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<p><b>Contents:</b><a href="#where">Where to Write</a> -<a href="#scripts">Scripts</a> -<a href="#effect">Effects of Fan Input</a> -<a href="#fanclubs">Fan Clubs</a>
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<h2><a name="where">Where to write to show support for Babylon 5</a></h2>
Since syndicated shows are purchased by individual stations, the mostimportant place to write to show your support for B5 is your<a href="http://www.babylon5.com/cmp/support/airtime.htm">local TV station.</a>See also the<a href="/lurk/support/index.html">B5 Support Page</a>for information about any ongoing letter-writing campaigns.
<p>To reach Warner Bros., which distributes the show, write to either or both of:
<blockquote><address>Dick Robertson<br>President<br>Domestic Television Distribution<br>Warner Bros. Television<br>4000 Warner Boulevard<br>Burbank, CA 91522<br>USA
<p>Robert Daly, Chairman<br>Warner Brothers, Inc.<br>4000 Warner Boulevard<br>Burbank, CA 91522</address></blockquote>
<p>But remember, Warner Bros. already wants B5 to succeed.  It's the localstations that determine whether the show will be made -- if enough of them signup to buy it, it'll continue to be produced, and if they don't, it won't, nomatter how many letters Warner Bros. gets from fans.  So please write yourlocal station first if you want to support B5.
<p>To reach JMS or other members of the cast and crew, write to:
<blockquote><address>J. Michael Straczynski<br>C/O BABYLON 5<br>14431 Ventura Blvd., Suite 260<br>Sherman Oaks, CA 91423-2606<br>USA</address></blockquote>
<p>The "c/o Babylon 5" is very important -- your letter may be discarded inthe mailroom if that's not there.
<p>JMS is also reachable online at <code>straczynski@genie.geis.com</code>.Please check the Guide before asking about a particular episode; yourquestion may already be answered.JMS gets a lot of mail, so don't expect a personal reply.  Also, if you havea question of general interest, please post it to rec.arts.sf.tv.babylon5instead of mailing it to JMS; that way everyone can benefit from the answer.
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<h2><a name="scripts">How do I submit a script?</a></h2>
<p>All current stories are developed by JMS, because only he knows where theoverall story is going.  JMS is looking at spec scripts, selecting writersbased on their talent and understanding of the Babylon 5 universe, then givingout assigned stories.  Babylon 5 is not accepting outside stories.  Scripts notsubmitted through an agent will be returned unopened, as is standard practice.
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<h2><a name="effect">What effect have fans had?</a></h2>
The location of Babylon 5 is at Grid Epsilon 470,18,22 which correspondsto the original location of the Babylon 5 topic on GEnie (Page 470,CAT 18, Topic 22).  The first mention of a planet's coordinates in"Mind War" were Grid Epsilon 471,18,25 which corresponds to a topic inthe Babylon 5 Category on GEnie.
<p>Partially due to fan response from those who saw the pilot movie orclips, some things in the pilot movie were changed before broadcast,and the series has been affected as well:
<ul>
<li>The voice of Delenn is Mira Furlan's voice without any processing andDelenn is female to begin with.  Original plans were to electronicallyprocess her voice and have Delenn change sex during the series.
<li>Some additional voice-over was done by Patricia Tallman to clarify onescene in the show with Kosh in the Medlab.
<li>The use of ISN to provide exposition about events outside the station wassuggested by Colin Stobbe on GEnie.
<li>The branding of a Minbari that had similarities to a DS9 episode was keptafter feedback from fans about it.  It had been considered removing thebranding scene and electronically wiping the brand from the rest of theepisode. (This occurs in <a href="/lurk/guide/007.html">"The War Prayer"</a>).
<li>When names submitted for a mega corporation and a mineral were rejected forlegal reasons, JMS went to the GEnie B5 Category and asked for suggestions.The resulting names used are Quantium-40 for the mineral and UniversalTerraform for the company.  Q-40 is mentioned in<a href="/lurk/guide/005.html">"The Parliament of Dreams"</a> and<a href="/lurk/guide/006.html">"Mind War"</a>.The waiter mentioned in "Parliament" is named for David Strauss,who submitted Q-40.
<li>Likewise, the name of the prospecting company in<a href="/lurk/guide/006.html">"Mind War,"</a>Universal Terraform, was suggested by a sysop on GEnie.
<li>The denizens of "Downbelow" are called "lurkers," a term for users ofcomputer bulletin-board systems who read messages but never post.  Theidea was originally suggested, in an indirect way, by Rob Furr on GEnie.
