a good story. Last chapter of episode 4
Fanart:
I am changing up the fanart selections since I use Deviantart for most of my art posts. For the foreseeable future I will feature one artist a week and maybe include a small sample of their work with a link.
Something a little different – a page at a website called fandomania – this one is from 2013 and features several nice pieces: Babylon 5 20th Anniversary.
Bio of the week: Walter Koenig
Walter is perhaps best known the world over as Chekov in Star Trek, but we all know and love (or hate) him as Alfred Bester, the face of the Psi Corps on Babylon 5. He has acted in many shows over his career and is also a writer. He has been married to Judy Levitt for 55 years and ha two children. His son died of suicide in 2010. His daughter is a writer and comedian.
Walter has a Twitter account. Walter’s latest book is Beaming Up and Getting Off: Life Before and Beyond Star Trek, which is an updated reprint of the 1998 version.
News and articles:
**The Real Reason These Actors Left Popular Sci-fi Shows.
*Before 'Mortal Instruments' YA Author Cassandra Clare Faced Accusations of Plagiarism. Babylon 5 is mentioned.
*MMO Wish-list: 3 sci-fi Universes That Need the Full MMORPG Treatment
*How B5 made Star trek Better
*How to Watch Babylon 5 and Its Spinoffs in Order.
*9 Star Trek Characters Played by Jeffrey Combs - an Article about the actor who played Harriman Gray in Eyes.
Communities and members:
***
b5_revisited began rewatching Season 2 on June 1. Join us each week for a discussion post about the week’s featured episode. If you’d like to write the summary/lead the discussion for an episode – go here and sign up : https://b5-revisited.dreamwidth.org/144967.html. ***Episode 16 – In the Shadow of Z’ha’dum and the Mirror is Here.
***Episode 17 – Knives and the Mirror is Here.
*B5 Prompts on Tumblr is a good place to find story ideas.
*There is a Babylon 5 Discord server here: https://discord.gg/NAK4ywU with lots of chat about B5 and such.
*Babylon 5 Facebook Page: Come join us and start a conversation.
https://www.facebook.com/groups/1643505239288376/
Here is a list our communities at Dreamwidth - all posts are mirrored at from LJ to DW:
Babylon 5 Revisited
Babylon 5 Love
Universe Today
*NOTE* All announcements are posted at the mirror Livejournal communities as well.
Books:
** Beaming Up and Getting Off: Life Before and Beyond Star Trek.
*Lost (and Found) In Space by Bill Mumy and Angela Cartwright – A pictorial memoir
*Have You Seen My Country Lately?: America’s Wake-up Call by Jerry Doyle – similar in style to his radio show.
*Diplomatic Act by Peter Jurasik and William H. Keith, Jr. A novel about an actor playing an alien.
*Pleasure Thresholds by Patricia Tallman. She has updated this one and it is available for Here: https://www.questretreats.com/pleasure-thresholds-order/
*Frontier Earth by Bruce Boxleitner is a fiction aliens and cowboys tale.
*Claudia Christian’s Snack Hacks at Amazon.
*Becoming Superman: Get it at Amazon.
You can also buy the Audible version there OR the Cd version with Peter Jurasik reading it.
Fun things:
***Mira Furlan newsletter: Sign up here
***Claudia Christian newsletter: Sign up here
If you have Facebook, ‘like’
*The Zocalo Today is a great place to read news and fun stuff from fans.***
*Babylon 5 Facebook Group is a fan group. It is quite busy, with over 17,000 members.***
*I have started a new Babylon 5 page at Facebook and we are eager to get new members.
Babylon 5 Fans and Friends is a new group. Come join us!
** September Birthdays**
September 1 - Judy Levitt (Mrs. Walter Koenig) (Unnamed Psi Cop in "A Race Through Dark Places" and "Dust to Dust")
September 4 - Pat Tallman
September 5 - Cinzia Zanetti
September 6 - Robin Atkin Downes
September 7 - Mira Furlan
September 9 - Jeffrey Combs (Harrison Gray in 'Eyes')
September 12 - Christopher Neame (Knight One in "And the Sky Full of Stars")
September 13 - Clyde Kusatsu (Dr. Bill Morishi in Thirdspace)
September 14 - Walter Koenig
September 15 - Henry Darrow (psychiatrist Dr. William Indiri, S4 episode "The Illusion of Truth)
September 19 - Paul Williams
September 20 - Robert Rusler
September 20 - Gary Cole
September 23 - Bear Burge (Property Master)
September 23 - Jason Carter
September 23 - Manny Case (Make-up Artist)
September 25 - Beth Toussant (Anna Sheridan in "Revelations" - Season 2)
September 30 - Ian Ogilvy (Centauri Lord Jano in "In the Kingdom of the Blind" - Season 5
Send us your news~!
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