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<h1 align=center>What Was New - 1999</h1>
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<p><dt>December 5, 1999<dd>	Newsflash:	The JMS/Chris Carter project has been	<a href="http://www.scifi.com/scifiwire/art-tv.html?1999-12/03/13.07.tv">scrapped</a>	for now.
<p><dt>November 18, 1999<dd>	Newsflash:	<a href="http://www.cleveland.com/entertainment/pd/news/tuesday/e16scif.ssf">A	"Cleveland Live" article</a>	claims that JMS is working on a new series with "X-Files" creator Chris	Carter.  JMS hasn't confirmed it.
<p><dt>November 12, 1999<dd>	<a href="http://www.thestation.com/">The B5 Fan Club</a>	is now selling copies of the B5 writers' bible and the original	series treatment used to pitch the show to network executives when	it was first being shopped around.
<p><dt>November 1, 1999<dd>	The feedback has been positive, so I've put the	<a href="/lurk/lgchat.html">voice chat</a>	device on a few more pages.  Check it out!
<p><dt>October 28, 1999<dd>	If you're running Windows 95/98/NT and IE/Netscape 4.0 or higher,	and your PC has a microphone, check out the Lurker's Guide's new	<a href="/lurk/lgchat.html">voice chat page</a>!
<p><dt>October 21, 1999<dd>	<a href="http://sonicimages.com/soundtracks/crusade/">The "Crusade" soundtrack</a>	is available now.
<p><dt>October 5, 1999<dd>	The third Psi Corps novel,	<a href="/lurk/novels/012.html">"Final Reckoning: The Fate of Bester,"</a>	is out.
<p><dt>September 27, 1999<dd>	Newsflash:	"Crusade" begins in	<a href="/lurk/countries/au/eplist.html">Australia</a>	on September 30 and in	<a href="/lurk/countries/il/eplist.html">Israel</a>	on January 8 of next year.
<p><dt>September 21, 1999<dd>	Newsflash:	Sierra has cancelled the B5 game.  See	<a href="http://www.firstones.com/">www.firstones.com</a>	for details about efforts to save the project.
<p><dt>September 5, 1999<dd>	Newsflash: "The Truman Show" has won the 1998 Hugo for Best Dramatic	Presentation, beating out 	<a href="/lurk/guide/110.html">"Sleeping in Light."</a>	Congratulations to all of this year's winners.
<p><dt>September 3, 1999<dd>	Newsflash: A number of people have sent mail asking if I know anything	about the fate of "Crusade."  The answer, unfortunately, is no.  	There are several fan efforts to get the show picked up by	another network; see the Guide's list of	<a href="/lurk/resources/online.html#crusade">Crusade sites</a>	for some links.
<p><dt>August 31, 1999<dd>	The "What's New" items from 1998 have been moved off this page.	(Better late than never...)
	<p>	Newsflash: JMS is apparently working on	<a href="http://www.scifi.com/scifiwire/art-main.html?1999-08/17/23.18.tv">a	new TV series.</a>
	<p>	Newsflash: Viewers in the	<a href="/lurk/countries/uk/eplist.html">UK</a> 	should note that the last four "Crusade" episodes will air Saturday	and Sunday nights over the next two weekends.
	<p>	Newsflash: Viewers in 	<a href="/lurk/countries/au/eplist.html">Australia</a>	should tune in September 1 at 11:05 for	<a href="/lurk/guide/109.html">"Objects at Rest,"</a>	which is on a day earlier than usual due to sports programming.
<p><dt>August 30, 1999<dd>	A reworked and updated	<a href="/lurk/making/actors.html">complete list of actors</a>	is online.
<p><dt>August 25, 1999<dd>	Newsflash: If you're planning to attend this weekend's	<a href="http://www.99.nasfic.org/">Conucopia</a>	convention in Anaheim, note that JMS's appearance has been moved 	from Sunday to Saturday at 1PM.
