Echoes of All Our Conversations, Volume 2
Front Cover
Back Cover
Publication Date: April 11, 2012
Retire Date: May 31, 2013
Pages: 358
Format: Softcover
Fifteen years of "behind the scenes" Babylon 5 history as told by the actors and crew who were there.
THE VOLUME 2 COLLECTION INCLUDES
✔ 358-page book of the complete, uncensored transcripts of 24 interviews with the Babylon 5 cast and key crew, conducted while Babylon 5 was in production.
✔ 34 never-before-seen behind-the-scenes photographs accompanying the interviews, 9 concept sketches and 1 storyboard.
✔ Hand-autographed by Bruce Boxleitner.
✔ A personal message from Bruce.
✔ Collectible postcard and bookmark with a Sheridan quote selected by Bruce Boxleitner.
✔ Audio CD interview with Bruce Boxleitner and Michael O'Hare, recorded between seasons 4 and 5 (this interview is NOT in the book).
Each book personally autographed
by Bruce Boxleitner
A special note to the fans
written by Bruce Boxleitner
Postcard with Sheridan quote
selected by Bruce Boxleitner
Bookmark with Sheridan quote
selected by Bruce Boxleitner
BONUS AUDIO CD
with Bruce Boxleitner and Michael O'Hare, together,
recorded between seasons 4 and 5
- The scenes that were filmed in one take that JMS believes really "showcases how talented the cast is."
- What Michael O'Hare did with 40 people that blew away the cast and crew.
- What the cast and crew would do on-set when they were shooting the show at the same time an episode of Babylon 5 was airing on TV.
- Step by step, beat by beat, how the CGI department would create a space sequence. (Don't try this at home.)
- How Post-It notes figure into how ships were designed.
- Why Bruce Boxleitner found "staring into those beady red eyes was a bit strange."
- Which directors were not good at showing off the details of the costumes.
- In explicit detail: how the Earthforce uniforms changed from the pilot to series, right down to the piping.
- The thing that Jerry Doyle spent two years bugging the writers for, and why, when it was finally written for him, he said he didn't want to do it.
- The performance that JMS described as "Laurence Olivier shot as a dot."
- The changes J. Michael Straczynski made in the pilot because of the effects the CGI company could then do.
- Why the introduction of the Shadows drove the folks working on Babylon 5 crazy.
- Which episode was originally called "Blood and Thunder."
- Why Jerry Doyle's relationship with Andrea Thompson was the worst-kept secret in Babylon 5 fandom.
- Richard Biggs's main concerns in season one...and why, in season two, he said, "I have no complaints."
- Which lead actor said, Let me go someplace warm, where the girls look good, and the sun is always shining." (And no, it's not Jerry Doyle.)
- The recurring character JMS wanted to develop that never made it into a B5 episode.
- Which season two episode became the standard to which all future episodes would be compared.
- Why the White Star was "a bastard to design."
- The secret behind the Shadow vessels' sound effects. (It's kind of creepy...)
- The evolution of the Soul Hunter's costume...and why it included yak hair.
- Why CGI rendering time on the pilot was 24 minutes per frame, and on the series it jumped to 70 minutes per frame.
- The episode that prompted Warner Bros. to say, "No studio in their right mind would ever go ahead with the story, but it's a good story. Let's go with it."
- Why Jerry Doyle was annoyed that Londo was the first B5 character to have sex.
- How the producers were able to bring the pilot in $1,500 under budget.
- The point at which Jerry Doyle believes that the relationship between Garibaldi and Talia really changed.
- The country in which John Copeland had to stop wearing his crew jacket while on vacation.
- How Ed Wasser would compare his character to a central Biblical character.
- The story that JMS declares "will never see the light of day."
- Why Larry DiTillio considers "Eyes" his worst script, followed by "Knives" as a close second.
- The reaction of Richard Biggs's dad (Col. Biggs) to the character based upon him.
- Why JMS says that "the stronger the reaction, the better the writing is."
- The situation in which Mira Furlan sang Phil Spector's "Be My Baby."
- The hot-potato script that kept being passed around because none of the directors knew how to handle it.
- Who said, "If Joe doesn't like it or if I don't like it, it doesn't happen."
- What JMS meant when he said, "This one had the grace to remain sick and then leave the station at the end."
- The specific episode where JMS began planting one person per episode in a Ranger uniform.
- Attention photography buffs: how the director of photography would photograph Delenn so that her head didn't glow.
- Why Bruce Boxleitner felt that the casting of Russ Tamblyn in "A Distant Star" went too far away from type, and what Bruce would have done instead.
- Why "The Geometry of Shadows" is one of Peter Jurasik's favorite episodes ever as an actor.
- The clever way JMS revealed to director of photography John Flinn that he had an acting part in "Grail."
- The part that was played by one of Jerry Doyle's old girlfriends.
- The performance that director Jim Johnston considers Michael O'Hare's best.
- Why the Babylon 5 stunt coordinator could not slam people into the walls on the set.
- The first season script that no one was happy with...and details of the guest actor for that episode who nearly had a nervous breakdown on the set.
- Which actor said, in season two, "There's no work left to be done except to trust yourself, Joe and the words."
- The set that was converted into the mammoth docking bay.
- The inadequate legal search that created a major problem for the show.
- Which shots in "Midnight on the Firing Line" are a direct tribute to The Empire Strikes Back.
- Why the original CGI shot count for the pilot ballooned from 20 to 70.
- The episode JMS considers the strongest of the first season...and how the second season is profoundly different than the first.
- Why the CGI department was disappointed in the Battle of the Line.
- The scene in "There All the Honor Lies" that JMS wrote in Peter David's script, and the trouble it caused later on.
- Why believing that the episode "Confessions and Lamentations" is an AIDS allegory misses the point, according to JMS.
- What actor June Lockhart carved with a knife into the back of the alien healing machine.
- The reaction from the crew when actor June Lockhart stopped production so everyone could go outside and see a rainbow.
- Why JMS violated his rule of no kids and no robots.
