Changes: Novel list

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A feature of the Babylon 5 Universe is the sanctioned canonicity of many of its offshoot novels and comic book stories; all of the later Babylon 5 novels have been based on outlines written directly by JMS. and are considered to be canonical, while the earlier Dell ones are not. The exceptions being book 9 To Dream in the City of Sorrows which is said in the introduction by Straczynski to be "...considered as authentic as any episode in the regular series." and book 7 The Shadow Within Straczynski confirms in an on line posting that the novel is 90% canon that being the Anna/Morden/Icarus plotline.^[1]

Novels[]

Stand-alone Novels[]

Only Books 7 (The Icarus plot line) & 9 are considered canon.

Voices written by John Vornholt (1995, ISBN 0440220572)
Accusations written by Lois Tilton (1995, ISBN 0440220580)
Blood Oath written by John Vornholt (1995, ISBN 0440220599)
Clark's Law written by Jim Mortimore (1996, ISBN 044022229X)
The Touch of Your Shadow, the Whisper of Your Name written by Neal Barrett, Jr. (1996, ISBN 0440222303)
Betrayals written by S. M. Stirling (1996, ISBN 0440222346)
The Shadow Within written by Jeanne Cavelos (1997, ISBN 0440223482; 2002 edition: ISBN 0345452186)
Personal Agendas written by Al Sarrantonio (1997, ISBN 0440223512)
To Dream in the City of Sorrows written by Kathryn M. Drennan (1997, ISBN 0440223547; 2003 edition: ISBN 0345452194)

The Psi Corps Trilogy[]

All are considered canon: written by J. Gregory Keyes

Dark Genesis - The Birth of the Psi Corps (1998, ISBN 0345427157)
Deadly Relations - Bester Ascendant (1999, ISBN 0345427165)
Final Reckoning - The Fate of Bester (1999, ISBN 0345427173)

Legions of Fire[]

All are considered canon: written by Peter David.

The Long Night of Centauri Prime (1999, ISBN 0345427181)
Armies of Light and Dark (2000, ISBN 034542719X)
Out of the Darkness (2000, ISBN 0345427203)

The Passing of the Techno-Mages[]

All are considered canon: written by Jeanne Cavelos.

Casting Shadows (2001, ISBN 0345427211)
Summoning Light (2001, ISBN 034542722X)
Invoking Darkness (2001, ISBN 0345438337)

Novelizations[]

A novelization of "River of Souls" was written by Yvonne Navarro but ultimately not published due to various issues.^[2]^[3]^[4]

Babylon 5: In the Beginning written by Peter David (1998, ISBN 0345424522)
Babylon 5: Thirdspace written by Peter David (1998, ISBN 0345424549)
Babylon 5: A Call to Arms written by Robert Sheckley (1999, ISBN 0345431553)

Mongoose Publishing[]

All are considered non-canon and only three were ever released.

Mongoose Publishing, which until 2009 produced the Babylon 5 Roleplaying Game, announced a series of six novels. However, when JMS refused to endorse them, these books were shelved. Before ending its license, Mongoose released the first three, by Richard Ford, Claudia Christian, and Matthew Sprange, in a currently unavailable PDF document entitled Deconstruction of Falling Stars. They are not considered to be canon.^[5]^[6]

The six planned novels were:

Ranger Dawning written by Richard Ford
Baptism of Fire written by Claudia Christian
Visions of Peace: A Rangers Novel written by Matthew Sprange
Ashes of the Past written by Bruce Graw
Actions of Many written by M. J. Dougherty
Birth of Heroes written by Bryan Steele

External links[]

List of books at the Lurker's Guide

References[]

Babylon 5 Novels
Stand-alone Novels:
"Voices" • "Accusations" • "Blood Oath" • "Clark's Law" • "The Touch of Your Shadow, the Whisper of Your Name" • "Betrayals" • "The Shadow Within" • "Personal Agendas" • "To Dream in the City of Sorrows"
The Psi Corps Trilogy:
"Dark Genesis - The Birth of the Psi Corps" • "Deadly Relations - Bester Ascendant" • "Final Reckoning - The Fate of Bester"
Legions of Fire:
"The Long Night of Centauri Prime" • "Armies of Light and Dark" • "Out of the Darkness"
The Passing of the Techno-Mages:
"Casting Shadows" • "Summoning Light" • "Invoking Darkness"
Novelizations:
"In the Beginning" • "Thirdspace" • "A Call to Arms"

Babylon 5 franchise

Babylon 5 & Crusade Episodes by Season

Signs and Portents • The Coming of Shadows • Point of No Return • No Surrender, No Retreat • Wheel of Fire • Crusade: Season 1 • Unfilmed Episodes

Movies

The Gathering • In the Beginning • Thirdspace • River of Souls • A Call to Arms • The Legend of the Rangers • Voices in the Dark • The Road Home

Printed Media

Novels • Comic Books • Short Stories • Reference books • Magazines

Other Media

DVD Releases • VHS Home Video • The Official Guide to Babylon 5 • Babylon 5: Into the Fire

[1] ttp://jmsnews.com/messages/message?id=9106

[2] st on rec.arts.sf.tv.babylon5.moderated - 1/19/1999

[3] st on rec.arts.sf.tv.babylon5.moderated - 12/19/1999

[4] Whatever happened to Babylon 5: The River of Souls?

