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> [A big snip]
>
> > > > 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?
>
> "Voices" obviously, "Blood Oath", "Accusations",
"Betrayal" and the
> first "Legions of Fire" book.
You've managed to miss the only two good Dell ones, 7 & 9,
but also miss the worst 5 & 8.
> Hmm. I must look for them in the library; the "Legions"
book I read
> wasn't too bad, and more B5 is (nearly) always a good
thing.
Good luck finding them in a library, although you'd find
them in my local library because I donated a set (7, 9, the
three trilogies and the three novelizations). #7 works as a
prelude to the Technomage trilogy, BTW. I'd recommend
reading the following:
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