- Why, in the episode "Eyes," director Jim Johnston was "never quite happy with the relationship between the colonel and the telepath."
- What happened when Ed Wasser said to JMS, "Why don't you put me in two more episodes, and I won't touch my hair ever?"
- This scene that story editor Larry DiTillio believed demeaned Ambassador Delenn.
- The cast member who really longed to be an astronaut.
- The situation in which Claudia Christian had to be guarded even at the cost of a crew member's own life.
- What happened to "Chrysalis, Part II."
- How the CGI team approached space battles with an eye toward accurate physics.
- The episode Larry DiTillio believed was hated by as many fans as it was loved by others.
- Why director Jim Johnston hated Gray's telepathic attack on Ben Zayn being cut short by Sinclair's punch in "Eyes."
- Why JMS believes that "The War Prayer" worked as well as a "brick through a plate glass window."
- Who said, "I don't think there's anybody on this set who's happier than I am."
- Director Jim Johnston's attitude towards the teaser, and what he really thought of the "Babylon Squared" breakfast opening.
- Janet Greek's secret to getting Peter Jurasik and Stephen Furst to do anything.
- Specifically, what the producers wanted to keep and get rid of with respect to the costume design as the show transitioned from pilot to series.
- What JMS considers one of the most ambitious set pieces of season two.
- The dialogue that JMS had to delete after Claudia Christian broke her ankle.
- The specific reason the producers chose certain actors with theatrical backgrounds.
- The Babylon 5 actor who went to acting school with Wesley Snipes.
- The only thing that Mira Furlan feels loyalty toward.
- Why the CGI folks designed the Minbari cruiser to look like a cross between an angelfish and a butterfly.
- How Larry DiTillio was trying to portray a different point of view about the Centauri and the Narns in his episode "Knives."
- Jerry Doyle's heart-warming explanation about how Babylon 5 evolved "from a house to a home."
- What the makeup department referred to as "the stable" that saved them tons of time and money. (This is a great tip for filmmakers.)
- The shot that Warner Bros. wanted in "Points of Departure," and why director Janet Greek responded, "If they want it, somebody else is going to do it, because I'm not gonna do it."
- The episode that caused JMS to exclaim, "Nobody is moving, nobody is reacting; it's like a f---ing photograph."
- What it means when a shot is "locked off."
- JMS's first rule for Babylon 5.
- Details of the five Drazi looks.
- JMS's secret to writing an interesting character.
- What Richard Biggs worried about at the end of season one, and how he met with the producers to seek assurance that his fear was unfounded.
- In which shot you will find a Christmas-tree-shaped air freshener.
- What Bruce Boxleitner suggested when the ratings for Babylon 5 were tied with Baywatch.
- The big makeup secret from season one that was inspired by Mr. Potato Head.
- Why director Jim Johnston was disappointed when he was asked to shoot "Eyes" instead of "TKO."
- Why director Michael Vejar used a wheelchair dolly, and the effect he got that had people asking, "How the hell did he get that shot?"
- How the Icarus proved to the CGI department which ships looked good and which ones didn't.
- Why JMS just wanted to get Lennier in front of a stripper.
- How Bruce Boxleitner adjusted to fan feedback from the Internet, and why that frightened him.
- What Ed Wasser bought at a store to mentally connect his character with the dark side. It cost him $120.
- Why two thirds of the stunts filmed for "TKO" were edited out.
- Why shooting scenes in the interrogation room of "Eyes" were a "real nightmare."
- Why Richard Biggs did some rodeo riding every summer, and why the producers didn't like that, even though Claudia Christian had broken her ankle tripping in her backyard.
- The episode that was shown to focus groups who had never seen Babylon 5, and their unexpected reaction.
- The aspect of the show the producers felt they needed to do much better in season two.
- What Peter Jurasik was referring to when he said he and Andreas were "highlights and sparks and flavors in the script."
- How director Richard Compton really blew the direction of "Grail"...and why it was filmed ninth but aired fifteenth.
- Why John Flinn needed stuntmen in tip-top shape for the fight sequences in "TKO."
- Everyone's favorite topic: The arguments between the CGI department and Harlan Ellison about the issue of sound in space.
- Why the producers were not really interested in a director's experience with special effects.
- The lost concept of a species that considered Vorlon ships a delicacy not unlike sushi.
- Why JMS told writer Larry DiTillio that he couldn't do a storyline about Sheridan's father having a stroke.
- Why the duel in "Knives" did not contain any footage with stunt doubles.
- The situation in which JMS told the fans to "Shut up. Sit down. And listen."
- Why the Vorlon ship in the pilot does not resemble the biomechanical designs of H. R. Giger.
- Why Peter Jurasik was in love with Bruce Boxleitner.
- Why Richard Biggs believed he could play Dr. Franklin "in his sleep."
- Why Mira Furlan refers to her makeup as "the major experience and the major problem and the major issue."
- Surprise: the largest expense for the pilot's CGI -- and it wasn't the technology.
- Why the CGI designers for the pilot felt "There's nothing where we have to turn around and say, 'No, we can't do that.'"
- Director of photography John Flinn's secret when he works with directors to establish a style for a specific episode.
- Larry DiTillio's plan for the clandestine force behind Abel Horn's attacks in "Spider in the Web."
- The details of what director Jim Johnston did to differentiate Babylon 4 from Babylon 5 in "Babylon Squared."
- Find out what was described as "B5 Big Hole Gray."
- The situation in which costume desinger Ann Bruice would say, "Do you want to build six Rangers from your house?"
- Who Bruce Boxleitner would call the "Mob Dude."
- The situation in which Bruce Boxleitner and Claudia Christian would pretend they were Nancy and Ronald Reagan.
- The day that Richard Biggs walked into Jerry Doyle's trailer and found him doing something quite unexpected.
- Why Harlan Ellison was beside himself when he first saw the Vorlon ships.
- The main aspect of Babylon 5 that costume designer Ann Bruice found the most frustrating.
- The guest actor who, according to Stephen Furst, could not remember his lines in the middle of the scene.
