Babylon 5 Update for 9 - 22 - 2019
I update once every 2 weeks (or so) with fiction, challenges etc. Please feel free to contact me if I you have news or anything you think needs to be featured here. Just send me a PM at alexcat or post it to the update and I’ll include it the next time.
The trees are beginning to turn here, but we are expecting near 90 temps here tomorrow so not quite time for the long pants and sweaters yet! We’ll soon be starting our rewatch! Check out the details in “Communities” below. There are lots of eps up for claiming! We will also decide what month we’ll be doing Babylon 5 Love Month soon as well. Happy Autumn (or Spring)!
Fanfic:
Captain’;s Floor by The Upholsterer (Matthew Gideon/John Matheson, Explicit).
Reunion by TallysGreatestFan (Lennier & Delenn, Gen).
UPDATED:
BREAKWATER by eusuchia (Franklin/G’kar, Teen and up).
Kansas 2: The Yellow Brick Road by Soledad (St: Voyager Crossover, Teen and up).
Amphetamine Logic by Ibenholt (G’kar/Mollari, Explicit).
nUF Origins Episode 7: Golden Triangle by stgjr, Turandokht, Voyager989 (Multifandom, not rated).
The Drift of Stars by burningbright (Galen/Dureena, OCF/OCM, Teen and up).
Fanvid:
Lyta & G’kar by janetcarter (Lyta&G’kar, Teen and up).
Fanart:
I only display a sampling of the latest from the artists. Please check out their pages at Deviant Art.
Small Angry Space Aliens by Tobin-v2 - Londo and G’kar.
Babylon 5 cast poster by PZNS.
News:
***Writing Superficially is Easy: An Interview with JMS.
***How B5 went from Space Opera to Space Junk.
*Babylon 5: 5 Best (and 5 Worst) Episodes.
*JMS, Mike Deodato Jr. Team for 'The Resistance' Comic.
*Babylon 5: 10 details about the main Characters Everyone Missed
Communities and members:
*** The rewatch schedule is up at : Dreamwidth | Livejornal. You can check it out and sign up foir an episode or two to do yourself. We will begin October 7th with The Gathering. Contact me if you have questions or just post them to the schedule.
* There is a Babylon 5 Discord server here: https://discord.gg/NAK4ywU with lots of chat about B5 and such.
*Babylon 5 Facebook Page: Come join us and start a conversation.
https://www.facebook.com/groups/1643505239288376/
Here is a list our communities at Dreamwidth - all posts are mirrored at from LJ to DW:
Babylon 5 Revisited
Babylon 5 Love
Universe Today
*NOTE* All announcements are posted at the mirror Dreamwidth communities as well.
Books:
Here is the cover for Becoming Superman:
.
Get it at Amazon.
You can also buy the Audible version there OR the Cd version with Peter Jurasik reading it.
Here are links to a few reviews:
New York Tines: https://www.nytimes.com/2019/07/20/books/becoming-superman-j-michael-straczynski.html
Washington Post: https://www.nytimes.com/2019/07/20/books/becoming-superman-j-michael-straczynski.html
The A.V. Club: https://aux.avclub.com/becoming-superman-is-both-a-gruesome-and-mundane-portra-1836296383
Fun things:
If you have Facebook, ‘like’
***The Zocalo Today is a great place to read news and fun stuff from fans.***
***Babylon 5 Facebook Group is a fan group. It is quite busy, with over 17,000 members.***
***I have started a new Babylon 5 page at Facebook and we are eager to get new members.
Babylon 5 Fans and Friends is a new group. Come join us!
** September Birthdays**
September 1 - Judy Levitt (Mrs. Walter Koenig) (Unnamed Psi Cop in "A Race Through Dark Places" and "Dust to Dust")
September 4 - Pat Tallman
September 5 - Cinzia Zanetti
September 6 - Robin Atkin Downes
September 7 - Mira Furlan
September 9 - Jeffrey Combs (Harrison Gray in 'Eyes')
September 12 - Christopher Neame (Knight One in "And the Sky Full of Stars")
September 13 - Clyde Kusatsu (Dr. Bill Morishi in Thirdspace)
September 14 - Walter Koenig
September 15 - Henry Darrow (psychiatrist Dr. William Indiri, S4 episode "The Illusion of Truth)
September 19 - Paul Williams
September 20 - Robert Rusler
September 20 - Gary Cole
September 23 - Bear Burge (Property Master)
September 23 - Jason Carter
September 23 - Manny Case (Make-up Artist)
September 25 - Beth Toussant (Anna Sheridan in "Revelations" - Season 2)
September 30 - Ian Ogilvy (Centauri Lord Jano in "In the Kingdom of the Blind" - Season 5
Send us your news~!