<li>JMS is considering revamping or killing off n'grath based partly on thereaction by viewers.
<li>Based on interest in the legal aspects of the PsiCorps, JMS indicated how some of this works in<a href="/lurk/guide/021.html">"The Quality of Mercy."</a>
<li>In recognition of the Internet <cite>Babylon 5</cite> archive, thefirst-season episode<a href="/lurk/guide/019.html">"A Voice in the Wilderness, Part 2"</a>features an Earth Alliance ship called the Hyperion.  (The Lurker's Guidewas originally located on www.hyperion.com; the name had to change towww.midwinter.com in March 1997 after a legal dispute over the Hyperionname.)
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<h2><a name="fanclubs">Fan Clubs</a></h2>
If you know of any clubs not listed here, please<a href="mailto:b5-submit@midwinter.com">send mail</a>to <tt>b5-submit@midwinter.com</tt>.
<p>This list is organized according to where the fan club is based.  Manyfan clubs accept international memberships.
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<p><dt>USA
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<li>The Official B5 Fan Club, <b>no longer in operation</b>,was run by the folks who make the show. The following is for historicalinterest only:
<blockquote>Note that the fan club's Web site is currently only accessible using Netscape2.0 or higher.  The fan club Web site is not maintained by the same people asthe Lurker's Guide, so please direct your comments about it to the fan club.
<p>Membership:  $17.95 US, $19.95 Canadian, $24.95 foreign memberships.For information on the Club, you can send e-mail to<a href="mailto:membership@thestation.com">membership@thestation.com</a>.
<p>The Fan Club web site, www.thestation.com, has a wide range of merchandise available -- posters, trading cards, soundtracks, clothing and other collectibles.  
<p><a href="/lurk/ftp/fan-club-info"><img width=100 height=24 hspace=4 align=middlesrc="/lurk/nav/moreinfo.gif" alt="[More Info]" border=0></a><cite>Membership form and other information.</cite></blockquote>
<p><li>Earthforce is a fan-operated club.  For more information, E-mail<a href="mailto:erisian@netcom.com">erisian@netcom.com</a>or send postal mail to Earthforce, 2607 Welsh Rd., Apt. E-303, Philadelphia,PA 19114.
<p><li>Richard Biggs Fan Club, c/o Shirley Didemoico, 1133 Uptegraf Street,Pittsburgh, PA 15218
<p><li>Bruce Boxleitner's Official Fan Club, P.O. Box 57593, Sherman Oaks, CA 91403Bruce Boxleitner Fan Club, c/o Darla Vasilas, 230 Denfield Dr., Alexandria,VA 22309
<p><li>Julie Caitlin Brown Fan Club, e-mail Dkountz@aol.com for information.
<p><li>International<a href="http://byron.axiom.net.au/">Robin Atkin Downes</a>Fan Club.  For more information contact club president Jennie Spencer(<a href="mailto:radfanclub@bigfoot.com">radfanclub@bigfoot.com</a>),or write PO Box 780975, Orlando, FL, 32878-0975.
<p><li>Garibaldi & Company, 12865 NE 85th St., Suite 267, Kirkland, WA  98033e-mail: Flashdanze@aol.com.
<p><li><a href="http://members.tripod.com/~b5fanatic/garibaldifc.htm">The UnofficialGaribaldi Appreciation Society</a>
<p><li><a href="http://www.geocities.com/~mira_furlan/">The Mira Furlan Fan Club,</a>PO Box 523093, Springfield, Va., 22152-9998.Contact eqris@aol.com for more information.  Membership is $10/year US,$15/year overseas.
<p><li><a href="http://www.muohio.edu/~thomasrd/fomoh.html">The Circle of Friends,</a>a fan club sanctioned by Michael O'Hare (Commander Sinclair,) is a charityorganization which raises money to support his chosen charities.For more information,contact Sandy Bruckner at sgbruckner@aol.com or 5022 Geronimo Street, CollegePark, MD  20740.
<p><li><a href="http://www.patriciatallman.com/">The Pat Tallman Fan Club,</a>c/o Barb Powell, 1661 South Bend Dr. #5, Rocky River, OH 44116.Proceeds benefit the Penny Lane Home for abused children.  For more informationvisit the Web page or contact Barb Powell at<a href="mailto:PTFanClub@aol.com">PTFanClub@aol.com</a>.
