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VOLUME 1
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The Gathering (Original 1989 Pilot Script)
    Alternate Version never previously released

Midnight on the Firing Line
Soul Hunter
Infection
The Parliament of Dreams
Mind War

This volume also contains:

A 53 page introduction covering the creation of Babylon 5, the casting and production of the pilot movie and episodes, with behind the scenes stories never told before.

11 pages of candid, on-set photographs from Joe's private archive.

30 pages of memos written during the production of The Gathering

Pages: 454
Release date: October 29, 2005
Product Number:
35565917

   
             
         
         
   

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VOLUME 2
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And the Sky, Full of Stars
Signs and Portents
A Voice in the Wilderness, Part 1
A Voice in the Wilderness, Part 2
Babylon Squared
The Quality of Mercy
Chrysalis ( famous first-season finale)

This volume also contains:

  A brand new 57 page, 15,000 word introduction and commentary written exclusively for this volume! (That’s two thousand words longer than volume one.)


  37 pages of memos describing for the first time the design of B5's guns, links, and the alien sector...the creation of new regular characters later omitted from the series (The Boss and The Mysterious Mr. Jones).

In a special feature, the memos also include story development notes and recently-rediscovered premises for such lost season one Babylon 5 episodes as The World Below, The Resurrectionist, The Commander’s Hour, In Their Image, Debt of Honor, Target Unknown and many, many more!


  8 pages of B&W photos of cast and crew taken by Straczynski, drawn from his personal archives, seen here for the first time.

Pages: 467
Release date:
November 26, 2005
Product Number:
38865041

   
             
             
             
   

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VOLUME 3
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Points of Departure
Revelations
The Geometry of Shadows
A Race Through Dark Places
The Coming of Shadows
All Alone in the Night
Acts of Sacrifice

This volume also contains:

  A brand new 60 page introduction and commentary. The longest one yet. More than 19,500 words, many of them pronouns, some nouns, a handful of adverbs and far more adjectives than would be appropriate for polite company.

 27 pages of memos written during production of the second season, detailing the process of developing stories, scripts and episodes, some of which have never been seen or discussed before. See how premises are suggested, developed, changed, combined, dropped or re-edited into whole new stories as the season two arc is created in front of your very eyes.

The funniest, most personal, and most revealing volume yet...the book that was so big we had to push the photos to volume 4 just to fit everything in!

Pages: 457
Release date:
January 2, 2006
Product Number:
42446737

   
             
             
             
   


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VOLUME 4
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Hunter, Prey
And Now for a Word
In the Shadow of Z'ha'dum
Confessions and Lamentations
Divided Loyalties
The Long, Twilight Struggle
Comes the Inquisitor

This volume also contains:

Another of Straczynski's long-winded, self-indulgent, overblown introductions and episodic commentaries. This time the damage weighs in at 57 pages and 18,000 words.

10 pages of rare behind-the-scenes B&W photos taken by J. Michael Straczynski.

And much to our delight, puzzlement and terror we discovered a PARTIAL LOST FIRST SEASON SCRIPT entitled "Festival!" At 18 pages, plus an introduction of its own, this lost script also includes JMS's private story notations detailing where the script would have eventually gone.

Pages: 440
Release date:
February 11, 2006
Product Number:
47104721

   
             
             
             
   

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VOLUME 5
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The Fall of Night
Matters of Honor (Original Draft)
Matters of Honor (Production Draft)
Convictions
A Day in the Strife
Passing Through Gethsemane
Voices of Authority
Dust to Dust

This volume also contains:

By far the biggest volume to date with 8 scripts including an alternate version of the season three debut, "Matters of Honor

A brand new 57 page introduction and episodic commentary by JMS.

20 pages of memos written during production of the third season.

Pages: 482
Release date:
March 10, 2006
Product Number:
49419417


   
             
             
             
   

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VOLUME 6
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Exogenesis
Messages from Earth
Point of No Return
Severed Dreams
Ceremonies of Light and Dark
Sic Transit Vir
A Late Delivery from Avalon

Includes a lengthy and deeply personal tribute to Andreas Katsulas...including revelations of his last days and how everyone, including the fans, pitched in to do everything possible.

A brand new 52 page introduction and episodic commentary by JMS.

