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Msg : 10 of 423
From : Keith Stokes 1:280/5 .cę 26 Hî˙ 95 21:00
To : Todd Sullivan
Subj : Casting Pern
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* In a message originally to Todd Sullivan, David Hilling said:
TS> I have no idea; I'd like to see it happen, but McCaffery's lawyers are
TS> a nasty bunch; ask why Brigadoon isn't called PernNet any more.
That isn't nasty. That is just protecting the rights of Ms McCaffrey
and her estate. If those rights aren't protected from realatively
innocent infringments, they are lost for more commercial purposes as well.
Keith
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Msg : 11 of 423
From : Mark Holtz 1:203/1701 .cę 26 Hî˙ 95 23:59
To : All
Subj : Upcoming Babylon Five Episodes
ÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄ
US Air Week PCode Episode Title
-==============- -===- -=====================================================-
Nov 20-Nov 26 95 303 A Day in the Strife
Nov 27-Dec 3 95 305 Passing Through Gethsemane
- 304 Voices of Authority
- 306 Dust to Dust
- 307 Exogenesis
- 308 Messages From Earth
- 309 Point Of No Return
- 310 Severed Dreams
- 311 Ceremonies of Light and Dark
- 312 A Late Delivery from Avalon
- 315 [Unknown]-Part 1
- 316 [Unknown]-Part 2
- 313 Sic Transit Vir
BABYLON 5: Episode Information and Spoilers
By David Strauss & Others (dstrauss@netcom.com, replayer@genie.com)
Season Three: I am become Death, the Destroyer of Worlds
"The Babylon Project was our last, best hope for peace...it failed. But in
the year of the Shadow war, it became something greater...our last, best
hope for victory. The year is 2260. The place: Babylon 5."
-- Commander Susan Ivanova, Opening Narration, Season Three.
3. (303) A Day in the Strife - Written by JMS. As Garibaldi tries to deal
with the increasingly powerful Nightwatch, an alien probe makes first contact
with the station. G'Kar tries to solidify his position among the Narn. Londo
calls in the favor that Delenn owes him. Basically an episode in which
everything that can go wrong goes wrong.
4. (305) Passing Through Gethsemane - Written by JMS. Lyta Alexander returns
to the station at Kosh's behest. Theo discovers that he may have a hidden
past.
5. (304) Voices of Authority - Written by JMS. Ivanova and Marcus enlist
Draal's help to attempt to contact more of the First Ones.
6. (306) Dust to Dust - Written by JMS. An addictive drug spreads through the
station, prompting a factfinding visit by Bester. G'Kar reaches a turning
point. Walter Koenig guest stars as Bester. Kosh...we'll see him again outside
his suit in "Dust to Dust," but in a somewhat unconventional fashion....
7. (307) Exogenesis - Written by JMS. Marcus and Dr. Franklin combat an
invasion by parasitic aliens that attach themselves to humans.
8. (308) Messages From Earth - Written by JMS. Sheridan discovers a connection
between President Clark and a sinister figure, leading to a confrontation with
the Earth military. The Nightwatch attempt to take over the station.
9. (309) Point Of No Return - Majel Barrett plays Emperor Turhan's Third Wife,
Lady Morella, a prophetess and seer.
10. (310) Severed Dreams - Major Twist in Babylon series.
11. (311) Ceremonies Of Light and Dark - We find out more about the
relationship between Delenn and Lennier.
13&14. (315&316) [Unknown] - Sinclair arrives to try and bring Babylon 4
forward in time.
From JMS....
* There will be an Ivanova romance...but not necessarily with whom you might
expect.
* Vir is *not* leaving the show. We're making some room for him to do his new
sitcom; he's in episodes 3 and 5 so far, and more to come, of season 3.
* You'll be seeing more of Zack Allen.
* New characters: well, there's Marcus Cole, a Ranger assigned permanently to
Babylon 5, played by British actor Jason Carter; we'll see Lyta Alexander
more this year; and Theo...what can I say about Theo...well, perhaps better
to let you see for yourself.
* We do plan to continue our practice of getting more ambitious each season;
we saw virtually none of the homeworlds in year one; in year two we began to
see more of Narn, and Centauri Prime, with some locations in the latter. We
will continue to expand in each following year; in year three, we plan to
show Minbar, more of Centauri Prime, the Narn homeworld, Earth and *maybe*
the Vorlon homeworld, if I can figure out how to do it at this stage without
totally imploding the show. New sets: yes, and we're creating situations in
which we can see more of Earth, Mars, our other local planets, plus Narn,
Centauri, Minbari and one other major world. As the Shadow War cranks into
gear, you're going to need a place to meet in security and plan for it, so
we're also building that. We'll see more of Draal's place on Epsilon 3. And
there's one other major set that we'll see in the first episode, and quite a
bit thereafter. We'll see Minbar at least once in year three, perhaps more.