	<p>	Several people have written to ask why there haven't been many updates	to the guide pages recently.  The answer is simply that I don't have a	lot of free time to spend on the site these days.  I <em>do</em> intend	to catch up, though; expect a big update this weekend.
<p><dt>July 26, 1999<dd>	The guide pages for	<a href="guide/506.html">"Ruling from the Tomb"</a>	and	<a href="guide/507.html">"The Rules of the Game"</a>	have been updated.  My apologies for the delay.
	<p>	The	<a href="credits/505.html">onscreen credits</a>	for	<a href="guide/505.html">"Patterns of the Soul"</a>	are online.
<p><dt>July 5, 1999<dd>	Newsflash: The latest issue of	<a href="http://www.wizards.com/Amazing/">"Amazing	Stories"</a>	has a B5 story written by JMS.
	<p>	The	<a href="credits/504.html">onscreen credits</a>	for	<a href="guide/504.html">"The Path of Sorrows"</a>	are online.
	<p>	<a href="http://www.thelogbook.com/">The LogBook</a>	has an	<a href="http://www.theLogBook.com/music/i_evan.html">interview</a>	with "Crusade" composer Evan Chen.
<p><dt>July 2, 1999<dd>	The guide page for "The Path of Sorrows" will be delayed -- I had a	VCR mishap and missed Wednesday's broadcast.
<p><dt>June 27, 1999<dd>	Newsflash: The series bible for "Crusade" is available via the	<a href="http://www.thestation.com/">Official B5 Fan Club.</a>
	<p>	<a href="http://www.tvguide.com/">TV Guide</a>	has a brief	<a href="http://www.tvguide.com/newsgossip/dish/990623c.asp">story</a>	about Carrie Dobro (Dureena on "Crusade").
<p><dt>June 24, 1999<dd>	Newsflash:	"Crusade" premieres in the UK on July 4 at 8PM on Sky One.
	<p>	Newsflash:	<a href="http://www.gamecenter.com/">GameCenter</a>	has a brief	<a href="http://www.gamecenter.com/News/Item/0%2C3%2C0-2911%2C00.html?dd.ne.htmldisp.hl.gc">article</a>	about the upcoming B5 space combat game.
	<p>	The	<a href="credits/503.html">onscreen credits</a>	for	<a href="guide/503.html">"The Well of Forever"</a>	are online.
<p><dt>June 21, 1999<dd>	The	<a href="credits/502.html">onscreen credits</a>	for	<a href="guide/502.html">"The Long Road"</a>	are online.
<p><dt>June 14, 1999<dd>	The	<a href="credits/501.html">onscreen credits</a>	for	<a href="guide/501.html">"War Zone"</a>	are online.
<p><dt>June 12, 1999<dd>	Newsflash: TNT plans to rebroadcast "Crusade" Mondays at 11PM.
<p><dt>June 10, 1999<dd>	If you're interested in the real scoop on Crusade's cancellation,	check out the interview with JMS in issue 58 of	<a href="http://www.dreamwatch.co.uk/">DreamWatch</a>,	in stores in the US and UK now.
	<p>	A very basic guide page for	<a href="guide/501.html">"War Zone"</a>	is online.  It'll be fleshed out more in the coming days.  I'll be	covering all 13 "Crusade" episodes in the regular Lurker's Guide	format.
	<p>	A revamped and updated version of the	<a href="/lurk/making/cast.html">cast list page</a>	is online.  Thanks to	<a href="mailto:dirk@inpw.net">Dirk Kocherscheidt</a>	for putting a ton of work into it!
<p><dt>June 8, 1999<dd>	Newsflash:	<a href="http://www.sierrastudios.com/">Sierra</a>	is running a survey to determine which of their games (including	the B5 combat simulator) should be ported to the Mac.  The poll	is on the lower right of their home page.