Additional memos written during production of the third season as well as more personal photos.

Pages: 430
Release date:
April 18, 2006
Product Number:
53191096


   
             
             
             
   

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VOLUME 7
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HIGHLY RECOMMENDED — THIS IS A FUN READ


Ship of Tears
Interludes and Examinations
War Without End, Part 1
War Without End, Part 2
Walkabout
Grey 17 Is Missing
And the Rock Cried Out, No Hiding Place


63-page introduction and commentary, written exclusively for this volume.

10 pages of photos from JMS's personal archives.

Special bonus gift included with all copies purchased through August 31, 2006 a signed, printed postcard with a special message from JMS to his fans.

Pages: 418
Release date:
May 22, 2006
Product Number:
57119265

   
             
             
             
   

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VOLUME 8
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Shadow Dancing
Z'ha'dum
The Hour of the Wolf
Whatever Happened to Mr. Garibaldi?
The Summoning
Falling Toward Apotheosis
The Long Night


50-page introduction and commentary, written exclusively for this volume.


15 pages of the black & white concept art used to conceptualize the series, never before seen in such detail.

Full color back cover featuring another of these illustrations.

Pages: 405
Release date:
June 21, 2006
Product Number:
61591172

   
             
             
             
   

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VOLUME 9
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Into the Fire
Epiphanies
The Illusion of Truth
Atonement
Racing Mars
Lines of Communication
Conflicts of Interest

51-page introduction and commentary, written exclusively for this volume.

11 pages of the black & white photos from JMS's personal archives.

Full color back cover featuring a Peter Ledger concept art illustration of Delenn.

A peek at JMS's own original outline for one of the Babylon 5 novels.

Pages: 425
Release date:
September 29, 2006
Product Number:
77679620

   
             
             
             
   

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VOLUME 10
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Rumors, Bargains and Lies
Moments of Transition
No Surrender, No Retreat
The Exercise of Vital Powers
The Face of the Enemy
Intersections in Real Time
   (A Passing Shadow)
Between the Darkness and the Light


56-page introduction and commentary, written exclusively for this volume.


Full color back cover featuring a Peter Ledger concept art illustration of The Garden.

Never-before-seen lengthy memo to TNT for an ALTERNATE VERSION OF SEASON FIVE

Full length treatment for the B5 sequel series JMS had proposed before Crusade.

Release date: February 28, 2007
Product Number:
106681004

   
             
             
             
   

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VOLUME 11
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• Endgame
• Rising Star
• Sleeping in Light
• The Deconstruction of Falling Stars
• No Compromises
• The Very Long Night of Londo Mollari
• The Paragon of Animals

72-page introduction and commentary, written exclusively for this volume. The longest by far, ever.

All the details about what happened behind the scenes during the last minute doubts about, the campaigning for, and the final confirmation of a fifth season.

Release date:
April 19, 2007
Product Number:
123646632

   
             
             
     

VOLUME 12
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• A View from the Gallery
• Learning Curve
• Strange Relations
• Secrets of the Soul
• In the Kingdom of the Blind
• A Tragedy of Telepaths
• Phoenix Rising

Release date: August 31, 2007
Product Number: 165242718

   
             
             
             
     

VOLUME 13
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• The Ragged Edge
• The Corps is Mother, the Corps is Father
• Meditations on the Abyss
• Darkness Ascending
• And All My Dreams, Torn Asunder
• Movements of Fire and Shadow
• The Fall of Centauri Prime

Release date: January 23, 2008
Product Number: 215774971

   
             
             
             
     

VOLUME 14
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• Wheel of Fire
• Objects in Motion
• Objects at Rest
• In The Beginning (TV Movie with Producer’s Script Book

Release date: March 28, 2008
Product Number: 245804896

   
             
             
             
     

VOLUME 15

Final production draft for "The Gathering."

The infamous lost draft for "Soul Hunter."

The even MORE infamous practical joke script
   featuring G'Kar and Londo as lovers.

Alternate draft of "And the Sky, Full of Stars"

Babylon 5 “Writer's Bible”

The memo from JMS to Warner Bros. describing the 5 year arc with Sinclair still present.

AVAILABLE EXCLUSIVELY AS A GIFT TO PEOPLE WHO PURCHASE THE ENTIRE SERIES.

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