We'll see more of the Epsilon 3 complex this coming season, yes.
* What's great is that this season, we haven't had one single episode on the
level of War Prayer or Infection or Grail, some of our weaker first season
eps. The worst we've done is pretty darned good. What we're now working for
in year three is that they're all better than that at their baseline rating.
And so far, they're killer . . . We're also doing some major EFX blow-outs
of a type other than "they go into space and shoot stuff." Very interesting,
creative, offbeat stuff.
* Never said the shadow war would be over in one year. Only that it wouldn't
last three.
* What is the origin of the Human/Minbari connection? You'll find out this
very season (year three), in no uncertain or ambiguous terms. You're
assuming that the relationship you saw between Delenn and Sinclair was a
romantic one. It was a close one, on her part in particular, but not based
on romance. We'll explain what that means in year three.
* Yes, the Rangers will play a more important part in year three, and
Sinclair's part in it will be revealed.
--
David Strauss / dss2k@virginia.edu <*>
Home Page: http://www.eskimo.com/~dstrauss/
Administrator, New York Islanders Mailing List
The Psi Corps is your friend. Trust the Corps.
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Msg : 12 of 423
From : David Hilling 1:262/32 .cę 26 Hî˙ 95 20:03
To : Darre Luallen
Subj : Favorites
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Quoting Darre Luallen to David Hilling Subj: Favorites ::
DL> Anyway, I'd love to hear your opinion on various Heinlein (or others
DL> if I have read them or not) sories. By the way, what did you think of
DL> Puppet Masters?
Loved the book. I was somewhat less impressed with the movie at first. Upon
further reflection and a couple more viewings, I mellowed somewhat. After
all, people will only sit still for so long at a time. Besides, if they
had stuck too close to the book, this would have earned them the dreaded
NC-17 rating for excessive nudity. My all time favorites among Heinlein's
work shift a bit from time to time. (Usually it's whichever one I have in
my hand at the moment.) My favorite thing about RAH is that he didn't
write very much crap. (O.K. I Will Fear No Evil was pretty lame. It could
have been a lot better. If you're interested in why it wasn't, see Grumbles
From the Grave.) I firmly believe that his "Requiem" is the yardstick by
which all short SF stories (Hell, ALL short stories) should be measured.
This, of course, is just my humble opinion and I'll probably hear a lot of
disagreement.
Stasheff can be a little tedious, and a couple of the books in the Warlock
series (notably Warlock Rock) are enough to embarrass even Piers Anthony.
... Choking on *another* Xanth novel? Apply the Heinlein Maneuver!
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Msg : 13 of 423
From : David Hilling 1:262/32 .cę 26 Hî˙ 95 20:03
To : Myra I Fox
Subj : Terry Pratchett
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::To: David Hilling From: Myra I Fox Subj: Terry Pratchett ::
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DH> Have you read The Bromeliad by Terry Pratchett? That one was a lot of
DH> fun.
MIF> No, but I just noticed that the SFBC has it this month. Maybe I need
MIF> to order myself an Xmas present .
Have you been naughty or nice?
This is a really charming little story and well worth curling up with on a
long winter evening. Usually, my tastes run more toward hard SF, but
Pratchett is quite the storyteller.
... Hester Prynne got an A for adultery. I barely made a C-minus.
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Msg : 14 of 423
From : David Hilling 1:262/32 .ķá 25 Hî˙ 95 11:57
To : Paul Goverts
Subj : Favorites
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Quoting Paul Goverts to David Hilling on Subj:Favorites
PG> Well, I am starting to get into Heinlein, I read Stranger in a Strange
PG> Land for the first time about a month ago...
Gee that's funny, I read it for about the eightieth time last month.
The Moon is A Harsh Mistress is another good one.
WARNING: Don't even think about reading his last three (Number of the Beast,
The Cat Who Walks Through Walls, and To Sail Beyond the Sunset) until you
have read everything else he's written or you will be very, very confused.
The Past Through Tomorrow is a compendium volume of the Dean's "Future
History" stories. (Note:"Future History" is Damon Knight's term for the
series, not Mr. Heinlein's.)
IMHO "Requiem" still stands as one of the finest SF short stories ever
written. I am still unable to finish it without this strange mist forming
in my eyes. Likewise, the much neglected "The Man Who Traveled in Elephants"
which is anthologized in The Unpleasant Profession of Jonathan Hoag (Also
published as Heinlein x 6.)
Space and copyright considerations prevent me from quoting in full Spider
Robinson's fine essay "Rah, Rah, RAH!" in full, but it is in Time Travelers
Strictly Cash (Everything else in the book is first class too, as are
his other five Callahan books.) This essay sums up many of my own feelings