<p><dt>June 5, 1999<dd>	Newsflash: "Crusade" premieres Wednesday, June 9 at 10PM on TNT in	the US.  In Canada it begins Saturday, June 12 at 7PM Eastern on	<a href="http://www.spacecast.com/">SPACE</a>	and Tuesday, June 15 at 8PM on	<a href="http://www.citytv.com/">CityTV</a>.
<p><dt>May 29, 1999<dd>	Newsflash: <a href="http://www.astro.umd.edu/~fleming/">Crusade for Crusade</a>	has succeeded in raising enough money to pay for an	<a href="http://www.astro.umd.edu/~fleming/images/varietyad.jpg">ad</a>	in Daily Variety.
<p><dt>May 23, 1999<dd>	Newsflash: Want to help search for extraterrestrial signals using your	PC?  Take part in the	<a href="http://setiathome.ssl.berkeley.edu/">SETI@home</a>	project.  
<p><dt>May 22, 1999<dd>	Newsflash: The fan-run	<a href="http://www.astro.umd.edu/~fleming/">Crusade for Crusade</a>	effort is nearing its goal of raising enough money to run an ad in	Daily Variety.
	<p>	Newsflash: DVD-player owners might be interested in this	<a href="http://b5petition.ii.net">petition</a>	to ask Warner Bros. to release B5 in anamorphic widescreen format.
<p><dt>May 15, 1999<dd>	Newsflash: TNT has moved B5 to Saturday mornings at 7AM.
<p><dt>April 30, 1999<dd>	Newsflash:	<a href="http://tnt.turner.com/crusade/frame_index.html">TNT's Crusade site</a>	is online.
	<p>	Newsflash: TNT is temporarily suspending its daytime B5 broadcasts.	<a href="http://tnt.turner.com/">TNT's site</a>	is holding a viewer poll to help determine B5's new timeslot.
<p><dt>April 28, 1999<dd>	Newsflash:	<a href="http://www.aint-it-cool-news.com/">Ain't It Cool News</a>	has a bunch of "Crusade" information, including promotional artwork and	reviews of some episodes.
<p><dt>April 25, 1999<dd>	Newsflash: Jerry Doyle and Peter Jurasik will be	<a href="http://www.scifi.com/scifiwire/art-main.html?1999-04/23/11.38.sfc">appearing</a>	on 	<a href="http://www.scifi.com/sliders/slideonline.html">"Sliders."</a>
<p><dt>April 23, 1999<dd>	Newsflash: <a href="/lurk/guide/110.html">"Sleeping in Light"</a>	has been nominated for the 1999	<a href="http://www.scifi.com/scifiwire/art-main.html?1999-04/22/23.07.books">Hugo Award</a>	for best dramatic presentation.
<p><dt>April 13, 1999<dd>	Newsflash: <a href="http://www.aint-it-cool-news.com/">Ain't It Cool	News</a>	has a report on an effort to save "Crusade."
<p><dt>April 12, 1999<dd>	Newsflash: JMS has been given the Science Fiction Writers of America's	Bradbury Award.	<a href="http://www.scifi.com/scifiwire/art-main.html?1999-04/09/23.32.tv">Details here.</a>
<p><dt>March 26, 1999<dd>	A preview issue (#0) of JMS's forthcoming comic "Rising Stars" is now on	sale.  It is packaged with a special issue of Wizard Magazine devoted to	"Fathom."  To be sure you have the correct issue, look for the Wizard	Magazine with the "Fathom" cover, and then flip the packet over.  You	should be able to see the "Rising Stars" preview issue through the	transparent wrapper.
	<p>	Newsflash:	<a href="/lurk/guide/111.html">"In the Beginning"</a>	re-airs this Sunday at 10:30PM on TNT.
	<p>	Newsflash:	<a href="http://www.ohms.com/bigreport3.shtml">The BIG Picture</a>	has an interview with Warner Home Video executives who say they plan to	release B5 on DVD.
<p><dt>March 18, 1999<dd>	Crusade will air starting June 12 on Canada's SPACE: The Imagination	Station.
