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   From: 3cjmd@comcast.net   
      
   On Thu, 15 Sep 2005 12:51:29 -0400, Jeffrey Kaplan    
   wrote:   
      
   >It is alleged that Michael Johnson claimed:   
   >   
   >> On Wed, 14 Sep 2005 22:43:00 -0400, Jeffrey Kaplan    
   >> wrote:   
   >>   
   >> >It is alleged that Jaime M. de Castellvi claimed:   
   >> >   
   >> >> It was only a matter of time, in the end.  No word on the damage   
   >> >> estimates this might inflict on our wallets though.  Betcha it'll be   
   >> >> more expensive than attending last year's Worldcon.   
   >> >   
   >> >There's a nice (long) thread on this in the moderated group.   
   >>   
   >> Eh.. who cares about the moderated group.   
   >   
   >If you want to hear it from The Horse's Mouth, you should.   
   >   
   >> >Total cost, depending on if you pre-purchase each volume or not is   
   >> >either $420 or $560 if you buy the whole series.  If you do, there is a   
   >> >bonus volume included free.   
   >>   
   >> I'm sure the pertinent parts of the bonus volume will be posted by   
   >> people rich enough to cover that. $420-$560 for scripts is pretty   
   >> sick. On the bright side.. if the price does push a lot of people out   
   >   
   >That's for all 91 B5 scripts written by JMS, plus commentaries, about   
   >the specific episodes plus commentaries about the entire series plus   
   >previously unpublished behind-the-scenes photos taken by JMS, plus the   
   >original version of "The Gathering" script, plus...   
   >   
   >If you're into the scripts, it works out to about $15 per volume, each   
   >volume containing 7 scripts plus stuff.  In professionally printed and   
   >bound books as opposed to $20 per copy of an nth generation photocopied   
   >single script.   
   >   
   >Me, I'm not interested in the scripts.   
      
   It sounds like a lot, on the range of what you would pay for the   
   *entire* DVD collection of the classic _Twilight Zone_ at the website,   
   or for the entire nine seasons of _X-Files_ DVD box sets at current   
   Costco discount prices.  But you are right, if you break it down by   
   script, it really ain't that expensive, for folks who can afford to   
   splurge for it.   
      
   I guess that when it comes to quality scripts, people these days are   
   used to real cheapies (like the priceless _Buffy_ scripts collection)   
   or even freebies (like all the _Dead Zone_ scripts, outlines and story   
   treatments, which the Pillers make available for absolutely free   
   download for fans and potential screenwriters at the USA channel's   
   _Dead Zone_ website).   
      
   Cheers,   
      
   Jaime   
      
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