XPost: uk.media.tv.sf.babylon5   
   From: paul@harper.net   
      
   On Sun, 23 Oct 2005 09:59:26 +0100, "Ali Hopkins"   
    wrote:   
      
   >"KoshN"  wrote in message   
   >news:1130031842.668529.302920@g14g2000cwa.googlegroups.com...   
   >   
   >> I'd say the odds of the new novels from Mongoose being better than Del   
   >> #7, #9, and the last three trilogies, is abysmally low, especially if   
   >> the Mongoose offerings are not canon.  If they're not canon, I   
   >> personally couldn't care less about them.   
   >   
   >Oh, please. Prejudged before reading any of them, and what difference does   
   >it make if they aren't canon? For Heaven's sake, they might still just   
   >conceivably be worth reading! I agree that most of the B5 novels were pants,   
   >but I'll wait to judge the Mongeese till I get the chance to actually read   
   >the words on the page.   
      
   I'd like to see a stonking good G'Kar / Lyta series of stories -   
   non-canon and all, just to show that it can be done!   
      
   And what does "Non-Canon" mean anyway?  Presumably, Mongoose have   
   paid Warner's a licence fee to use the "B5 universe", so it's on the   
   straight and narrow. All, in that context, that "Canon" means is that   
   the guy who sold his soul to make the series isn't being consulted and   
   (presumably) paid a considerable amount of money for his input.   
      
   If, after five years of inactivity (or unsuccessful activity) in the   
   universe the creator hasn't told a particular story it does seem   
   rather anal to whine about things being non-canon when someone else   
   does.   
      
   "Canon" in that context is little more than protectionism and smacks   
   of fear that someone might actually produce something *good* for a   
   change.   
      
   I hope Mongoose keep us up to date on developments with the series.   
      
   Paul.   
      
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