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Babylon 5 Fandom Update for 9 - 26 - 2021
I 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.
Happy autumn to those of you in the Northern Hemisphere, Happy spring to those down under. We have beautiful fall weather here in North Carolina this week with chilly nights and sunny days. We even turned our heat on this week!
We’ll be starting Season 5 of Babylon 5 atb5_revisited on October 4th!. Joi n us!
A final toast:
Fanfic:
BEHIND THE GLOVE SERIES by pallasite:
Another Attempt at Fixing Kevin Vacit’s Backstory,/a>.
UPDATED:
Rebirth by Euphemia313 (Delenn.John, Marcus/Susan, Teen and up).
Telepath Wolf (Season 2) by OriginalHealer (Susan/Talia, Teen and up).
Episode I: Birth of the Phoenix by proton104 (Crossover w/ Battlestar Galactica, Star Wars. Mature).
The Lady of Downbelow by Almadynis (Dr Who crossover, Ten and Up)
Fan comic:
Babylon 6 Episode 4: Driving Forces by Jameson9101322 (Various, Gen). Check it out! It’s a good story.
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.
Fanart tagged on Tumblr - A sample of fanart – there appears to be a lot from TallysGreatestFan, who we featured last time.
Bio of the week:
This feature will return soon.
News and articles:
**JMS Gives Slight Tease forn the Return of Babylon 5
*Babylon 5 Creator in Running to Become New Doctor Who Boss.
*B 5 Creator Volunteers to Replace Chris Chibnall.
**Babylon 5: The Best 5 Character Friendships (and Best 5 Rivalries).
*Imagine a World with Millions of Telepaths, J. Michael Straczynski Did and Wrote a Comic about it - How’s that for a long article title?
*Did DS9 Plagiarize B5?.
*Cancelled Before it Began – Babylon 5: The Legend of the Rangers
*Is Babylon 5 the Most Influential TV Show of the Past 25 Years?.
*Jessica Walter Dead at 80 Jessica Walter played senator Elise Voudreau on Season 2, Episode 6 - Spider in the Web
*Babylon 5 – The Extravaganza is a fan event on March 20, 2021.
*Babylon 5: Why the Sci-fi Series Ended with Season 5
Communities and members:
***b5_revisited will return on October 4th to watch Season 5. The schedule is Here at Dreamwidth and at Livejournal.
***medusa cascade is watching and commenting on Season 2 of Babylon 5. It’s her first watch.
*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:
**JMS’s novel is now available- Together We Will Go.
*JMS ‘s new writing book is available in print and e-book: Becomong a Writer, Staying a Writer.
* 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:
***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. Happy autumn to those of you in the Northern Hemisphere, Happy spring to those down under. We have beautiful fall weather here in North Carolina this week with chilly nights and sunny days. We even turned our heat on this week!
We’ll be starting Season 5 of Babylon 5 at
b5_revisited on October 4th!. Joi n us! A final toast:
Fanfic:
BEHIND THE GLOVE SERIES by pallasite:
Another Attempt at Fixing Kevin Vacit’s Backstory,/a>.
UPDATED:
Rebirth by Euphemia313 (Delenn.John, Marcus/Susan, Teen and up).
Telepath Wolf (Season 2) by OriginalHealer (Susan/Talia, Teen and up).
Episode I: Birth of the Phoenix by proton104 (Crossover w/ Battlestar Galactica, Star Wars. Mature).
The Lady of Downbelow by Almadynis (Dr Who crossover, Ten and Up)
Fan comic:
Babylon 6 Episode 4: Driving Forces by Jameson9101322 (Various, Gen). Check it out! It’s a good story.
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.
Fanart tagged on Tumblr - A sample of fanart – there appears to be a lot from TallysGreatestFan, who we featured last time.
Bio of the week:
This feature will return soon.
News and articles:
**JMS Gives Slight Tease forn the Return of Babylon 5
*Babylon 5 Creator in Running to Become New Doctor Who Boss.
*B 5 Creator Volunteers to Replace Chris Chibnall.
**Babylon 5: The Best 5 Character Friendships (and Best 5 Rivalries).
*Imagine a World with Millions of Telepaths, J. Michael Straczynski Did and Wrote a Comic about it - How’s that for a long article title?
*Did DS9 Plagiarize B5?.
*Cancelled Before it Began – Babylon 5: The Legend of the Rangers
*Is Babylon 5 the Most Influential TV Show of the Past 25 Years?.
*Jessica Walter Dead at 80 Jessica Walter played senator Elise Voudreau on Season 2, Episode 6 - Spider in the Web
*Babylon 5 – The Extravaganza is a fan event on March 20, 2021.
*Babylon 5: Why the Sci-fi Series Ended with Season 5
Communities and members:
***
b5_revisited will return on October 4th to watch Season 5. The schedule is Here at Dreamwidth and at Livejournal. ***medusa cascade is watching and commenting on Season 2 of Babylon 5. It’s her first watch.
*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:
**JMS’s novel is now available- Together We Will Go.
*JMS ‘s new writing book is available in print and e-book: Becomong a Writer, Staying a Writer.
* 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:
***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~!