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Re: Which of the books would make a good tv movie?
About the books, then.
I've read the first 2 trilogies and "The Shadow Within." The 3rd trilogy is winking at me from my bookshelf, waiting for me to finish Mumon's book on buddhism and Pratchett's "Mort" first.
So, anyway, the books.
Psi-Corps trilogy.
First book was about the founding of the Psi Corps and it covers a vast period of time, so it's a very dense book. It also tells of how telepaths became to be on Earth. Some people have said previously that the book is way too fast and you need to make notes to understand each character's lineage, but I dunno -- didn't need to do that. I enjoyed it greatly, myself. Personally I disliked the whole telepath aspect in the series, they always felt like a "deus ex machina" bit of the show. To beat the shadows, to spy on others, etc. Telepaths are given a face in this book. I'd say if you're a B5 fan and want to know about what happened before, then you must read it
Second book was about Bester growing up and his life. I'm not a telepath myself, of course, but I could really relate to his childhood, so the book was awesome. Bester really grows during this book. The people who said that Bester's character never changed in that other thread should read this one
Third book was very slow compared to the first two. It tells of Bester's last few months. Not much to say about this one, really. It was relatively good.
I found the Psi Corps trilogy to be inspirational -- nice, clean style that motivated me to write myself, heh. The characters were captured, but weren't all that true to the show, in my humble opinion. Oh and even vorlons made an appearance
Second trilogy then. Centauri one. By Peter David.
The three books were similar in style, so there's really no point in discussing them separately. Peter David captures the characters perfectly. You can't help but imagine the actors saying those lines. I'd say if you're going to read one trilogy, read this one.
"The Shadow Within" at first feels like the exercises of a literature student, but about 1/3 through, it settles into one style and follows it faithfully to the end. Sheridan isn't captured as vividly as I would have liked, but Morden is certainly true to the Morden of the series.
Originally posted by Shr'eshhhhhh
I don't read tie in books, I have tonnes of dvds and videos to watch, books to read and lots creative dibs and dabs on the go. (not to mention an active social life....ok that was a lie folks) I quite like the comics but I still want my B5 to be an audio, visual experience. Ive heard alot of good about some of the spin off B5 books though and was wondering, which are best, which are the most in keeping with the feel of the show and which would you recommend be filmed should the magic fairy of fundingland drop a huge pile of cash at WB's and JMS?
I don't read tie in books, I have tonnes of dvds and videos to watch, books to read and lots creative dibs and dabs on the go. (not to mention an active social life....ok that was a lie folks) I quite like the comics but I still want my B5 to be an audio, visual experience. Ive heard alot of good about some of the spin off B5 books though and was wondering, which are best, which are the most in keeping with the feel of the show and which would you recommend be filmed should the magic fairy of fundingland drop a huge pile of cash at WB's and JMS?
I've read the first 2 trilogies and "The Shadow Within." The 3rd trilogy is winking at me from my bookshelf, waiting for me to finish Mumon's book on buddhism and Pratchett's "Mort" first.
So, anyway, the books.
Psi-Corps trilogy.
First book was about the founding of the Psi Corps and it covers a vast period of time, so it's a very dense book. It also tells of how telepaths became to be on Earth. Some people have said previously that the book is way too fast and you need to make notes to understand each character's lineage, but I dunno -- didn't need to do that. I enjoyed it greatly, myself. Personally I disliked the whole telepath aspect in the series, they always felt like a "deus ex machina" bit of the show. To beat the shadows, to spy on others, etc. Telepaths are given a face in this book. I'd say if you're a B5 fan and want to know about what happened before, then you must read it
Second book was about Bester growing up and his life. I'm not a telepath myself, of course, but I could really relate to his childhood, so the book was awesome. Bester really grows during this book. The people who said that Bester's character never changed in that other thread should read this one
Third book was very slow compared to the first two. It tells of Bester's last few months. Not much to say about this one, really. It was relatively good.
I found the Psi Corps trilogy to be inspirational -- nice, clean style that motivated me to write myself, heh. The characters were captured, but weren't all that true to the show, in my humble opinion. Oh and even vorlons made an appearance
Second trilogy then. Centauri one. By Peter David.
The three books were similar in style, so there's really no point in discussing them separately. Peter David captures the characters perfectly. You can't help but imagine the actors saying those lines. I'd say if you're going to read one trilogy, read this one.
"The Shadow Within" at first feels like the exercises of a literature student, but about 1/3 through, it settles into one style and follows it faithfully to the end. Sheridan isn't captured as vividly as I would have liked, but Morden is certainly true to the Morden of the series.
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