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<p><table border=0><tr><td align=right valign=top><b>Contents:</b></td><td align=left valign=top><nobr><a href="#novels">Novels</a> -</nobr><nobr><a href="#novelizations">Novelizations</a> -</nobr><nobr><a href="#scripts">Scripts</a> -</nobr><nobr><a href="#nonfiction">Nonfiction</a></nobr><br></td></tr>
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<p>This is a guide to <cite>Babylon 5</cite> in print, includingthe series of <cite>Babylon 5</cite> novels publishedby Dell and Del Rey.
<p><a name="novels"><h3>Original Novels</h3></a>
<p><em>Note!</em>Since the novel series contains stories that run concurrently with the TVseries, some of these pages contain spoilers for the show.  Each novel'sguide page will indicate (if known) when it takes place in the show'stimeline; a novel can be expected to spoil earlier episodes.  Proceed withcaution.
<p>Novels 1-9 are published by Dell in the US.  Novels after that are publishedby Del Rey.
<pre><b>ReleaseDate (US)  Author             Title</b>95/02/13   John Vornholt      <a href="001.html">Voices</a>95/04/10   Lois Tilton        <a href="002.html">Accusations</a>95/09/13   John Vornholt      <a href="003.html">Blood Oath</a>96/01/10   Jim Mortimore      <a href="004.html">Clark's Law</a>96/02/10   Neil Barrett, Jr.  <a href="005.html">The Touch of Your Shadow,</a>                              <a href="005.html"> the Whisper of Your Name</a>96/05/10   S. M. Stirling     <a href="006.html">Betrayals</a>97/03/14   Jeanne Cavelos     <a href="007.html">The Shadow Within</a>97/04/14   Al Sarrantonio     <a href="008.html">Personal Agendas</a>97/06/15   Kathryn Drennan    <a href="009.html">To Dream in the City of Sorrows</a>
98/09/04   J. Gregory Keyes   <a href="010.html">Dark Genesis: The Birth of the Psi Corps</a>99/02/10   J. Gregory Keyes   <a href="011.html">Deadly Relations: Bester Ascendant</a>99/10/04   J. Gregory Keyes   <a href="012.html">Final Reckoning: The Fate of Bester</a>99/12/01   Peter David        <a href="http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0345427181/thelurkersguidet">Legions of Fire: The Long Night of Centauri Prime</a>00/05/02   Peter David        <a href="http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/034542719X/thelurkersguidet">Legions of Fire: Armies of Light and Dark</a>00/10/31   Peter David        <a href="http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0345427203/thelurkersguidet">Legions of Fire: Out of Darkness</a>01/02/??   Jeanne Cavelos     <a href="http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0345427211/thelurkersguidet">The Passing of the Techno-Mages: Casting Shadows</a>01/??/??   Jeanne Cavelos     The Passing of the Techno-Mages book 201/??/??   Jeanne Cavelos     The Passing of the Techno-Mages book 3</pre>
<p>The authors of novels 1-9 can be written care of:
<address>Dell Publishing<br>1540 Broadway<br>New York, NY 10036<br>USA</address>
<p>In addition, some of the authors have E-mail access and/or Web sites:
<ul>   <li> <a href="http://www.sff.net/people/jcavelos">Jeanne Cavelos</a>	-	<a href="mailto:jcavelos@hawk.anselm.edu">jcavelos@hawk.anselm.edu</a>   <li> Lois Tilton -	<a href="mailto:l.tilton@genie.com">l.tilton@genie.com</a>   <li> John Vornholt -	<a href="mailto:vornholt@indirect.com">vornholt@indirect.com</a></ul>
<p><a name="novelizations"><h3>Novelizations of Episodes</h3></a>
<p>Links lead to the guide pages for the episodes, which contain notes aboutthe novelizations as appropriate.