	<p>	Newsflash: B5 has been nominated for three Saturn Awards.	<a href="http://www.scifi.com/sfw/issue100/news.html">The complete	list of nominees.</a>
<p><dt>March 15, 1999<dd>	Newsflash: For those who haven't seen it on TNT's site, TNT will be	showing most of the B5 TV-movies on June 9, Crusade's premiere date.	See the 	<a href="/lurk/countries/us/eplist.html">US episode list</a>	for a schedule.
	<p>	Want to encourage Warner Bros. to release B5 on DVD?  Here's where	to send your letters:
	<blockquote>	DVD Programming<br>	Warner Home Video<br>	4000 Warner Blvd.<br>	Burbank CA 91522	</blockquote>
	<p>	New in the	<a href="/lurk/making/">Making Of</a>	section:	<a href="/lurk/making/ships.html">a list of classical literary	references in B5's ship names.</a>	Thanks to Katrin Thier.
<p><dt>March 2, 1999<dd>	Newsflash: Netter Digital has put out a	<a href="http://biz.yahoo.com/bw/990302/ca_netter__1.html">press	release</a>	about Crusade.
<p><dt>February 25, 1999<dd>	Newsflash:	<a href="http://www.aint-it-cool-news.com/">Ain't It Cool News</a>	reports that	<a href="/lurk/guide/113.html">"Crusade"</a>	has been cancelled.  TNT will air the 13 episodes already shot.
<p><dt>February 24, 1999<dd>	Newsflash: <a href="/lurk/guide/115.html">"A Call to Arms"</a>	airs March 12 at 9PM on CFCF in Montreal.
<p><dt>February 23, 1999<dd>	<a href="guide/114.html">"River of Souls"</a>	is now available on video in the UK.
<p><dt>January 30, 1999<dd>	Newsflash: JMS reports that "Crusade" may be moving to a venue other	than TNT.	<a href="http://www.aint-it-cool-news.com/">Ain't It Cool News</a>	has a story with more details.
<p><dt>January 18, 1999<dd>	Newsflash: CFCF in Montreal will be showing	<a href="/lurk/guide/114.html">"The River of Souls"</a>	January 23 at 2PM.
<p><dt>January 15, 1999<dd>	New on the	<a href="resources/products.html">products page</a>:	<a href="http://www.hughfleming.com.au/index.htm">A limited-edition	B5 poster.</a>
<p><dt>January 10, 1999<dd>	A new version of the	<a href="making/write-direct.html">writers/directors list</a>	is online.
	<p>	Newsflash: Harlan Ellison will be on CBS' "The Late, Late Show with	Tom Snyder" the evening of January 14.  Check your local listings	for the time.
<p><dt>January 8, 1999<dd>	A	<a href="synops/115.html">synopsis</a>	of	<a href="guide/115.html">"A Call to Arms"</a>	is online.
<p><dt>January 5, 1999<dd>	The	<a href="credits/115.html">onscreen credits</a>	for	<a href="guide/115.html">"A Call to Arms"</a>	are online.
<p><dt>January 3, 1999<dd>	Newsflash: Canada's	<a href="http://www.citytv.com/">CITY-TV</a>	will be showing	<a href="/lurk/guide/114.html">"River of Souls"</a>	January 12 and 	<a href="/lurk/guide/115.html">"A Call to Arms"</a>	January 19, both at 9PM.
	<p>	Newsflash: Season five begins in	<a href="/lurk/countries/pl/eplist.html">Poland</a>	on January 9.
<p><dt>January 1, 1999<dd>	Newsflash: Happy new year!  	<a href="http://www.aint-it-cool-news.com/">Ain't It Cool News</a>	has an article about	<a href="/lurk/guide/115.html">"A Call to Arms"</a> 	(which airs this Sunday on TNT) including some rumors of changes to	<a href="/lurk/guide/113.html">"Crusade"</a>	episodes.
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