Babylon 5 Fandom Update for 6 - 6 - 2021
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.
welcome to our update. Relax, read a few stories, rewatch some episodes and have fun! We are watching Season 4 now at b5_revisited. Hop over and join us there! Happy summer and stay cool!
Marcus - Singing on the way to Mars
Fanfic:
The New Life by Queen_Iacomina (Shaal Mayan/OFC, Teen and up).
Very Cute for a Minbari by ddagent (Delenn/John Sheridan, Teen and up).
Let them grow into their own destiny at last by the stargate time traveller (Lorien, K).
UPDATED:
Episode I: Birth of the Phoenix by proton104 (Crossover w/ Battlestar Galactica, Star Wars. Mature).
The Blood of Stars by seadevilry (Delenn, Bramner, Neroon, OCs, Teen and up).
Telepath Wolf (Season 2) by OriginalHealer (Susan/Talia, Teen and up).
A New Space Age by the stargate time traveler (T).
Fan comic:
Babylon 6 Episode 4: Driving Forces by Jameson9101322 (Various, Gen). Check it out! It’s a good story.
Fanart:
I am changing up the fanart selections since I use Deviantart for most of my art posts. For the foreseeable future I will feature one artist a week and maybe include a small sample of their work with a link.
Ekaterina Trayt Art - Some nice non-digital works I found.
Bio of the week:
I decided to hit some of the major stars who were featured on Babylon 5 over its 5 years and decided to begin with an actor I’ve always liked, David McCallum. I remember him from the 1960s tv show The Man from U.N.C.L.E. It was a tongue in cheek spy show and McCallum played Illya Kuryakin, a Russian who worked with Napoleon Solo and U.N.C.L.E. to defeat THRUSH, the enemy agency. On B5, McCallum played an old friend of Stephen’s who brings something horrible to Babylon 5 in episode 4 of the first season - Infection.
McCallum is a Scottish actor and musician. He was born in 1933 and served in the military in the 50s. He’s been in many tv shows, including the last 18 years on NCIS. He has been on the show less in the last few years, perhaps due to his being in his upper 80s.
News and articles:
**Did DS9 Plagiarize B5?.
*Cancelled Before it Began - Babylon 5: The Legend of the Rangers
*Is Babylon 5 the Most Influential TV Show of the Past 25 Years?.
*Jessica Walter Dead at 80 Jessica Walter played senator Elise Voudreau on Season 2, Episode 6 - Spider in the Web
*Babylon 5 - The Extravaganza is a fan event on March 20, 2021.
*Babylon 5: Why the Sci-fi Series Ended with Season 5
*How to Watch B5 remastered online with or without HBO Max.
Communities and members:
*** b5_revisited is watching Season 4 now. If you’d like to write the summary/lead the discussion for an episode - go here and sign up: at Dreamwidth OR at Livejournal.
***Episode 8 - The Illusion of Truth and the Mirror is Here.
***Episode 9 - Atonement and the Mirror is Here.
***medusa cascade is watching and commenting on Season 1 of Babylon 5. It’s her first watch.
*B5 Prompts on Tumblr is a good place to find story ideas.
*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 Livejournal communities as well.
Books:
**JMS ‘s new writing book has come out and is available in print and ebook: Becomong a Writer, Staying a Writer.
*JMS has a novel coming out in July 2021 - Together We Will Go.
* Beaming Up and Getting Off: Life Before and Beyond Star Trek.
*Lost (and Found) In Space by Bill Mumy and Angela Cartwright - A pictorial memoir
*Have You Seen My Country Lately?: America’s Wake-up Call by Jerry Doyle - similar in style to his radio show.
*Diplomatic Act by Peter Jurasik and William H. Keith, Jr. A novel about an actor playing an alien.
*Pleasure Thresholds by Patricia Tallman. She has updated this one and it is available for Here: https://www.questretreats.com/pleasure-thresholds-order/
*Frontier Earth by Bruce Boxleitner is a fiction aliens and cowboys tale.
*Claudia Christian’s Snack Hacks at Amazon.
*Becoming Superman: Get it at Amazon.
You can also buy the Audible version there OR the Cd version with Peter Jurasik reading it.
Fun things:
***Claudia Christian newsletter: Sign up here
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!
** June Birthdays**
Tristan Rogers, June 3 in Melbourne AUS (Home Guard leader Malcolm Biggs)
Jeffrey Willerth - June 5
Nancy Stafford - June 5 in Wilton Mannors, FL (IPX - Dr. Mary Kirkish)
Donovan Brown (Optic Nerve) - June 6
Alan Scarfe, June 6 (Father Cassidy in "Lost Tales")
Ann Bruice Aling - June 8
Mark Walters (Art Dept.) - June 10
Susan Norkin (Post) - June 10
Adrienne Barbeau (Amanda Carter) - June 11
Mike Vejar - June 25
Send us your news~!
welcome to our update. Relax, read a few stories, rewatch some episodes and have fun! We are watching Season 4 now at b5_revisited. Hop over and join us there! Happy summer and stay cool!
