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> > > tsbrueni@dcn.davis.ca.us (Tim Bruening) wrote in
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> > > > Spoilers for "Voices" the first Babylon 5 novel,
written
> > by John
> > > > Vornholt:
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> > > > In this novel Talia Winters is framed for bombing a
Psi
> > Corps convention
> > > > on Babylon 5. At the beginning of this book,
Harriman
> > Grey (a military
> > > > telepath) disembarks on Mars, and a computer voice
> > announces that the
> > > > temperature is 201 Celcius (393.8F) and that the
> > expected high would be
> > > > 274 C (525.2F). On page 9, there is a reference to
> > 200-degree heat,
> > > > which dashed my notion that Vornholt had gotten
Celcius
> > and Kevin
> > > > confused. Later in the book, the temperature on
Mars
> > rose to 379 C
> > > > (714.2F!). Do you have any theories on how Mars
could
> > get so hot? I
> > > > thought Mars was supposed to be below freezing.
> > >
> > > What is happening here is that Vornholt has mixed
Mercury
> > and Mars
> > > (not a big deal, both begin with an M, after all...),
and
> > no one with
> > > even a semi-literacy in science read the book before
> > publication.
> > >
> > > It's a pretty bad book anyway.
> >
> > Not as bad as #5. I haven't read #6 or #8 yet, but I
hear
> > #8 is among the worst.
>
> Don't remember the numbers,
The Original Nine Dell B5 Novels:
Title: Book #1 Voices
Author: Vornholt, John
Timeframe: After Points of Departure & before A Race through
Dark Places
Isbn1: 0-440-22057-2
Copyright1: March 1995
Publisher1: Dell
Title: Book #2 Accusations
Author: Tilton, Lois
Timeframe: After The Coming of Shadows & before All Alone in
the Night.
Isbn1: 0-440-22058-0
Copyright1: May 1995
Publisher1: Dell
Title: Book #3 Blood Oath
Author: Vornholt, John
Timeframe: Historian's Note: This story takes place prior to
the events in The Coming of Shadows.
Isbn1: 0-440-22059-9
Copyright1: October 1995
Publisher1: Dell
Title: Book #4 Clark's Law
Author: Mortimore, Jim
Timeframe: 11/15/2242 - 12/24/2259
Isbn1: 0-440-22229-X
Copyright1: February 1996
Publisher1: Dell
Title: Book #5 The Touch of Your Shadow, the Whisper of Your
Name
Author: Barrett, Jr., Neal
Timeframe: Historian's Note: The events of this novel take
place in early 2260, before A Day in the Strife.
Isbn1: 0-440-22230-3
Copyright1: April 1996
Publisher1: Dell
Title: Book #6 Betrayals
Author: Stirling, S.M.
Timeframe: Historian's Note: The year is 2259, during the
Narn-Centauri War.
Isbn1: 0-440-22234-6
Copyright1: June 1996
Publisher1: Dell
Title: Book #7 The Shadow Within
Author: Cavelos, Jeanne
Timeframe: 11/2256 - 01/2257
Isbn1: 0-440-22348-2
Copyright1: April 1997
Publisher1: Dell
Isbn2: 0-345-45218-6
Copyright2: December 2002
Publisher2: DelRey
Title: Book #8 Personal Agendas
Author: Sarrantonio, Al
Timeframe: Historian's Note: The events of this novel take
place in 2261, before Falling Toward Apotheosis.
Isbn1: 0-440-22351-2
Copyright1: May 1997
Publisher1: Dell
Title: Book #9 To Dream in the City of Sorrows
Author: Drennan, Kathryn M.
Timeframe Marcus in 10/2260, recalling events of
1/2259-9/2260.
Isbn1: 0-440-22354-7
Copyright1: July 1997
Publisher1: Dell
Isbn2: 0-345-45219-4
Copyright2: July 2003
Publisher2: DelRey
Of those, only 7 and 9 are reputed to be canon (7 is about
80%, and 9 is about 90%). All of the Del Rey B5 trilogies
(listed below) are considered to be canon (90% or better),
but they do have some mistakes in them (e.g. where the
Ondavi explodes in the The Passing of the Technomages book
2, the year dates >=2267 in Legions of Fire, etc.). The "A
Call to Arms" novelization left a lot to be desired, and had
quite a few errors. Haven't read the other two novelizations
yet.
The Del Rey B5 Novels (the three trilogies), and the
Novelizations:
Title: Dark Genesis - The Birth of the Psi Corps
Author: Keyes, J. Gregory
Timeframe: 2115-2189
Isbn1: 0-345-42715-7
Copyright1: October 1998
Publisher1: DelRey
Title: Deadly Relations - Bester Ascendant
Author: Keyes, J. Gregory
Timeframe: 2189-2258
Isbn1: 0-345-42716-5
Copyright1: March 1999
Publisher1: DelRey
Title: Final Reckoning - The Fate of Bester
Author: Keyes, J. Gregory
Timeframe: 2271-2281
Isbn1: 0-345-42717-3
Copyright1: October 1999
Publisher1: DelRey
Title: Legions of Fire - Book I - The Long Night of Centauri
Prime
Author: David, Peter
Timeframe: ~10/2262-12/2266. Dates corrected to line up with
A Call to Arms and Crusade.
Isbn1: 0-345-42718-1
Copyright1: December 1999
Publisher1: DelRey
Title: Legions of Fire - Book II - Armies of Light and Dark
Author: David, Peter
Timeframe: 12/14/2266-04/18/2272. Dates corrected to line up
with A Call to Arms and Crusade.
Isbn1: 0-345-42719-X
Copyright1: May 2000
Publisher1: DelRey
Title: Legions of Fire - Book III - Out of the Darkness
Author: David, Peter
Timeframe: 05/14/2273-01/21/2277. Dates corrected to line up
with A Call to Arms and Crusade.
Isbn1: 0-345-42720-3
Copyright1: November 2000
Publisher1: DelRey
Title: The Passing of the Techno-Mages - Book I - Casting
Shadows
Author: Cavelos, Jeanne
Timeframe: 11/2258-12/31/2258
Isbn1: 0-345-42721-1
Copyright1: March 2001
Publisher1: DelRey
Title: The Passing of the Techno-Mages - Book II - Summoning
Light
Author: Cavelos, Jeanne
Timeframe: 1/2259-2/2259
Isbn1: 0-345-42722-X
Copyright1: July 2001
Publisher1: DelRey
Title: The Passing of the Techno-Mages - Book III - Invoking
Darkness
Author: Cavelos, Jeanne
Timeframe: 8/2260-2261
Isbn1: 0-345-43833-7
Copyright1: December 2001
Publisher1: DelRey
Title: A Call to Arms
Author: Sheckley, Robert
Timeframe: 12/2266-01/2267
Isbn1: 0-345-43155-3
Copyright1: January 1999
Publisher1: DelRey
Title: In the Beginning
Author: David, Peter
Timeframe: Events of 2245-2248, as told by Londo in 01/2277.
Isbn1: 0-345-42452-2
Copyright1: January 1998
Publisher1: DelRey
Title: Thirdspace
Author: David, Peter
Timeframe: 6/2261
Isbn1: 0-345-42454-9
Copyright1: July 1998
Publisher1: DelRey
> but most -- no, all B5 books I've read
> have been less than stellar.
Which B5 books have you read?
> The biggest problem I had with them, as
> well as with the Thirdspace movie, was that the B5
universe is
> _tight_; there are no pointless loose ends, no pat
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