Universe Today

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.

Cold weather here in NC and we were just west of Ian as it came through our state. Hoping all our B5 folks out there are all right in the aftermath of the storm.

Mr. Eilerson’s data crystal:


Fanfic:
The Colony by Dusty_Bookcase (Bester, Gen).
These Moments Alone by StrangerArrows (Jeffrey Sinclair/Reader, Explicit).
The Fading of the Brightest Star by rivendellrose (Delenn/Neroon, Teen and up).
Desperate Kisses by StrangerArrows (Marcus Cole/Susan Ivanova, Teen and up).
Becoming Closer by LBart (Delenn/John Sheridan, Gen).
The Corps is… by badly_knitted (Susan Ivanova/Talia Winters, Gen).
Sleeping Like Ivanova (AKA not at all) by StrangerArrows (Marcus Cole/Susan Ivanova, Explicit).
Definitions, Connotations, and Confusion/b> by Catstaff (Gen).
UPDATED:
A New Space Age by the stargate time traveller (T).
BEHIND THE GLOVE SERIES by pallasite:
Courage Under Fire (Mature).

Podfic:
[podfic] As the Tides by ffg_podfics (Stephen Franklin/Cailyn James, Teen and up). Based on As the Tides by roguefaerie

Fancomic:
Babylon 6 Episode 4: Driving Forces by Jameson9101322 (Various, Gen). Check it out! It’s a good story.

Fanart:
IOV fanart

News and articles:
** JMS urges fans to lobby the CW to pick up the reboot.
*Babylon 5 to return with a secret project featuring original cast
*A secret Babylon 5 Project has already been completed, accordiong to JMS.
*10 Shows Like House of the Dragon.
*Tony Dow Dies at 77. Mr. Dow directed several episodes and also acted as visual effects supervisor.
*Jeffrey Combs: An Unsung and Underrated Hollywood Performer Combs was Harriman Gray in Eyes.
*10 Great Sci-fi Series with Terrible endings - though I have to disagree.
*Six Reasons We Can’t Wait to Head into Space with The Orville Season 3. Bruce Boxleitner guest stars in 2 episodes.
*Babylon 5 is still in ‘active development”

Communities and members:
*****Babylon 5 Love Month will be February 2023. Check Here for details soon.
***** b5_revisited finished Season 5 of B5 and we will begin Crusade after the new year. I am going on a trip for Christmas and we can start when I return. I will post a schedule to the community.
**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:
*Babylon 5 Revisited
*Babylon 5 Love
*Universe Today
**medusa cascade is watching and commenting on Season 4 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.

Books:
*Lost (and Found) in Space 2 - More from Bill and Angela about their days on Lost in Space.
*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.
*Pleasure Thresholds by Patricia Tallman. She has updated this one and it is available for Here: https://www.questretreats.com/pleasure-thresholds-order/
*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:
**Pat Tallman’s Facebook Page - Pat is fun.
*Babylon 5 Ao3 fanfiction feed Get them as they’re posted, if you like.
*I have a Babylon 5 page at Facebook and we are always eager to get new members: Babylon 5 Fans and Friends is a new group. Come join us!
*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.
*Bill Mumy’s FB page Bill is quite active and posts a lot of family photos and some B5 memories as well.

** October Birthdays**
Dylan Neal - October 8
Jeff Conaway - October 5
John Vulich - October 10
Tim Choate - October 11
John Copeland - October 13
Linda Huse - October 16

Send us your news~!

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.


Sign-ups for Babylon 5 Love Month are up. Besides me, there is only one other person signed up. If we do not get morel, then I will be canceling or postponing it for this year. We’ve got 28 slots to fill! Y’all go sign up!
We started rewatch of Season 5 of Babylon 5 at b5_revisited on October 11th! Please join us anytime! us!

What is Truth and what is God?:


Fanfic:
Kiss of a Lover by Kez (Zack Allan/Michael Garibaldi, Mature).
Second Player by ddagent (Delenn/John Sheridan, Gen).
Opportunities by Dracothelizard (Mr. Morden/Marcus Cole, Mature).
BEHIND THE GLOVE SERIES by pallasite:
The Raskov Story – The Fix-It!,/b> (Teen and up).
Who in the World Nuked San Diego? (Teen and up).
The Orphans (Teen and up).
Another Attempt at Fixing Kevin Vacit’s Backstory (Teen and up).
UPDATED:
Babylon 5 Drabble Files by badly knitted (A collection, teen and up).
To Have and To Hold (A Z’Ha’Dum AU) by julifolo (Delenn/John Sheridan, Anna Sheridan/John Sheridan, Gen).
Telepath Wolf (Season 2) by OriginalHealer (Susan/Talia, Teen and up).

Podfic:
Inside the Mind by urisarang (Lyta Alexander/Kosh. Gen) Based on Inside the Mind by roguefaerie

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.
Work by Samuel Grant - Some odd little things I found googling.

Bio of the week:
This feature will return soon.

