Epsilon3 - Helping Go To Space

[Jan]

Terribly sorry, Looney! Maybe they should all go and bid on the new, sealed Volume 15 I just listed last night? Would that work?
https://www.ebay.com/itm/294116106702...

[Jan]

Got some new Ebay listings up. Earrings (Narn and Starfury) - Army of Light belt buckle - the *unproduced* "Gut Reactions" script and (as they say) much, much more!!

Bid high and bid often!
https://www.ebay.com/sch/i.html?_sof...eller=1&_nkw&a...

[Jan]

That's too bad! I'm sorry to hear it. The new venue is in part due to the original one closing permanently? That really sucks! Well, let's hope for the future. Thanks for the update!...

[Jan]

"These are chaotic times, Captain. I'm simply the instrument of my time. People need to understand fear."...

[Jan]

Interview with JMS and C.P. Smith on the new "Resistance: Uprising" out today. Not a bad article despite them apparantly not knowing JMS' name. https://www.gamesradar.com/the-rebor...-two-uprising/

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[Jan]

JMS has posted the guidelines and release form for the slot reserved for an unpublished author for THE LAST DANGEROUS VISIONS. No Patreon membership required.
https://www.patreon.com/posts/last-dangerous-49426267...

[Jan]

So I've managed to score an Advanced Readers Copy and I'm about a third of the way through it. Now, I'm never going to be a writer (though I did aspire at one time) but I've often found the writing advice that JMS gave could also help with business writing. So far, I'm liking this a lot. An example...

[Jan]

"The way you can take a straightforward logical proposition and turn it inside out so that in the end it says what you want it to say instead of what it actually means ... it's beyond me. Did this come naturally, or did you attend some kind of martial arts class for the philosophically inclined...

[Jan]

Intriguing tweet from JMS last night.

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[Jan]

In general, I think that when he answers a question, he's being as accurate as his memory and expertise allow. Most of the time the VFX folks might have a better memory than JMS simply because they have a far narrower focus. How well do you remember meetings you were in even a year ago, much less decades?...

[Jan]

I just ran across this while looking for something else. This isn't strictly germaine to this conversation but definitely seems related....

[Jan]

JMS has only done a very few collaborations. The Wachowskis for Sense8. Bryce Zabel on a proposed Star Trek TOS project. Maybe a couple of others but they're not coming to mind right now. Larry DiTillio was a co-worker. To the best of my knowledge, JMS has never had anything but good to say about...

[Jan]

You want me to assume something I don't in order to make a point that makes no sense. Not playing that game. This isn't a trial. He's just a guy with all the flaws (and virtues) of any other guy. Like him or not, your choice....

[Jan]

I wasn't attempting to give a timeline of what he's been writing - we seldom know even the smallest part of it until and unless it's produced or at least announced. You said he didn't seem to have been busy. That's just your opinion as an outsider. None of us has any real idea how many projects he's...

[Jan]

Two novels, a new writing book, teaching writing classes, two audio drama series, three comics minis....no, not very busy at all. </sarcasm> And those are just the ones we know about. We have no clue about what assignments he may have been hired for.


He had no collaborators...

[Jan]

Yeah, there were major weather problems trying to get there for a lot of people. My plane kept getting delayed and delayed and we finally boarded when the crew timed out so it was finally cancelled. And when I finally got there, my Big Box 'O Swag for the #FreeBabylon5 table that the CThree Foundation...

[Jan]

Not sure if the tone of this will be more acceptable? Though I think part of ToonPatrol's issue was JMS not having time available to participate.

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[Jan]

JMS tweeted:

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https://techcrunch.com/2021/03/18/co...?tpcc=ECTW2020...

[Jan]

Found this on the B5 Events Discord:
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Hey everyone! We have a schedule for The Extravaganza here if you're curious. Obviously things might go longer, but for the most part we'll be following this setup! (Times are in PDT)

Open House 9-9:45 am
Main Event
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[Jan]

Yeah, we saw plenty of pens and paper. There was Looney's memory from "A Distant Star" and particularly also in "Interludes and Examinations" when Dr. Hobbs talks about getting ten more forms every time somebody talks about a 'paperless society'....