- The actor who said, "I just go in there and try to chew up the furniture."
- The scene in "The Coming of Shadows" where Janet Greek edited out most of the dialogue, only to have the producers put it back in.
- Foundation Imaging (7 Dec 1993)
- Jim Johnston - Director (7 Sept 1994)
- John C. Flinn III - Director of Photography (10 Sept 1994)
- Richard Biggs - Stephen Franklin (19 Sept 1994)
- Jerry Doyle - Michael Garibaldi (19 Sept 1994)
- Bruce Boxleitner - John Sheridan (8 Dec 1994)
- Robin Curtis - Kalika Qwal’Mizra (23 Jan 1995)
- Ann Bruice - Costume Designer (3 Feb 1995)
- John Copeland - Producer (3 Feb 1995)
- Ed Wasser - Morden (3 Feb 1995)
- J. Michael Straczynski - Creator/Executive Producer (6 Feb 1995)
- Douglas Netter - Executive Producer (6 Feb 1995)
- John Vulich - Makeup Effects Creator (6 Feb 1995)
- Mira Furlan - Delenn (14 Feb 1995)
- Richard Biggs - Stephen Franklin (15 Feb 1995)
- Janet Greek - Director (20 Feb 1995)
- Stephen Furst - Vir Cotto (21 Feb 1995)
- Kerry Rossall - Stunt Coordinator (22 Feb 1995)
- Ed Wasser - Morden (3 Mar 1995)
- Jeff Conaway - Zack Allan (9 Mar 1995)
- Jerry Doyle - Michael Garibaldi (11 Mar 1995)
- Michael Ansara - Elric (10 July 1995)
- Ron Thornton - Visual Effects Designer (24 Aug 1995)
- J. Michael Straczynski - Creator/Executive Producer (29 Sept 1995)
- Lawrence G. DiTillio - Writer (4 Dec 1995)
- Peter Jurasik - Londo Mollari (5 Dec 1995)
- Christy Marx - Writer (12 Dec 1995)
RICHARD BIGGS EXCERPT
JERRY DOYLE EXCERPT
MIRA FURLAN EXCERPT
DIRECTOR JIM JOHNSTON
DIRECTOR JIM JOHNSTON (CONT'D)
Index
20th Century Fox – page 281
Abbai – page 85
Abbut – page 189
ABC – pages 227, 254, 271, 290, 329, 355-357
Abercrombie, Ian – page 193
Abyss, The – page 237
Academy for Theatre and Film – page 195
Academy of Galactic Exploration – page 289
"Acts of Sacrifice" – pages 2, 65, 79, 91, 129, 190-191, 193, 235, 294, 332, 342
Adair, Catherine – page 88
Adams, Marshall – pages 116, 218
Adams, Mary Kay – pages 29, 311
Addison, David – page 141
ADI – page 179
Africa – page 235
Agamemnon – pages 68, 74, 78
Alexander, Lyta – pages 131, 304, 348
Aling, Ann Bruice – pages 86-105, 115, 170, 172
"All Alone in the Night" – pages 71, 77, 115, 143, 161, 195, 209, 219, 225, 244, 270, 293
Allan, Zack – pages 253, 260-261, 267, 311
Allen, Woody – page 229
Allison, Judy – page 256
Amblin – page 16
American Embassy – page 27
Amiga – pages 4, 15, 116, 277
Amis – page 163
"And Now for a Word" – pages 83, 109, 144, 253, 295, 343
"And the Sky Full of Stars" – pages 28, 40, 114, 133, 142, 148, 160-161, 308
Anderson, Richard Dean – page 354
Ansara, Michael – pages 72, 232, 271-275, 338
Apocalypse Now – pages 236-237
Argenziano, Carmen – pages 245, 344
Arness, James – page 66
Asner, Ed – page 205
Athena McGee – page 330
Auberjonois, Rene – page 205
Australia – page 113
Avon – page 228
Babylon Emporium – page 332
"Babylon Squared" – pages 23, 26-28, 41, 115, 148, 155-156, 158
Babylonian Productions – pages 107, 129, 167-168
bagna caùda – page 211
Bailey, Bob – page 280
Balkans – page 196
Barbeau, Adrienne – pages 79, 111, 306, 313
Batman – page 229
Battlestar Galactica – pages 192, 280
Baywatch – pages 66, 79
BBC – page 7
Beck, Michael – pages 79, 111
Beigle-Bryant, Paul – pages 5-18, 277, 283, 287
Belafonte, Gina – page 119
Beldon, Alisa – page 52
Belgrade – page 196
"Believers" – pages 50-52, 60, 109, 131, 143-144, 150, 299
Belushi, John – pages 226-227
Ben Zayn, Ari – pages 26, 152
Bergen, Candace – page 236
Berlin Symphony Orchestra – page 171
Berrenger's – page 256
Berrings, Hank – pages 123, 250
Bester, Alfred – pages 75, 164, 303
Bey, Turhan – pages 73, 76, 214, 221, 340-341
Bigelow, Kathryn – page 246
Biggs, Richard – pages 46-57, 60, 176, 208, 209-217, 220, 267, 293, 320-321
Bikel, Theodore – pages 38, 42
Birney, David – page 229
Birneyville Memorial – page 229
Black Plague – page 131
Blackman, Bob – page 87
Blake, Henry – page 71
Blake's 7 – pages 7, 113, 288
Bohemian – page 127
"Born to the Purple" – pages 114, 134, 233, 310, 323
Bosnia – page 78
Boxleitner, Bruce – pages 28, 35, 44, 55, 62, 64-81, 142, 159, 173, 175-176, 204, 210, 234, 241, 244, 250, 259, 263, 273, 333, 335
Boyer, Katy – pages 20, 23
Boyle, Peter – pages 228-229
Brando, Marlon – pages 25, 274
Brentwood, California – page 123
Broadway – pages 73, 79, 253-254
Broken Arrow – pages 72, 271-274
Bronx – page 125