<pre>97/11/26   Peter David        <a href="/lurk/guide/111.html">In the Beginning</a>98/07/03   Peter David        <a href="/lurk/guide/112.html">Thirdspace</a>99/01/??   Robert Sheckley    <a href="/lurk/guide/115.html">A Call to Arms</a></pre>
<p><a name="scripts"><h3>Episode Scripts</h3></a>
<dl><dt><a href="/lurk/guide/031.html">The Coming of Shadows</a><dd>Included in JMS'<a href="http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0898795125/thelurkersguidet">The Complete Book of Scriptwriting.</a>
<dt><a href="/lurk/guide/096.html">Day of the Dead</a><dd>With annotations by Neil Gaiman and a foreword by JMS.Available from<a href="http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/1892058022/thelurkersguidet">Amazon.com.</a></pre>
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<p><a name="nonfiction"><h3>Nonfiction</h3></a>
<p>Most links lead to books' pages on<a href="http://www.amazon.com/">Amazon.com</a>or<a href="http://www.bookshop.co.uk/">Internet BookShop</a>which contain ISBN, publisher name, and other details, as well as onlineordering.
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   <li> <a href="http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0898795125/thelurkersguidet">The Complete Book of Scriptwriting</a>	by J. Michael Straczynski, B5's creator, is a guide to the world of	writing for television, theater, and movies.  The sample script in the	appendix is the unabridged shooting script for the Hugo-award-winning	episode	<a href="/lurk/guide/031.html">"The Coming of Shadows."</a>
   <li> <a href="http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0345424530/thelurkersguidet">Babylon 5 Security Manual</a>	by Jim Mortimore.  A handbook for rookie members of B5's security	team, including station maps, lifeform listings, and technical	information.
   <li> <a href="http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0753500493/thelurkersguidet">The Babylon File</a>	and	<a href="http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/075350233X/thelurkersguidet">The Babylon File: Volume 2</a>	by Andy Lane.  An unauthorized guide to the show, including an episode	listing, behind-the-scenes information, and background on the B5	universe.
   <li> <a href="http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0345414527/thelurkersguidet">Creating Babylon 5</a>	by David Bassom.  Originally titled "Babylon 5 Behind the Scenes."	All about the production of Babylon 5, from set design to CGI to	writing.
   <li> <a href="http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0440223857/thelurkersguidet">The A-Z Guide to Babylon 5</a>	by David Bassom.  An alphabetical B5 encyclopedia with information on	alien races, historical incidents, and characters, all cross-referenced	with attributions to episodes.
   <li> Babylon 5 Season by Season by Jane Killick.  One book per season,	this series details the episodes and the overall story arc, and includes	comments from cast and crew members.
	<ul>
	   <li> <a href="http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0345424476/thelurkersguidet">Signs and Portents</a>		covers season one and includes a foreword by Michael O'Hare		and information on the making of the pilot movie.
	   <li> <a href="http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0345424484/thelurkersguidet">The Coming of Shadows</a>		covers season two and includes a section titled "By Any Means		Necessary: Making Babylon 5 on a Budget" which details the		show's innovative money-saving techniques.
	   <li> <a href="http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0345424492/thelurkersguidet">Point of No Return</a>		covers season three and includes a chapter on B5's special		effects.
	   <li> <a href="http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0345424506/thelurkersguidet">No Surrender, No Retreat</a>		covers season four and includes a chapter titled "Script to		Screen" covering the lifecycle of an episode.
	   <li> <a href="http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0345424514/thelurkersguidet">Wheel of Fire</a>		Covers season five.  Supplementary material unknown.		</ul>
   <li> A couple of supplements to the	<a href="http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/1887990054/thelurkersguidet">B5 roleplaying game</a>	by Chameleon Eclectic:
	<ul>
	   <li> <a href="http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/1887990062/thelurkersguidet">EarthForce Sourcebook</a>
	   <li> <a href="http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/1887990070/thelurkersguidet">Gamemaster's Resource Kit</a>		</ul>
   <li> <a href="http://www.bookshop.co.uk/ser/serdsp.asp?shop=1&isbn=0752211439&DB=220">Dining on Babylon 5</a>	by Steve Smith.  A B5 cookbook with recipes for	Minbari flarn, Centauri hot jala, Jovian Sunspots, and other foods	mentioned on the show.  Not yet published in the US, but can be	shipped from the UK.
   <li> <a href="http://www.rdg.ac.uk/~lhsjamse/babylon5.htm">The Parliament	of Dreams: Conferring on Babylon 5</a>	is a collection of academic essays from a conference sponsored by	<a href="http://www.liv.ac.uk/~asawyer/fof.html">The Science Fiction	Foundation</a>	in 1998.
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