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<!-- TITLE Dark Genesis -->
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<strong>Written by J. Gregory Keyes</strong><br>
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Release date: September 4, 1998<br>
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ISBN: 0345427157
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<blockquote><cite>
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Book 1 of the Psi Corps trilogy, detailing how the Corps started.
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</blockquote>
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Reader reviews, and online ordering, can be found at
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<a href="http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0345427157/thelurkersguidet">Amazon.com</a>.
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<hr>
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<h2><a name="BC">Back Cover</a></h2>
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<h3>Long before the Babylon 5 space station brought Humans face-to-face with
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alien races, they discovered an extraordinary breed among their very own...</h3>
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<p>
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The year is 2115. Shock waves follow in the wake of astonishing news:
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science has proven the existence of telepaths. Amid media frenzy, panic,
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and bloodshed, Earth's government steps in to restore order -- and establish
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tight control over the newfound special population...by any means necessary.
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<p>
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Ambitious senator Lee Crawford spearheads the effort, overseeing the
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creation of the Psi Corps -- an elite unit charged with tagging and
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monitoring all telepaths "for their own protection." But the real agenda
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behind the crackdown is one of government control. Many question the
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telepaths' origins, while others view them as a coveted weapon. As the
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Corps tightens its iron grip, the stage is set for a cataclysmic
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confrontation -- one in which the future of Earth will be decided.
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<H2><A NAME="SY">Synopsis</A></H2>
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<H2><A NAME="UQ">Unanswered Questions</A></H2>
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<H2><A NAME="AN">Analysis</A></H2>
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<H2><A NAME="NO">Notes</A></H2>
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<ul>
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<li> Bester was born in early 2189 or late 2188, which would make him about
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70 years old during the TV series. By today's standards he looks
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younger than that, but the average human lifespan in the B5 era is
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almost 100 years
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(<a href="/lurk/guide/002.html">"Soul Hunter"</a>)
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as opposed to 70-80 today, so his appearance is probably normal for a
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man of 70 in 2260.
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</ul>
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<h2><a name="JS">JMS Speaks</a></h2>
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<ul>
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<li> Just for those who haven't heard yet, the newest B5
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novel -- first in a trilogy of books about the origins of the Psi Corps
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through and beyond the events of the fifth season -- is out. "Dark
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Genesis," by J. Gregory Keyes, from a jms outline. For my money, this
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is probably one of the best B5 novels ever done, and it takes quite a
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risk, because even though you see ancestors of some of our
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characters (the books cover about 80 years), there are none of the
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regulars in it. It's our first attempt to really flesh out the B5
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universe and future history.
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<p>
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Anyway, it's a hell of a read, and I commend it to you without
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reservation.
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<li> I think my outlines for each of the Psi Corps novels was about ten pages
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each. It spelled out the broad strokes of what happened in each one of
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them, and left Gregory to fill in the gaps and work out the details in
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conjunction with myself and our reference editor, so that all the
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timelines jived and everything made canonical sense.
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</ul>
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