Brooklyn – page 125
Brooks, Jim – page 255
Brothers and Sisters – page 227
Brown, Julie Caitlin – pages 82, 84, 129, 151
Browne, Sam – page 95
Buntz, Norman – page 343
Burbank, California – page 112
Burch, Scott – page 343
Bureau 13 – pages 142, 307-308, 314, 325
Burg, Steve – pages 289-290
Burrell, Everett – pages 61, 179, 181, 283
"By Any Means Necessary" – pages 20-21, 23-24, 28, 115, 146-147, 262
California – pages 1, 47, 83, 87, 253-254, 264
Campbell, Ron – page 289
Cannes – page 246
Captain Power and the Soldiers of the Future – pages 107-108, 113, 167, 170, 235, 351
Carr, Jane – pages 93, 212-213, 231, 339
Carren, David – page 357
Carter, Amanda – pages 306, 313
Casey, Shannon – pages 5-18
Casino – page 246
CBS – pages 227, 256
Centauri – pages 88-89, 91-93, 112, 128-130, 147, 157-158, 174, 214-215, 218, 223, 230-231, 249, 281, 300-301, 303, 308-309, 315, 322, 340, 346-347
Centauri Prime – pages 333, 336, 345
Cerebus – page 162
"Ceremonies of Light and Dark" – pages 290, 336
CGI – pages 5-10, 14-15, 39, 133, 150, 219-220, 242, 285, 296, 316, 329, 351, 353
Chamberlain, Ardwight – page 141
Chekhov, Anton – page 47
Cheyenne, Wyoming – pages 54-55
Chicago Hope – page 334
Chicago, Illinois – page 225
Choate, Tim – page 26
Christian, Claudia – pages 36, 38, 42, 45, 55, 66, 69, 81, 152-153, 161, 176, 210, 241-242, 294, 333, 350
Christine – page 237
"Chrysalis" – pages 1, 54, 115, 121-122, 147-148, 158-160, 164, 202-204, 207, 231
Churchill, Winston – page 140
CIA – page 75
Cirrus, Mariah – page 212
Close, Glenn – page 196
Cobra – page 237
Cochise – page 72
Cole, Marcus – pages 302-303
Coleman, Doug – page 246
Colorado – pages 54, 87
Comancheros – page 274
"Comes the Inquisitor" – pages 129, 287, 300
"Coming of Shadows" – pages 32, 76, 87, 94, 107, 110, 115, 119, 129, 132, 147-148, 159, 165, 167, 176, 179, 191, 214, 218, 220-223, 339-342
Compton, Richard – pages 34, 36-37, 149, 151, 240, 246, 279, 353
CompuServe – page 149
Conan – page 357
Conaway, Jeff – pages 79, 250, 252-261, 311
"Confessions and Lamentations" – pages 109, 129, 131, 249, 253, 263, 271, 277, 293, 299, 325
Connally, Neeoma – page 20
Connery, Sean – page 236
"Convictions" – pages 287, 289, 302, 336, 347
Copeland, John – pages 21, 35, 44, 61, 88, 106-117, 168, 171-172, 235, 246, 283, 288-289, 295-296, 326
Coppola, Francis Ford – page 237
Corey, Guinevere – page 149
Correlilmurzon – pages 2, 193
Cortez, EAS – pages 30, 287
Cotto, Vir – pages 130, 139, 225, 230-231, 249, 295, 304, 322-323, 334, 344, 347-349, 351
Courtney, James Jude – page 243
Coventry, England – page 140
Cremin, Kevin G. – pages 108, 130, 168, 171, 176 246, 289, 313
Criswell Productions – page 93
Croatian National Theatre – page 195
Crowley, David L. – page 311
Crusade – pages 289, 327, 356
Curry, Dan – page 280
Curtis, Robin – pages 82-85
Curtiz, Michael – page 274
Czech Republic – page 127
Daggair – page 93
Dagool – page 189
Dallas, Texas – page 118
Darth Vader – page 187
David, Peter – pages 129, 146, 149-150, 324
Davis, Jason – pages 2, 118
Dax – page 319
"Day in the Strife, A" – pages 277, 302, 305, 347
"Deathwalker" – pages 5, 52, 82, 85, 143, 183, 188-189, 311, 313, 352
DEC Alpha – page 116
DeFilipps, Kurt – pages 252, 306, 343
Delenn – pages 27, 29, 41, 67, 77-78, 89, 91, 100, 130, 133-134, 140, 158, 163-164, 176, 181-182, 195, 202-205, 207, 222, 250, 299-300, 319-320, 322, 346, 352
Delta House – page 227
DeMille Cecil B. – page 274
Denver, Colorado – page 54
DePatie-Freleng – page 354
Deuce – page 151
Dewhurst, Colleen – page 253
DiLeo, Mario – page 295
Disney – pages 113, 227, 334
"Distant Star, A" – pages 28, 30-31, 33, 47, 59, 71, 81, 161-162
DiTillio, Lawrence G. – pages 2, 13, 23, 57, 68, 82, 114, 120, 152, 171, 289, 306-331, 343, 351
DiTillio, Robert – page 82
"Divided Loyalties" – pages 300, 307
Dobro, Carrie – pages 289, 327, 356
Dolby – page 107
Don Juan in Hell – page 205
Douglas, Sarah – pages 52, 183, 186
Dourif, Brad – pages 303, 347
Dow Corning 355 – page 180
DownBelow – pages 146, 157
Doyle, Jerry – pages 20, 33, 43, 58-63, 82, 84, 176, 211, 241, 259, 262-268, 333
Dr. Faustus – page 294
Draal – pages 131, 154-155, 183, 303, 347
Dragnet – page 237
Drake, Nelson – pages 184-185
Drazi – pages 2, 36, 91, 102, 162, 188, 190-191, 196, 288-289
Drennan, Kathryn – pages 21, 147
Dukakis, Michael – page 229
Durman, Elizabeth – pages 266, 317, 319-320
"Dust to Dust" – pages 293, 303, 348
