From: lrosa@venus.it   
      
   Mbruno said the following on 31/1/2007 22:50:   
      
   > Nevertheless, many elements of the Babylon 5 universe bear a striking   
   > similarity to Star Trek including the formation of an incipient   
   > unified world government in the wake of a catastrophic World War in   
   > the end of the 21st century and the creation of an interplanetary   
   > federation of planets (the Interstellar Alliance),   
      
   Those issues are shared by A LOT of written science fiction stories,   
   beginning with the Lensmen saga by E. E. "Doc" Smith. Star Trek just   
   followed the steps.   
      
      
      
      
      
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