Collection of B5 short stories?

[David Panzer]

I'm going through B5 yet again: the DVD's, the comics, and the novels. One thing still puzzles me, the Babylon 5 short stories. Once I first heard about them I looked all over the internet trying to find them just to say I've read them. No such luck.

I'm not asking for links, nor am I offering up a story idea. The only thing I offer up is a book similar to "Straczynski Unplugged" where the B5 short stories are collected in one edition for the reading enjoyment of those who've read them before as well as those who've not had the chance to.

The only thing I'm not sure about is a title. "Tales from Babylon 5" is bit cliched. I just think it'd be a nice idea and would be a hot item for B5 fans. I only bring it up here since I'm just a lurker on the Usenet boards. I apologize if I'm bringing up an idea previously mentioned.

[Jan]

Not to worry, WSAH, you're preaching to the choir here. I'd love to see such a book and so would many of us. Unfortunately, publishers don't seem interested.

There's talk that there may be some new novels out from Mongoose. I think I read that an announcement should be made later this month. Perhaps if they're successful the short stories can be collected and published together...preferably with a couple of new ones! <g>

Jan

[Satai Delenn]

There is a news post over at Mongoose under the announements page regarding the release of Babylon 5 Crusade RPG book and in the message I took it to mean that the upcoming might possibily be a continuation of the Crusade saga I certainly hope so .I would like to see an end to that too.

[frulad]

There is a news post over at Mongoose under the announements page regarding the release of Babylon 5 Crusade RPG book and in the message I took it to mean that the upcoming might possibily be a continuation of the Crusade saga I certainly hope so .I would like to see an end to that too.

Link-a-dink-a-doo

[Jan]

Thanks, Frulad. That's a roleplaying source book, though, not a novel. I don't think we've got any firm info on the upcoming novels yet. There's a thread about them over at B5TV, though where the proposed author gives some info.

B5TV.com thread

That should start around the point of the Newsarama item and the author's posts start on the next page.

Jan

[Satai Delenn]

I was referring to this little piece in a blurb about the coming Crusade RPG book it's vague I know but I want to see a continuation of the crusade series in some way.

if you are a fan of Babylon 5, you are just going to _love_ the direction Crusade was going in (a path, incidentally, that we will also be picking up in some of our new B5 novels next year).

originally posted by Matthew Sprague for the record.

[frulad]

Thanks, Frulad. That's a roleplaying source book, though, not a novel.

Well, I posted the link cuz the first line in the copy boldly shouts out "INCLUDES DETAILS OF THE FINAL EPISODES NEVER FILMED". Are they referring to just the two-part JMS finale, or the other episodes that, with the exception of Avery's Bester story, we've only been able to piece together a little bit of and that we've discussed here?

[Jan]

Well, I posted the link cuz the first line in the copy boldly shouts out "INCLUDES DETAILS OF THE FINAL EPISODES NEVER FILMED". Are they referring to just the two-part JMS finale, or the other episodes that, with the exception of Avery's Bester story, we've only been able to piece together a little bit of and that we've discussed here?

Thanks, Frulad. I hadn't really read it after scanning it and seeing that it was one of the roleplaying books. It's a little pricey for me to get in the hope of new snippets if there's no real new story.

The item I want enough to make my teeth hurt is the TMoS story.

Jan

[Capt.Montoya]

I speculate that TMoS was a re-telling of some things we would have seen on Crusade... and that anything related to that would be shown in another re-telling, with a completely different story-line.

And until the telling of that tale is finally told JMS will keep any details unreleased.

Not that I am not extremely curious about it... but I'm resigned to a long hiatus before we get any significant new material in the B5 universe.

I still wish the Crusade story was told in novels from outlines by JMS.

As much as I wish the short stories were made available in a collection, with new short stories added.
Or even more wishful thinking: a graphic novel reprinting of all the B5 comics with the short stories as an added bonus...

So many possibilities, and so little vision and faith in those possibilities by the publishers...