Duvall, Robert – page 236
Eagle, David J. – page 298
EANN – page 87
Earth-Minbari War – pages 67, 70
Earthforce – pages 78, 89-91, 101, 135, 205, 293, 314-315
Edward, Brother – pages 303, 347
Egypt – page 147
Eich, Gunter – page 144
Eisenhower jacket – page 90
Ellison, Harlan – pages 149, 152, 281-282
Elric – pages 162, 232, 270-271, 273
Emmy Award – pages 61, 185, 187, 190, 328
England – pages 18, 117, 170, 195, 198, 288, 290
Enterprise, USS – page 279
Epoxical – page 179
Epsilon 3 – pages 131, 154, 284
Equalizer, The – page 22
Euphrates Treaty – page 233
"Exogenesis" – page 303
"Eyes" – pages 23-25, 28, 151-152, 324
"Fall of Night, The" – pages 189, 234, 271, 277, 293, 301, 346
Fantastic Four – pages 75, 354
Faust – pages 294, 334
Ferrara, Lorraine Senna – page 53
Firearm – page 243
Flinn, John C., III – pages 22-23, 27, 32-45, 116, 121, 131, 150-151, 184, 203, 212, 218, 233, 238, 243, 246, 255, 268, 272, 296-297, 306, 316, 319, 336, 345
Fontana, D.C. – pages 25, 153, 289, 357
Foss, Chris – pages 279, 287
Foundation Imaging – pages 4-18, 114, 116, 169, 219, 237, 276, 289-291
Foxworth, Robert – pages 72-73, 111, 173
Franke, Christopher – pages 111, 114, 171
Franklin, Richard – pages 69, 78, 293, 315, 317, 320-321, 327
Franklin, Stephen – pages 47, 49, 51-52, 55-56, 68-69, 78, 157, 164, 208-214, 267, 293, 296, 303, 309, 315, 317, 320-321, 327
Funk, Greg – pages 61, 193, 341
Furlan, Mira – pages 3, 29, 42, 64, 77, 96, 122, 163, 181, 194-207, 259, 320
Furst, Stephen – pages 40, 176, 220, 224-233, 248, 250, 304, 322, 334-335
G'Kar – pages 24, 29, 77, 89-90, 94, 98, 108, 114, 120, 123, 129-130, 132, 138-139, 143, 147, 160, 165, 176, 180, 185, 204, 220-221, 241, 264, 294, 296, 303, 319, 334, 336, 341, 347-348
G'Quan – page 147
Gajic, Aldous – pages 150, 352
Gajic, Goran – pages 196-198, 205
Galus, Ray – page 81
Garden of Eden – page 123
Garibaldi and Company Gazette – page 268
Garibaldi, Michael – pages 21, 23, 26, 28, 30, 33, 51, 59-60, 62, 68, 75, 78, 96, 114, 130, 132, 139, 145-146, 152-153, 156, 158, 162, 164, 211, 213, 222, 263-268, 310, 312-313, 317-320, 323, 342, 353
Gary Shandling Show, The – page 48
GEnie – page 1
"Geometry of Shadows" – pages 2, 21, 31, 36, 40, 72, 115, 161, 190-191, 286, 338-339, 342
Giger, H. R. – pages 9, 281
Ginther, Mark – page 244
Gish, Lillian – page 253
Gloose – page 329
Gomez, Lisa – page 252
Gorash 7 – page 300
Graham, Gerrit – page 339
"Grail" – pages 14, 22, 40, 115, 149-151, 157, 276, 282-283, 350-352
Greek, Janet – pages 28, 34, 40, 70, 94, 158, 203, 218-223, 289, 323, 334-335, 337, 341, 346
Green, Bruce Seth – pages 84, 233
Greenbaum, David – page 119
Gregorian chant – page 146
"Gropos" – pages 57, 78, 116, 168, 205, 214, 244, 266, 287, 293, 308, 311-312, 314-315, 317, 319, 324
Guiness, Alec – page 170
Gunga Din – page 274
Gunsmoke – page 39
Gyor – page 243
Hague – page 72
Hastings, Allen – page 278
Hawaii – page 35
HBO – pages 109, 120, 125, 349
Hedda Gabbler – page 87
Hendricks, Vance – page 135
Herman's Hermits – page 257
Hickox, Bryan – page 256
Higgins, Joanne – page 94
Hill, Arthur – page 253
Hirsch, Judd – page 339
Hobbit, The – page 27
Hollywood – pages 77, 93, 170-171, 256, 274, 334-335, 338
Homeguard – page 141
Hopper, Hedda – page 43
Horn, Abel – pages 79, 309, 312
Hudson Guild Theatre – page 125
Hugo Award – page 223
Hulce, Tom – page 226
Hunter, Morgan – page 319
"Hunter, Prey" – pages 213, 249, 252, 263, 267, 288, 295
Huse, Linda – page 97
Hypernauts – pages 289-291, 326-329, 351, 355-358
Iacovelli, John – pages 21, 27, 88, 108, 116, 170-172, 176
Icarus – pages 139-140, 249, 287
Ikarran – pages 1, 135, 178, 184
In the Beginning – pages 145, 187
"In the Shadow of Z'ha'dum" – pages 115, 124, 130, 139, 158, 225, 235, 249-251, 267, 287, 298-299
Indianapolis – page 200
"Infection" – pages 1, 49-50, 115, 134-135, 178, 185
Ironheart, Jason – pages 153, 164
ISN – pages 40, 43, 47, 51, 61, 73, 79, 88, 96, 137, 143-144, 149-150, 153, 162, 172, 177, 184, 201, 215, 245, 250, 261, 265, 271, 288, 293, 300, 307, 322, 334, 338, 354
Ivanova, Susan – pages 30, 68, 70, 76, 130, 139, 143, 148-149, 155, 161, 163-164, 211, 294, 300, 304, 310, 317-319
Ivey, Judith – page 205
Jaddo, Urza – pages 93, 245, 309, 323
Jake and the Fatman – pages 34-35
Jakes, John – page 227
Jha'Dur – page 82
Jinxo – pages 151, 352
Johnny Mnemonic – page 330
Johnson, Anne-Marie – pages 55, 111
