Babylon 5: Signs and Portents - Paperback

by Jane Killick (Author)

The hottest outer-space-based sf drama on television since Star Trek: The Next Generation, Babylon 5 launches its fifth season this year on a new network -- cable's TNT -- with an original movie-length feature kicking off the action. And now, hot on the heels of the hit behind-the-scenes book, Creating Babylon 5, Del Rey is proud to present the first two books in a comprehensive episode-guide series that the show's legions of fans will want to own.
-- BOOK #1, "Signs And Portents", features: a foreword by actor Michael O'Hare (Commander Sinclair); two introductory essays -- "Getting Babylon 5 Into Orbit" and "Babylon 5's First Season" -- by author Jane Killick; a complete synopsis of each of the twenty-two episodes, from the pilot, "The Gathering", through the climactic season finale, "Chrysalis", followed by in-depth analysis.

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Now in its fifth hit season, Babylon 5--TV's hottest interstellar science fiction phenomenon--has spawned its own series of definitive episode guides! Catch up on all the action, show by show, from the very beginning with the Babylon 5: Season by Season guidebooks.
Babylon 5: Signs and Portents, kicks off with a foreword by actor Michael O'Hare, better known to viewers as Commander Sinclair, and features a fascinating look at how series creator J. Michael Straczynski brought his ambitious vision to the screen.
Then launch into a comprehensive overview of the groundbreaking premiere season, including in-depth, episode-by-episode summaries of all of the first twenty-two shows--from the pilot, "The Gathering," through the climactic season finale, "Chrysalis"--with analysis by author and B5 expert Jane Killick.
Veteran viewers or first-time fans, relive the adventure--or find out what you've been missing--with the complete companions to Babylon 5!