Marcus - Singing on the way to Mars
Click to viewFanfic:
The New Life by Queen_Iacomina (Shaal Mayan/OFC, Teen and up).
Very Cute for a Minbari by ddagent (Delenn/John Sheridan, Teen and up).
Let them grow into their own destiny at last by the stargate time traveller (Lorien, K).
UPDATED:
Episode I: Birth of the Phoenix by proton104 (Crossover w/ Battlestar Galactica, Star Wars. Mature).
The Blood of Stars by seadevilry (Delenn, Bramner, Neroon, OCs, Teen and up).
Telepath Wolf (Season 2) by OriginalHealer (Susan/Talia, Teen and up).
A New Space Age by the stargate time traveler (T).
Fan comic:
Babylon 6 Episode 4: Driving Forces by Jameson9101322 (Various, Gen). Check it out! It’s a good story.
Fanart:
I am changing up the fanart selections since I use Deviantart for most of my art posts. For the foreseeable future I will feature one artist a week and maybe include a small sample of their work with a link.
Ekaterina Trayt Art - Some nice non-digital works I found.
Bio of the week:
I decided to hit some of the major stars who were featured on Babylon 5 over its 5 years and decided to begin with an actor I’ve always liked, David McCallum. I remember him from the 1960s tv show The Man from U.N.C.L.E. It was a tongue in cheek spy show and McCallum played Illya Kuryakin, a Russian who worked with Napoleon Solo and U.N.C.L.E. to defeat THRUSH, the enemy agency. On B5, McCallum played an old friend of Stephen’s who brings something horrible to Babylon 5 in episode 4 of the first season - Infection.
McCallum is a Scottish actor and musician. He was born in 1933 and served in the military in the 50s. He’s been in many tv shows, including the last 18 years on NCIS. He has been on the show less in the last few years, perhaps due to his being in his upper 80s.
News and articles:
**Did DS9 Plagiarize B5?.
*Cancelled Before it Began - Babylon 5: The Legend of the Rangers
*Is Babylon 5 the Most Influential TV Show of the Past 25 Years?.
*Jessica Walter Dead at 80 Jessica Walter played senator Elise Voudreau on Season 2, Episode 6 - Spider in the Web
*Babylon 5 - The Extravaganza is a fan event on March 20, 2021.
*Babylon 5: Why the Sci-fi Series Ended with Season 5
*How to Watch B5 remastered online with or without HBO Max.
Communities and members:
*** b5_revisited is watching Season 4 now. If you’d like to write the summary/lead the discussion for an episode - go here and sign up: at Dreamwidth OR at Livejournal.
***Episode 8 - The Illusion of Truth and the Mirror is Here.
***Episode 9 - Atonement and the Mirror is Here.
***medusa cascade is watching and commenting on Season 1 of Babylon 5. It’s her first watch.
*B5 Prompts on Tumblr is a good place to find story ideas.
*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 Livejournal communities as well.
Books:
**JMS ‘s new writing book has come out and is available in print and ebook: Becomong a Writer, Staying a Writer.
*JMS has a novel coming out in July 2021 - Together We Will Go.
* Beaming Up and Getting Off: Life Before and Beyond Star Trek.
*Lost (and Found) In Space by Bill Mumy and Angela Cartwright - A pictorial memoir
*Have You Seen My Country Lately?: America’s Wake-up Call by Jerry Doyle - similar in style to his radio show.
*Diplomatic Act by Peter Jurasik and William H. Keith, Jr. A novel about an actor playing an alien.
*Pleasure Thresholds by Patricia Tallman. She has updated this one and it is available for Here: https://www.questretreats.com/pleasure-thresholds-order/
*Frontier Earth by Bruce Boxleitner is a fiction aliens and cowboys tale.
*Claudia Christian’s Snack Hacks at Amazon.
*Becoming Superman: Get it at Amazon.
You can also buy the Audible version there OR the Cd version with Peter Jurasik reading it.
Fun things:
***Claudia Christian newsletter: Sign up here
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!
** June Birthdays**
Tristan Rogers, June 3 in Melbourne AUS (Home Guard leader Malcolm Biggs)
Jeffrey Willerth - June 5
Nancy Stafford - June 5 in Wilton Mannors, FL (IPX - Dr. Mary Kirkish)
Donovan Brown (Optic Nerve) - June 6
Alan Scarfe, June 6 (Father Cassidy in "Lost Tales")
Ann Bruice Aling - June 8
Mark Walters (Art Dept.) - June 10
Susan Norkin (Post) - June 10
Adrienne Barbeau (Amanda Carter) - June 11
Mike Vejar - June 25
Send us your news~!