Johnson, Russell – page 42
Johnston, Jim – pages 20-31, 33, 36-37, 39-40, 72, 187, 203, 244, 246, 289, 320, 323, 335
Jones, James Earl – page 315
Judas – page 272
Julius Caesar – page 274
Julliard – page 119
Jupiter – pages 286, 289
Jurasik, Peter – pages 1, 40, 69, 76, 82, 84, 112, 122, 174, 176, 220, 223-224, 230, 233, 242, 245, 250, 262, 264, 309, 332-349
Jurassic Park – pages 10, 179
Katsulas, Andreas – pages 24, 40, 69, 76, 82, 84, 86, 96, 108, 122, 165, 176, 180-181, 185-186, 191, 201, 214, 221, 231, 241, 248, 262, 300, 333-336, 338, 341-342, 344, 347
Kawasaki – page 152
Keaton, Michael – pages 228-229
Keffer, Warren – pages 68, 313, 316
Keno light – page 37
Kentucky – page 225
KIIS FM – page 63
Kimbro, Art – page 81
Kiro – page 339
Kline, Kelsey – pages 86, 106
Klingon – page 308
Knight One – page 91
Knight Two – pages 91, 142
"Knives" – pages 87, 93, 107, 119, 129, 167, 179, 195, 209, 219, 245, 298, 309, 312, 321, 324, 343
Ko'Dath – page 130
Koenig, Walter – pages 75, 151, 164
Kolchak – page 330
Kosh – pages 42, 109, 130, 140-141, 146, 158, 187, 189, 205, 250, 294, 299-301, 346, 352
Kulai – pages 289, 327-328
Kung Fu: The Legend Continues – page 79
Kutchaver, Kevin – page 114
Landis, John – pages 225-226
Las Vegas – pages 156, 231, 246
Last Starfighter, The – page 5
"Late Delivery from Avalon" – pages 307, 333
Law of the Plainsman – pages 272, 274
Lawrence, Katherine – pages 351, 357
"Learning Curve" – page 10
Leech, Beverly – page 29
"Legacies" – pages 52, 153
Leghorn, Foghorn – page 162
Lennier – pages 89, 91, 133-134, 152-153, 157-159, 204, 325-326
Leno, Jay – page 349
Leonard, Terry – pages 235-237, 246
Letterman, David – page 349
Levi Dockers – page 230
Lewis, Jerry – page 40
Liberator – page 288
LightWave – pages 9, 16, 116, 277-278
Lithgow, John – pages 227-228
Lloyd, Christopher – pages 228-229
Lockhart, June – pages 53, 157
Lockheed – page 278
Loffler, Gianin – page 164
Lois and Clark – page 16
"Long Dark, The" – pages 55, 115, 163, 212, 265, 339
"Long, Twilight Struggle, The" – pages 270, 287, 300, 341, 345
Lorimar Television – page 109
Lorka – page 200
Los Angeles – pages 47, 55, 63, 87, 167, 199, 225
Los Angeles Theatre Center – pages 87-88
Lourdes – page 150
Lucas, George – pages 13, 282
Lumati – page 190
Lurkers – page 303
LVR – page 18
Mac (computer) – page 277
Maday, Gregg – pages 109, 174-175
Madrid – page 236
Mafia – page 77
Magnum, P.I. – pages 34-35
Manhattan, New York – page 119
Mankiewicz, Joe – page 274
Mark Taper Forum – page 87
Markab – pages 82, 91, 325
Marlowe, Christopher – page 294
Mars Rebellion – page 313
Marshall, Marie – pages 267, 319
Martin, Gregory – page 24
Marx, Christy – pages 282, 289, 326, 328-329, 351-358
Mary Tyler Moore Show, The – pages 254-255
Massachusetts – pages 107, 229
Matheson, Tim – page 227
"Matters of Honor" – pages 288, 302
Max Headroom – page 109
Maynard – pages 30, 162
McCallum, David – page 50
McKinney, Greg – pages 39, 243
McNeil, Kate – page 53
medlab – pages 50, 53, 55, 90, 164
Mengele, Josef – page 143
Mephistopheles – page 294
"Messages from Earth" – pages 289, 303
Meyer, Barry – page 169
Meyer, Nicholas – page 227
MFA – page 87
MGM – page 171
Miami Vice – page 22
Midnight Madness – page 227
"Midnight on the Firing Line" – pages 5, 13, 131-132, 230, 283
Mighty Morphin' Power Rangers – pages 290, 329, 356
Milius, John – page 237
Minbar – pages 91, 334
Minbari – pages 29, 67-68, 70, 74, 78, 89, 91, 93, 143, 153, 160, 174, 181, 183, 280, 284, 288, 295, 302, 314-315, 325-326
"Mind War" – pages 114, 185
Minneapolis – page 142
moldavite – pages 125, 127, 248
Mollari, Londo – pages 1, 24, 29, 60, 76-77, 89-93, 99, 108, 114-115, 123, 129-130, 132, 134, 136, 139, 143, 157, 165, 174, 176, 180, 204, 220, 231-232, 249, 263-264, 294-295, 297-298, 300, 303, 309, 315, 319, 322-324, 332-334, 336-349
Moorcock, Michael – page 162
Morden – pages 24, 29, 77, 115, 119, 121, 123-125, 127, 130, 139, 147-148, 249-250, 260, 337-338, 346-347
Morse, Mary Kay – pages 20, 61
Mueller, Karl – page 54
Mueller, Richard – pages 289, 357
Mumy, Bill – pages 82, 84, 176, 204-205, 242, 259, 326
Murphy Brown – page 117
Murphy, Fred V., II – page 27
Muta-Do – page 190
Mutai – pages 148, 243
n'grath – pages 187-188
Na'Toth – pages 29, 52, 114, 129-130, 180, 182, 310-311
Nafeel, Dureena – pages 289, 327
Narn – pages 13, 29, 78, 88-89, 91, 128-130, 147, 165, 174, 186-188, 215, 260, 280, 284, 286, 297, 300, 309, 322, 334, 341, 345-346
