Babylon 5 Fandom Update for 2 - 2 - 2021
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As you all know, Mira Furlan passed beyond the rim on January 20, 2021. Here are a few tribute things made for her.
This was made by Branislav Cimeša - the words are hers from her own page posted after she was gone.
This video was made John Hudgens - He was hired by Joe Straczynski to create official "Babylon 5" music videos for him to use at science fiction conventions, and later to promote the show to networks.
Fanfic:
What have you done? by The_Other_Timeless_Child (Gen).
fly away and see the world by gabolange (John/Delenn, Gen).
Star Stuff by kenaran (Johnn/Delenn, Gen).
A Moment by gaslightgallows (hearts_blood) (Delenn/Lennier, Teen and up).
Without Words by adella_green (Susan Ivanova/Talia Winters, Teen and up).
Kairo’s Kiss by eusuchia (Franklin/G’kar, Explicit).
Black Star by the stargate time traveller {K).
The Last Best Hope for Peace by the stargate time traveller (K).
A New Space Age by the stargate time traveller (T).
Regrets by the stargate time traveller (K).
UPDATED:
A Separate Path by music68 (John Sheridan/Delenn, Mature).
The Shadow on the Pattern by Lizardbeth (Babylon 5 – Battlestar Galactica crossover, Teen and up).
Fan comic:
Babylon 6 Episode 4: Driving Forces by Jameson9101322 (Various, Gen). Check it out! It’s a good story.
Fanvid: with no god attached by justanorthernlight (Not rated).
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.
Cover art for The Perfect Date by Isabelle (She read the story - The Perfect Date and made the cover for my story.)
Bio of the week: Instead of a bio, I am going to post what JMS said about her on his Twitter and Facebook feeds:
It is a night of great sadness, for our friend and comrade has gone down the road where we cannot reach her. But as with all things, we will catch up with her in time, and I believe she will have many stories to tell us, and many new roles to share with the universe.
( In memoriam: Mira Furlan )
News and articles:
**Babylon 5 streaming on HBOMax These are the newly available ‘remastered’ B5 eps. I have read that the NEW is not new enough to spend a fortune on and I’ve read that it’s the greatest ever. Here is a comparison. Not going to subscribe to HBOMax or buy the digital versions from Amazon for $150.00 for this.
*Babylon 5 Characters on the Myers-Briggs Scale.
*Babylon5 coming to HBOMax in January.
*NASA spacecraft spots a Babylon 5 villain lookalike in Mars Formation Shadows on Mars!
*Why J Michael Straczynski Remains One of Sci-fi’s Most Important Authors.
*Babylon 5 Creator is solving the ‘Greatest Mystery of Science Fiction’ - JMS will complete some of Harlan Ellison’s work.
*Obscure Comics: Babylon 5: The Lost Tales.
Communities and members:
***b5_revisited began rewatching Season 3 on November 2nd. 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: at Dreamwidth OR at Livejournal.
***Episode 12 – Sic Transit Vir and the Mirror is Here.
***Episode 13 – A Late Delivery From Avalon and the Mirror is Here.
***Episode 14 – Ship of Tears 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:
**JMS has a novel coming out in July 2021 - Together We Will Go.
*JMS has a new book about writing coming out in June 2021 - 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!
** February Birthdays**
Bill Mumy - February 1
Myriam Sirois - February 2
Michael Beck - February 4
John Schuck - February 4
Ardwight Chamberlain - February 16
Karen Harrell - February 21
Majel Barrett Roddenberry - February 23
John Iacovelli - February 25
Matt Plummer - February 26
Send us your news~!
alexcat or post it to the update and I’ll include it the next time. Welcome to winter. We’re in Season 3 right now -
b5_revisited As you all know, Mira Furlan passed beyond the rim on January 20, 2021. Here are a few tribute things made for her.
This was made by Branislav Cimeša - the words are hers from her own page posted after she was gone.
This video was made John Hudgens - He was hired by Joe Straczynski to create official "Babylon 5" music videos for him to use at science fiction conventions, and later to promote the show to networks.
Fanfic:
What have you done? by The_Other_Timeless_Child (Gen).
fly away and see the world by gabolange (John/Delenn, Gen).
Star Stuff by kenaran (Johnn/Delenn, Gen).
A Moment by gaslightgallows (hearts_blood) (Delenn/Lennier, Teen and up).
Without Words by adella_green (Susan Ivanova/Talia Winters, Teen and up).
Kairo’s Kiss by eusuchia (Franklin/G’kar, Explicit).
Black Star by the stargate time traveller {K).
The Last Best Hope for Peace by the stargate time traveller (K).
A New Space Age by the stargate time traveller (T).
Regrets by the stargate time traveller (K).
UPDATED:
A Separate Path by music68 (John Sheridan/Delenn, Mature).
The Shadow on the Pattern by Lizardbeth (Babylon 5 – Battlestar Galactica crossover, Teen and up).
Fan comic:
Babylon 6 Episode 4: Driving Forces by Jameson9101322 (Various, Gen). Check it out! It’s a good story.
Fanvid: with no god attached by justanorthernlight (Not rated).
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.
Cover art for The Perfect Date by Isabelle (She read the story - The Perfect Date and made the cover for my story.)
Bio of the week: Instead of a bio, I am going to post what JMS said about her on his Twitter and Facebook feeds:
It is a night of great sadness, for our friend and comrade has gone down the road where we cannot reach her. But as with all things, we will catch up with her in time, and I believe she will have many stories to tell us, and many new roles to share with the universe.
( In memoriam: Mira Furlan )
News and articles:
**Babylon 5 streaming on HBOMax These are the newly available ‘remastered’ B5 eps. I have read that the NEW is not new enough to spend a fortune on and I’ve read that it’s the greatest ever. Here is a comparison. Not going to subscribe to HBOMax or buy the digital versions from Amazon for $150.00 for this.
*Babylon 5 Characters on the Myers-Briggs Scale.
*Babylon5 coming to HBOMax in January.
*NASA spacecraft spots a Babylon 5 villain lookalike in Mars Formation Shadows on Mars!
*Why J Michael Straczynski Remains One of Sci-fi’s Most Important Authors.
*Babylon 5 Creator is solving the ‘Greatest Mystery of Science Fiction’ - JMS will complete some of Harlan Ellison’s work.
*Obscure Comics: Babylon 5: The Lost Tales.
Communities and members:
***
b5_revisited began rewatching Season 3 on November 2nd. 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: at Dreamwidth OR at Livejournal.***Episode 12 – Sic Transit Vir and the Mirror is Here.
***Episode 13 – A Late Delivery From Avalon and the Mirror is Here.
***Episode 14 – Ship of Tears 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:
**JMS has a novel coming out in July 2021 - Together We Will Go.
*JMS has a new book about writing coming out in June 2021 - 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!
** February Birthdays**
Bill Mumy - February 1
Myriam Sirois - February 2
Michael Beck - February 4
John Schuck - February 4
Ardwight Chamberlain - February 16
Karen Harrell - February 21
Majel Barrett Roddenberry - February 23
John Iacovelli - February 25
Matt Plummer - February 26
Send us your news~!