<p><li><a href="http://www.wasser.com/">The Ed Wasser Fan Club.</a>Bi-monthly electronic newsletter.  E-mail subscribe@wasser.com to join.
<p><li><a href="http://nova.umuc.edu/~friedman/b5md">B5MD</a>is a fan group with members from suburban Maryland.
<p><li>The<a href="http://www.tjhsst.edu/~tmetz/dcb5/dcb5fc.html">District ofColumbia Babylon 5 Fan Club</a>is open to viewers in the Washington DC area.
<p><li><a href="http://www.q7.com/~carter/pdx-b5/">pdx-b5</a>is a group of B5 fans in the Portland, Oregon area.  The group meets monthly.
<p><li>Valen's Rangers is based in Nashville, Tennessee.  For details E-mail MichaelHarper at <a href="mailto:mpvorkosigan@hotmail.com">mpvorkosigan@hotmail.com</a>or write him at 308 S. 11th #1, Nashville, TN 37206.
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<p><dt>Australia
<dd><a href="http://www.bab5oz.hl.com.au/">The Babylon 5 OZ Fan Club,</a>PO Box 161, Adamstown NSW 2289. AUD$20/year, AUD$35/2 years.(Sanctioned by Network 7.)  Contact Aaron Brockbank&lt;shadow@scorch.hna.com.au&gt; for information.
<p>Also, there's The AustralianBabylon 5 Fan Club, PO Box 41, West Brunswick, Vic 3055.  $10/single, $12/family per year.
<p><dt>Germany<dd>Crossroads / Journey to Babylon.  Contact Steffen Maier, Friedenstrasse 11,D-66978Donsieders, Germany, or E-mail<a href="StefMaier1@aol.com">StefMaier1@aol.com.</a>The membership fee is 30 DM/year, more for foreign.  Include 2 internationalreply coupons when writing.
<p>German Babylon 5 Fanclub.  Contact Daniela Ricci, Mindenerstr.7, 40227D&uuml;sseldorf, Germany, or E-mail<a href="wizart@NetCologne.de">wizart@NetCologne.de.</a>The membership fee is 50 DM a year and includes 4 issues of the club'smagazine.
<p>Projekt Babylon, c/o Karsten Ehlers, Zum Erlengrund 6, 13587 Berlin, Germany. E-mail:<a href="mailto:LadyMorel@aol.com">LadyMorel@aol.com</a>or<a href="mailto:dbayerl@ukrv.de">dbayerl@ukrv.de</a>.
<p><dt>Italy<dd><a href="http://www.italway.it/babylon5/">Babylon 5 Italian Fan Club.</a>Contact Massimo Martini,<a href="mailto:mmartini@italway.it">mmartini@italway.it.</a>Membership is L. 20000 domestic, L. 25000 for European members, and L. 30000for the rest of the world and includes a quarterly fanzine and membershipcard.
<p><dt>Netherlands<a href="http://www.xs4all.nl/~halcyon/b5/eng/index.html">The Babylon Project</a>is a Dutch B5 fan club.
<p><dt>Norway
<dd><a href="http://tsp.kfdata.no/b5/index.htm">The B5 Alliance,</a>c/o Inge Carlen, Vogts gate 10, 0474 Oslo, Norway.  Contact<a href="mailto:ingec@powertech.no">ingec@powertech.no</a>or call 22 71 64 25 for more information.  The club has a monthly newsletter.

<p><dt>UK<dd>B5 UK Fan Club, unofficial, though sanctioned by JMS.  #12.50 per year UK;#22/2 years UK; add 50% overseas, payable to "Questing Beast Ltd."  BabylonFive UK Fan Club, PO Box 1147, London W3 7ZT.
<p><a href="http://www.ph.ed.ac.uk/~gowdy/SciFi/EdAli/">The Edinburgh Alliance</a>is a fan club for Scottish viewers.
<p>Garibaldi's Security Squad, approved by Jerry Doyle.  Three newsletters ayear.  &pound;8/year for UK/Europe, &pound;20/year for other countries.Write to Garibaldi's Security Squad, c/o Caroline Griffin, 54 Wimpole Street,London W1M 7DF, England.
<p>Koenig Kontinuum, official UK fan club for Walter Koenig.  Four newslettersa year.  &pound;8/year for UK members, &pound;12/year foreign.  E-mail<a href="mailto:CAROLEHESLOP@compuserve.com">CAROLEHESLOP@compuserve.com</a>for details.
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