NATO – page 78
Nazi – pages 95, 108, 184, 319-320
Nazzaro, Joe – pages 1, 14
NBC – pages 227, 339
Neame, Christopher – page 142
Nelson, Andrew – page 20
Neroon – page 153
Netter, Douglas – pages 5, 34, 44, 49, 52, 65, 73, 88, 166-177, 216, 246, 282, 289, 326
Nettleton, Lois – pages 93, 111
New Hampshire – page 337
New Jersey – page 1
New Mexico – page 87
New York – pages 23, 47, 83, 119, 170, 195-196, 199, 201, 225, 228-229, 246, 253-254, 257
Newsweek – page 46
NewTek – pages 5, 9, 15, 277-278
Nightwatch – pages 141, 303
Nimoy, Adam – page 347
Nimoy, Leonard – pages 322, 344, 347
Noosh – page 328
Norda – page 328
Normandy – page 317
North Dakota – page 47
Northern Exposure – page 222
Number One – pages 66, 135, 335
NYPD Blue – pages 135, 260, 302
NYU – page 119
O'Hare, Michael – pages 3, 23, 28, 41, 55, 58, 62, 66, 82, 113, 155, 174, 233, 342, 350
O'Reilly, Walter "Radar" – page 71
Olivier, Laurence – page 150
Ombuds – pages 151, 157
Optic Nerve – pages 178-179, 193, 289, 328, 330, 341
Oregon – pages 79, 225-226
pak'ma'ra – page 186
Paramount – pages 73-74, 168, 254, 303
Paris, France – page 198
"Parliament of Dreams, The" – pages 40, 61, 114, 136-137, 185, 187, 190, 231, 342
"Passing Through Gethsemane" – pages 303, 307, 333, 347, 351
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania – page 87
Picket Fences – page 152
Pipes, Ron – page 61
Planet of the Apes – page 191
Plexiglas – pages 297, 345
"Point of No Return" – pages 290, 303, 348
"Points of Departure" – pages 70, 133-134, 159, 219
Poitier, Sidney – page 47
Polaroid – page 94
Portland, Oregon – page 156
Posey, Stephen L. – pages 323-324
Pros-Aid – page 180
Psi Corps – pages 95, 138, 144, 153, 164, 307-308, 312-313
PTEN – pages 61, 109, 168-169, 172, 290, 302, 344
Pyrun – page 328
"Quality of Mercy, The" – pages 21, 33, 47, 53, 59-60, 156, 160
Quantum Leap – page 120
Qwal'Mizra, Kalika – pages 82-83, 85
"Race Through Dark Places, A" – pages 76, 115, 164, 213
Rambo III – page 237
Rangers – pages 91, 93, 130, 132, 290, 302, 356
Rattlesnake Productions – pages 5, 7-8
Ray, Ted – page 289
Reagan, Nancy – page 71
Reagan, Ronald – page 71
Refa, Antono – pages 309, 336, 341, 345-346
religious caste – pages 91, 315
Ren and Stimpy – page 327
Reo, Don – page 256
"Revelations" – pages 1, 29, 33, 72, 74, 142, 147, 160-161, 163, 337-338
Rhonda – page 93
Richmond, Bill – page 256
Riegert, Peter – page 227
Ritter, John – page 83
Robe, The – page 272
Robertson, Dick – pages 73, 168-169
Robinson, Sugar Ray – page 23
Roddenberry, Majel Barrett – pages 303, 348
Rolston, Mark – page 54
Romeo – page 47
Rossall, Kerry – pages 234-246
Roughnecks – page 34
Royal Shakespeare Company (RSC) – pages 93, 110
Rugrats – page 327
Rusler, Robert – page 81
Russian Tea Room – page 228
Sachs, Robin – page 111
SAG – page 182
Saint, Eva Marie – page 66
Sakai, Catherine – pages 137-138, 319
Samurai – pages 92, 184
San Diego – pages 236, 314
Sanderson, William – page 151
Santa Clarita – page 170
Santa Claus – page 72
Santa Monica – page 126
Satan – page 131
Scarecrow and Mrs. King – pages 66, 75
Schuck, John – page 347
Schultz, Dwight – pages 111, 163, 173, 265
seaQuest DSV – pages 10, 15-16, 74, 116
Sector 14 – page 324
"Severed Dreams" – pages 293, 303
Shadowlands – page 88
Shadows – pages 74-75, 120, 122-123, 125, 138-140, 147-148, 160, 165, 176, 220, 250, 270, 284, 286, 287, 288, 300, 309, 313-314, 323, 346-347
Shakespeare, William – page 47
Shatner William – pages 75, 273, 322, 344
Shaw, George Bernard – page 205
Sheppard, W. Morgan – pages 28, 40, 50, 173, 183-184
Sheridan, John – pages 29-30, 62, 65-71, 74-76, 78-80, 96, 128-130, 134, 139-140, 142-143, 146, 155, 159-161, 163-164, 202, 210, 213, 219, 221, 249-251, 263, 267, 270, 288, 293-294, 298-299, 302-303, 308, 314-315, 321-322, 324-325, 342, 346
Shiloh – page 125
shiva – pages 148, 317
Showtime – pages 120, 125
"Sic Transit Vir" – pages 334, 348, 351
Sidewalk Talk – page 125
Sigma 957 – pages 138-139
"Signs and Portents" – pages 115, 122-123, 147-148, 152, 339
Silicon Corridor – page 107
Silicon Graphics – page 15
Sinclair, Jeffrey – pages 26, 28, 62, 66-67, 91, 113, 133, 137, 142-143, 155-156, 159-160, 202, 213, 222, 263, 300, 304, 319, 321, 352
Slater, Mary Jo – pages 120, 130, 170, 259
Smith, Walker – pages 23, 243
SMU – page 119
Smurfs, The – page 354
Snipes, Wesley – page 119