News and articles:
*The CW Network is up for sale after 15 years What will this mean for the B5 reboot?
*THe Orville Returns with Bruce Boxleitner.
*SDCC ’21: The Babylon 5 Panel Discusses, what was, what is, and then renoot that (hopefully) will be
*JMS sees Pilot Shoot Early Spring; Possible Fall 2022 Debut.
*Bergen Williams dies She played a security guard in Chrysalis. She was also a long term actor on General Hospital.
And all the news is about the reboot:
*What New Fans Need to Know Before the Reboot.
*JMS Explains Why Babylon 5 Had to Be Rebooted.
*Babylon 5 Reboot at the CW with J. Michael Stracyznski.
*Babylon 5 Reboot Will ‘Blend New Ideas’ Like Westworld and Battlestar Galactica, Creator Says.
*You Can’t Step in the Same River Twice: Babylon 5 Gets a Ground-Up Reboot.
*JMS Gives Slight Tease for the Return of Babylon 5

Communities and members:
**5 x 14 – Meditations on the Abyss and the mirror is Here.
**5 x 15– Darkness Ascending and the mirror is Here.
**Babylon 5 Love Month is back – sign-ups are at Dreamwidth and at Livejournal. I hope to see you there.
* b5_revisited returned on October 11th 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:
*Lost (and Found) in Space 2 - More from Bill and Angela about their days on Lost in Space.
*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.
*Pleasure Thresholds by Patricia Tallman. She has updated this one and it is available for Here: https://www.questretreats.com/pleasure-thresholds-order/
*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!

** January Birthdays**
January 9 - David Allen Brooks
January 24 - Peter Woodward
January 27 - Julie Caitlin Brown
January 27 - Tamilyn Tomita


Send us your news~!

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.

I am sorry that’s it’s been so long. I have been caught up in writing and in the news recently in our country and simply didn’t get this done. Welcome to all and I hope you find something of interest here in our little update.

Advice from John Sheridan:


Fanfic:
Chains by janetcarter (Na’toth, Mature).
Second Hand by janetcarter (Control, Mature).
Fragmented by janetcarter (Control, Teen and up).
Reviewing the Situation by CSM sciptator (Earth- president, Not rated).
A Matter of Honour by SammyFlower (Delenn, David Sheridan, Gen).
A Fighting Chance – Babylon 5 Minbari War AU by Misrule81 (Teen and up).
Londo’s Pantheon by worthyadvisor (Londo Mollari/Adira Tyree, Gen).
As I Say, Not As I Do by alexcat (Londo Mollari, Steve rogers, crossover with MCU, Teen and up).
Red Handed by janetcarter (G’kar/Lyta Alexander, Gen).
UPDATED:
Amphetamine Logic by Ibenholt (G’kar/Mollari, Explicit).
The Anniversary by Ibenholt (John Sheridan/Delenn, Gen).
The Blood of Stars by seadevilry (Delenn, Bramner, Neroon, OCs, Teen and up).

BREAKWATER by eusuchia (Franklin/G’kar, Teen and up).
Chaos, Order, Time by denise (Crossover, teen and up).
BEHIND THE GLOVE SERIES by pallasite:
More Missing Stories – Bester Saved the World (Teen and up).


Podfic:
Fly Me To the Moon by Burning_Nightingale, Djapchan (Marcus Cole/Neroon, Teen and Up).


Fan comic:
Babylon 6 Episode 3: Secrets and Lies 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.
This week I am featuring Scifiman. We have featured his art many times. He does wallpapers and such of characters and ships. Just click on his name above and you can see his wonderful work. He has many fandoms as well.

Unhinged by janetcarter (Lyta, OCF, Gen).

Fanvids:
Made Of by janetcarter (G’kar, Na’toth, Teen and up).


Bio of the week: Peter Jurasik - Peter is, of course Londo Mollari on Babylon 5. His credits go back to the seventies and he’s made appearances on many television shows. His other most noted role is as Sid the Snitch on Hill Street Blues in the 1980s. He lives in Wilmington, NC and teaches acting at UNC Wilmington. Here is his official website, though it does seem to be dated. He co-wrote a novel about a man playing at alien who is kidnapped by aliens believing he is the character he plays.


News and articles:
**Bringing Stories to Life: The World of Science Fiction and Fantasy Model Building
*Babylon 5: Hidden Costume Details
*Babylon 5: 10 Plot Points That Were never Resolved
*Walter Koenig Talks Fandom, Babylon 5 and Chekov’s Legacy.
*What the Cast of Babylon 5 is doing today/a>
*Babylon 5 101: Everything to know about the legendary sci-fi series



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 1 – Points of Departure and the Mirror is Here.
***Babylon Love Month is in July this year and we have many, many days open!! Go Here to siogn up. You can do as many days as you like as we accept all fanworks – fiction, podfic, art of any sort, picspam, meta… Join us!
*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:
*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:
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!

** June Birthdays**
Tristan Rogers, June 3 in Melbourne AUS (Home Guard leader Malcolm Biggs)
Jeffrey Willerth - June 5
Nancy Stafford - June 5 in Wilton Mannors, FL (IPX - Dr. Mary Kirkish)
Donovan Brown (Optic Nerve) - June 6
Alan Scarfe, June 6 (Father Cassidy in "Lost Tales")
Ann Bruice Aling - June 8
Mark Walters (Art Dept.) - June 10
Susan Norkin (Post) - June 10
Adrienne Barbeau (Amanda Carter) - June 11
Mike Vejar - June 25

Send us your news~!