The trees are beginning to turn here, but we are expecting near 90 temps here tomorrow so not quite time for the long pants and sweaters yet! We’ll soon be starting our rewatch! Check out the details in “Communities” below. There are lots of eps up for claiming! We will also decide what month we’ll be doing Babylon 5 Love Month soon as well. Happy Autumn (or Spring)!
Fanfic:
Captain’;s Floor by The Upholsterer (Matthew Gideon/John Matheson, Explicit).
Reunion by TallysGreatestFan (Lennier & Delenn, Gen).
UPDATED:
BREAKWATER by eusuchia (Franklin/G’kar, Teen and up).
Kansas 2: The Yellow Brick Road by Soledad (St: Voyager Crossover, Teen and up).
Amphetamine Logic by Ibenholt (G’kar/Mollari, Explicit).
nUF Origins Episode 7: Golden Triangle by stgjr, Turandokht, Voyager989 (Multifandom, not rated).
The Drift of Stars by burningbright (Galen/Dureena, OCF/OCM, Teen and up).
Fanvid:
Lyta & G’kar by janetcarter (Lyta&G’kar, Teen and up).
Fanart:
I only display a sampling of the latest from the artists. Please check out their pages at Deviant Art.
Small Angry Space Aliens by Tobin-v2 - Londo and G’kar.
Babylon 5 cast poster by PZNS.
News:
***Writing Superficially is Easy: An Interview with JMS.
***How B5 went from Space Opera to Space Junk.
*Babylon 5: 5 Best (and 5 Worst) Episodes.
*JMS, Mike Deodato Jr. Team for 'The Resistance' Comic.
*Babylon 5: 10 details about the main Characters Everyone Missed
Communities and members:
*** The rewatch schedule is up at : Dreamwidth | Livejornal. You can check it out and sign up foir an episode or two to do yourself. We will begin October 7th with The Gathering. Contact me if you have questions or just post them to the schedule.
* There is a Babylon 5 Discord server here: https://discord.gg/NAK4ywU with lots of chat about B5 and such.
*Babylon 5 Facebook Page: Come join us and start a conversation.
https://www.facebook.com/groups/1643505239288376/
Here is a list our communities at Dreamwidth - all posts are mirrored at from LJ to DW:
Babylon 5 Revisited
Babylon 5 Love
Universe Today
*NOTE* All announcements are posted at the mirror Dreamwidth communities as well.
Books:
Here is the cover for Becoming Superman:
.
Get it at Amazon.
You can also buy the Audible version there OR the Cd version with Peter Jurasik reading it.
Here are links to a few reviews:
New York Tines: https://www.nytimes.com/2019/07/20/books/becoming-superman-j-michael-straczynski.html
Washington Post: https://www.nytimes.com/2019/07/20/books/becoming-superman-j-michael-straczynski.html
The A.V. Club: https://aux.avclub.com/becoming-superman-is-both-a-gruesome-and-mundane-portra-1836296383
Fun things:
If you have Facebook, ‘like’
***The Zocalo Today is a great place to read news and fun stuff from fans.***
***Babylon 5 Facebook Group is a fan group. It is quite busy, with over 17,000 members.***
***I have started a new Babylon 5 page at Facebook and we are eager to get new members.
Babylon 5 Fans and Friends is a new group. Come join us!
** September Birthdays**
September 1 - Judy Levitt (Mrs. Walter Koenig) (Unnamed Psi Cop in "A Race Through Dark Places" and "Dust to Dust")
September 4 - Pat Tallman
September 5 - Cinzia Zanetti
September 6 - Robin Atkin Downes
September 7 - Mira Furlan
September 9 - Jeffrey Combs (Harrison Gray in 'Eyes')
September 12 - Christopher Neame (Knight One in "And the Sky Full of Stars")
September 13 - Clyde Kusatsu (Dr. Bill Morishi in Thirdspace)
September 14 - Walter Koenig
September 15 - Henry Darrow (psychiatrist Dr. William Indiri, S4 episode "The Illusion of Truth)
September 19 - Paul Williams
September 20 - Robert Rusler
September 20 - Gary Cole
September 23 - Bear Burge (Property Master)
September 23 - Jason Carter
September 23 - Manny Case (Make-up Artist)
September 25 - Beth Toussant (Anna Sheridan in "Revelations" - Season 2)
September 30 - Ian Ogilvy (Centauri Lord Jano in "In the Kingdom of the Blind" - Season 5
Send us your news~!