Snyder, Jon – page 184
"Soul Hunter" – pages 6, 28, 36, 40, 49-50, 92, 104, 131, 133-135, 173, 183-185
"Soul Mates" – pages 83, 92, 94, 115, 163, 212, 231, 310, 339-340
Spartacus – page 78
Spector, Phil – page 196
"Spider in the Web" – pages 55, 65, 75, 79, 130, 135, 142, 306-307, 309-312, 314, 318
Spielberg, Steven – pages 11, 74, 108, 237
Stalking the Night Fantastic – page 307
Star Trek – pages 9, 71, 74-75, 84, 87, 109, 133-135, 137, 168, 177, 185-186, 190, 192, 254, 260, 281, 286, 290, 313, 317, 319
Star Trek: Deep Space Nine – pages 124, 154, 308
Star Trek: The Next Generation – page 133
Star Trek: Voyager – pages 116, 297
Starfury – pages 68, 71, 143, 152, 282
Steadicam – page 27
Steele, Barbara – page 188
Stellar Occasion 5 – page 118
Stevens, Andrew – page 227
Stevens, George – pages 72, 274
Stingray – page 279
Stipes, David – page 280
Stormswept – page 120
Straczynski, J. Michael – pages 1-2, 5, 24-25, 30, 35, 52, 65, 67, 84, 88, 94, 107, 128-167, 205, 209, 230, 244, 250, 260, 270, 277, 292-305, 307-308, 330, 337, 339, 351
Strauss, Kim – page 289
Stroud, Don – page 39
Sun Valley, California – pages 1, 5, 171
SUNY Purchase – page 119
"Survivors" – pages 2, 28, 114, 145, 189, 311
Suskin, Mitch – pages 39, 114, 171
Sutherland, Donald – page 226
SWAT – page 90
Tak – page 191
Takashima, Laurel – page 132
Takedown – page 227
Tallman, Patricia – page 348
Tamblyn, Russ – pages 30, 71-72, 162
Taq – page 193
Teague, Marshall – pages 78, 178, 244
TekWar – page 330
telepath – pages 25-26, 75, 94, 138, 144, 153, 164, 176, 231
Television Academy – page 171
Ten Commandments, The – page 274
Teska, John – pages 283, 287
Texas – page 118
Theo, Brother – pages 303, 347
"There All the Honor Lies" – pages 129, 143, 146, 150, 297-298, 324, 342
Thompson, Andrea – pages 176, 231, 233, 248, 259-260, 268, 304, 310
Thompson, Evan – pages 168-169
Thornton, Ron – pages 5-18, 39, 74, 108, 110, 114, 154, 169-170, 172, 176, 185, 277-291, 296, 326-327, 329, 331, 351, 353, 355, 357
Throne, Malachi – page 221
Thunderbirds – pages 279, 282
Tiger, Tiger, Maneater – page 246
Timov – pages 93, 212, 231, 339-340
"TKO" – pages 22-23, 37-38, 42, 148-149, 189-190, 243, 317
Tolkien, J.R.R. – page 162
Topanga Canyon – page 47
Toronto – pages 167, 170, 235
"Toys of Caliban, The" (Twilight Zone) – page 48
Tragati – page 308
Tri-tech – page 307
Triiad – pages 289, 328-329, 356
Tron – page 77
Turenne, Louis – pages 183, 303, 347
Turner, Pete – page 234
Twain, Mark – pages 140, 161
Twilight Zone – pages 48, 351
Tyree, Adira – pages 92, 114, 134, 323
Una, Grace – page 52
unabomber – page 347
United Kingdom – page 1
UPN – pages 73, 314
Vejar, Michael – pages 34, 36, 40, 129, 150, 287, 297, 323, 335
Vekara – pages 328-329
Viacom – page 35
Vickery, John – page 111
Video Toaster – pages 5, 12, 15-16, 277
Vietnam – pages 320-321
"Voice in the Wilderness, A" – pages 115, 154, 190
"Voices of Authority" – pages 138, 303
Vorlon – pages 8-9, 139, 141, 270, 281, 288, 302, 346, 348, 352
Vulich, John – pages 1, 61, 179-192, 283, 289, 330, 357
Walkers of Sigma 957 – pages 138-139
Walters, Jessica – pages 72-73
"War Prayer, The" – pages 85, 115, 135, 141
"War Without End, The" – page 342
Warner Bros – pages 17, 21, 61, 66, 69, 72-73, 91, 109, 117, 136, 143-144, 157, 159, 168-169, 172, 174-175, 219, 312, 315, 344-345, 352
Warner, David – pages 115, 149-151, 205
warrior caste – pages 91, 153, 315, 325, 352
Wasser, Ed – pages 115, 118-127, 248-251, 260, 337
Wayne, John – page 316
Weber, Steve – page 119
Wein, Len – page 357
Weinberger, Ed – page 255
Welch, Lou – page 311
Wellington (Ombuds) – page 151
Wells, Sheelagh – page 340
Wheeler, Bobby – page 254
When Are You Coming Back, Red Ryder – page 333
White Star – pages 288, 302
Willerth, Jeffrey – page 218
Williams, Paul – pages 191, 193
Winfield, Paul – pages 78, 111, 173, 215-216, 315, 321
Winston, Stan – page 179
Winters, Talia – pages 60, 95, 105, 114, 131, 153, 157, 163-164, 264-266, 300, 307-310, 312, 318-319
Woronov, Mary – pages 130, 233, 248, 310
Wyoming – page 54
Yerma – pages 200-201
York, Michael – page 176
Yugoslavia – pages 197-198, 201
Yulin, Harris – page 205
Z'ha'dum – pages 115, 124, 130, 139, 158, 225, 235, 249-251, 267, 287, 298-299
Zagreb – pages 195-196
Zane, Billy – page 125
Zathras – pages 26, 156
Zen Garden – page 3
Zicree, Marc Scott – pages 2, 311
Zócalo – pages 55, 132
Zuckerman, Dori – page 120