[5] JMS post on rec.arts.sf.tv.babylon5.moderated - 10/19/2005 12:00:59 AM

[6] JMS post on rec.arts.sf.tv.babylon5.moderated - 5/21/2006 9:24:47 AM

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-Unique to the Babylon 5 Universe is the sanctioned canonicity of many of its offshoot novels and [[Comics|comic book stories]]; nearly all of the Babylon 5 novels and novelizations to date having been based on outlines written directly by [[JMS]]. The later Del Rey books are considered to be more canonical than some of the earlier Dell ones, although – per Straczynski's own remarks – canonical elements exist in every single book published to date; Straczynski's deeper involvement in the novel-publishing program from 1996 onward having ensured a greater level of canonicity within such works. Specifically [[To Dream in the City of Sorrows]] is said in the introduction by Straczynski to be ''"...considered as authentic as any episode in the regular series."''
+A feature of the Babylon 5 Universe is the sanctioned canonicity of many of its offshoot novels and [[Comics|comic book stories]]; all of the later Babylon 5 novels have been based on outlines written directly by [[JMS]]. and are considered to be canonical, while the earlier Dell ones are not. The exceptions being book 9 [[To Dream in the City of Sorrows]] which is said in the introduction by Straczynski to be ''"...considered as authentic as any episode in the regular series."'' and book 7
+[[The Shadow Within]] Straczynski confirms in an on line posting that the novel is 90% canon that being the Anna/Morden/Icarus plotline.<ref>http://jmsnews.com/messages/message?id=9106</ref>
 ==Novels==
 ===Stand-alone Novels===
-''Only Books 7 & 9 are considered [[wikipedia:canon (fiction)|canon]].''
+''Only Books 7 (The Icarus plot line) & 9 are considered [[wikipedia:canon (fiction)|canon]].''
 # ''[[Voices]]'' written by [[John Vornholt]] (1995, ISBN 0440220572)
 # ''[[Accusations]]'' written by [[Lois Tilton]] (1995, ISBN 0440220580)
 # ''[[Blood Oath]]'' written by [[John Vornholt]] (1995, ISBN 0440220599)
 # ''[[Clark's Law]]'' written by [[Jim Mortimore]] (1996, ISBN 044022229X)
-# ''[[The Touch of Your Shadow, the Whisper of Your Name]]'' written by [[Neil Barrett, Jr.]] (1996, ISBN 0440222303)
+# ''[[The Touch of Your Shadow, the Whisper of Your Name]]'' written by [[Neal Barrett, Jr.]] (1996, ISBN 0440222303)
 # ''[[Betrayals]]'' written by [[S. M. Stirling]] (1996, ISBN 0440222346)
 # ''[[The Shadow Within]]'' written by [[Jeanne Cavelos]] (1997, ISBN 0440223482; 2002 edition: ISBN 0345452186)
@@ Line 20: / Line 21: @@
 # ''[[Final Reckoning - The Fate of Bester]]'' (1999, ISBN 0345427173)
-===The Centauri Trilogy===
+===Legions of Fire===
 ''All are considered canon: written by [[Peter David]].''
-# ''Legions of Fire - [[The Long Night of Centauri Prime]]'' (1999, ISBN 0345427181)
+# ''[[The Long Night of Centauri Prime]]'' (1999, ISBN 0345427181)
-# ''Legions of Fire - [[Armies of Light and Dark]]'' (2000, ISBN 034542719X)
+# ''[[Armies of Light and Dark]]'' (2000, ISBN 034542719X)
-# ''Legions of Fire - [[Out of the Darkness]]'' (2000, ISBN 0345427203)
+# ''[[Out of the Darkness]]'' (2000, ISBN 0345427203)
-===The Technomage Trilogy===
+===The Passing of the Techno-Mages===
 ''All are considered canon: written by [[Jeanne Cavelos]].''
-# ''[[The Passing of the Techno-Mages]] - [[Casting Shadows]]'' (2001, ISBN 0345427211)
+# ''[[Casting Shadows]]'' (2001, ISBN 0345427211)
-# ''[[The Passing of the Techno-Mages]] - [[Summoning Light]]'' (2001, ISBN 034542722X)
+# ''[[Summoning Light]]'' (2001, ISBN 034542722X)
-# ''[[The Passing of the Techno-Mages]] - [[Invoking Darkness]]'' (2001, ISBN 0345438337)
+# ''[[Invoking Darkness]]'' (2001, ISBN 0345438337)
+===Novelizations===
+''A novelization of "[[River of Souls]]" was written by [[wikipedia:Yvonne Navarro|Yvonne Navarro]] but ultimately not published due to various issues.<ref>[http://www.jmsnews.com/msg.aspx?id=1-936&query=River%20Souls%20Novel|JMS post on rec.arts.sf.tv.babylon5.moderated - 1/19/1999]</ref><ref>[http://www.jmsnews.com/msg.aspx?id=1-613&query=River%20Souls%20Novel|JMS post on rec.arts.sf.tv.babylon5.moderated - 12/19/1999]</ref><ref>[http://www.yvonnenavarro.com/souls.htm Whatever happened to Babylon 5: The River of Souls?]</ref>''
+# ''Babylon 5: [[In the Beginning (Novelization)|In the Beginning]]'' written by [[Peter David]] (1998, ISBN 0345424522)
+# ''Babylon 5: [[Thirdspace (Novelization)|Thirdspace]]'' written by [[Peter David]] (1998, ISBN 0345424549)
+# ''Babylon 5: [[A Call to Arms (Novelization)|A Call to Arms]]'' written by [[Robert Sheckley]] (1999, ISBN 0345431553)
 ===Mongoose Publishing===
+''All are considered non-canon and only three were ever released.''
-Mongoose Publishing, which until 2009 produced the Babylon 5 Roleplaying Game, announced a series of six novels. However, when JMS refused to endorse them, these books were shelved. Before ending its license, Mongoose released the first three, by Richard Ford, Claudia Christian and Matthew Sprange, in a PDF entitled Deconstruction of Falling Stars. That PDF can be downloaded here:
-http://rapidshare.com/files/374813050/MGP_-_Babylon_5_2e_-_Deconstruction_of_Falling_Stars__OEF_.pdf
+Mongoose Publishing, which until 2009 produced the Babylon 5 Roleplaying Game, announced a series of six novels. However, when JMS refused to endorse them, these books were shelved. Before ending its license, Mongoose released the first three, by Richard Ford, Claudia Christian, and Matthew Sprange, in a currently unavailable PDF document entitled ''Deconstruction of Falling Stars''. They are not considered to be canon.<ref>[http://www.jmsnews.com/msg.aspx?id=1-17407 JMS post on rec.arts.sf.tv.babylon5.moderated - 10/19/2005 12:00:59 AM]</ref><ref>[http://www.jmsnews.com/msg.aspx?id=1-17550 JMS post on rec.arts.sf.tv.babylon5.moderated - 5/21/2006 9:24:47 AM]</ref>
 The six planned novels were:
+# ''Ranger Dawning'' written by Richard Ford
+# ''Baptism of Fire'' written by [[Claudia Christian]]
-''[[Ranger Dawning]]''
+# ''Visions of Peace: A Rangers Novel'' written by Matthew Sprange
-by Richard Ford
+# ''Ashes of the Past'' written by Bruce Graw
+# ''Actions of Many'' written by M. J. Dougherty
-''[[Baptism of Fire]]''
+# ''Birth of Heroes'' written by Bryan Steele
-by Claudia Christian
-''[[Visions of Peace: A Rangers Novel]]''
-by Matthew Sprange
-''[[Ashes of the Past]]''
-by Bruce Graw
-''[[Actions of Many]]''
-by M. J. Dougherty
-''[[Birth of Heroes]]''
-by Bryan Steele
-===Novelizations===
-''A novelization of "[[River of Souls]]" was written by [[wikipedia:Yvonne Navarro|Yvonne Navarro]] but ultimately not published due to various issues.<ref>[http://www.jmsnews.com/msg.aspx?id=1-936&query=River%20Souls%20Novel|JMS post on rec.arts.sf.tv.babylon5.moderated - 1/19/1999]</ref><ref>[http://www.jmsnews.com/msg.aspx?id=1-613&query=River%20Souls%20Novel|JMS post on rec.arts.sf.tv.babylon5.moderated - 12/19/1999]</ref><ref>[http://www.yvonnenavarro.com/souls.htm Whatever happened to Babylon 5: The River of Souls?]</ref>''
-* ''Babylon 5: [[In the Beginning (Novelization)|In the Beginning]]'' written by [[Peter David]] (1998, ISBN 0345424522)
-* ''Babylon 5: [[Thirdspace (Novelization)|Thirdspace]]'' written by [[Peter David]] (1998, ISBN 0345424549)
-* ''Babylon 5: [[A Call to Arms (Novelization)|A Call to Arms]]'' written by [[Robert Sheckley]] (1999, ISBN 0345431553)
 ==External links ==
 * [http://www.midwinter.com/lurk/novels/index.html List of books] at the [[Lurker's Guide]]
-* [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Babylon_5_Novels,_novelizations,_short_stories,_and_comic_books Wikipedia: Babylon 5 Novels, novelizations, short stories, and comic books]
 ==References==
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