After officially announcing the 14-volume series end date of May 31, 2008 we received more than a few letters from fans upset that we were not keeping a promise.

They pointed out that the original FAQ on the website stated that the volumes would be available for 90 days after the release of volume 14. Since Volume 14 was released on March 28, our May 31 end date did not fulfill on the 90 day promise.

For this reason we have re-scheduled the end of the series for June 30, 2008. This is the absolute final day of sale for any of the volumes in the 14-volume series.

Note: the autographed volume 15 offer is also good through June 30, 2008.

Complete sets can be ordered from Cafe Press

BABYLON 5 SCRIPTS: OTHER VOICES - VOLUME 1

To complete the collection, a set called “Other Voices” will be announced next week. First volume includes B5 scripts by Larry DiTillio, D.C. Fontana, David Gerold, Christy Marx and Marc Scott Zicree.

Past News: Adam “Mojo” Liebowitz blogs about B5

Adam is posting his memories about Babylon 5 in a new ongoing blog. In his first entry he talks about, and has pictures of the central corridor being built.

Future News: Bruce Boxleitner to be on Heroes.

TV Guide reports that Bruce will have a recurring role on the upcoming season of NBC’s hit show Heroes.

The complete and somewhat limited article appears here.

Over at Comic Book Resources, there’s a good summation of JMS’ appearance on the DC Comics Panel at Wondercon this past weekend. Thanks to Ian Smith for the heads-up link!

The highlights:
* More “Lost Tales” is on the way”
* Filming on “The Changeling” is complete, film due in November 2008
* “World War Z” adaptation still going
* “Silver Surfer” movie to include more Galactus
* “Rising Stars” and “Dream Police” under consideration for production
* No more “Jeremiah”, no more “Crusade”

So much for the in-joke opening for podcast Season 3!

reposted from Slice of SciFi

Veteran film and TV actress Lois Nettleton has died this week after her battle with lung cancer. She was 80.

Nettleton is remembered by sci-fi fans as Daggair, the enduring wife of Londo in the highly popular “Babylon 5″ television series.

Her career spanned over 5 decades beginning in the early heyday of television production. Her TV roles were extensive ranging from the corny 1950’s versions of sci-fi to strong dramatic roles in shows like “The Twilight Zone,” “The Naked City,” “The Pretender,” and most recently in six episodes of “Crossing Jordan” for the part of Evelyn.

Nettleton lent her voice for such animated fare as “The House of Mouse” and “Mickey’s House of Villains” (Maleficent), Spider Man” (Nora), “The Flash” (Belle Crocker) and “Herc’s Adventures” playing the voice role of Athena.

The actress has also done her turn with sitcoms and funny films proving to have perfect comedic timing. Some of her roles have been on the award winning “Seinfeld,” “Full House,” “The Facts of Life” and “The Golden Girls.”

Nettleton’s last role took place in 2006 for the made-for-TV family film “The Christmas Card” in which she starred with her old friend Ed Asner. As a result of her and Ed’s performance, the film was nominated for a primetime Emmy Award. Ms. Nettleton was herself nominated for a total of six Emmy Awards in her 53 year career in show business and walked home with two of the Emmy statues.

Wikipedia: Lois Nettleton
Link: New York Times

To save $10 on Volume 13, orders must be placed by 10 p.m. PST on January 29. Episodes include 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; and The Fall of Centauri Prime plus plenty of commentaries and extras.

If you bought all the volumes directly from CafePress, you must submit a proof of purchase for volumes 1-13 BEFORE you order Volume 14, which will be released in March. Submitting the proof form will get you a confirmation number which you will want to enter when you buy Volume 14 to receive Volume 15 FREE. 14 and 15 will be shipped in one box.

All volumes along with other merchandise are available here. You will not be able to buy any of the script books from CafePress after May 31, 2008.

For anyone in the Phoenix area who can make it, you really should try to get out to the Phoenix Cactus Comicon, at the Mesa Convention Center January 25-27.

Walter Koenig will be one of many guests, in addition to Wil Wheaton, Tim Russ, Jeremy Bulloch, Peter Mayhew, Sky Conway, Brian Pulido, Lou Ferrigno, Matt Wagner (Grendel), Rob Liefeld, Howard Chaykin, Mark Texeira, and many other artists in the comics and anime industry.

Just as a reminder to everyone, there will not be any live feed recordings to listen to from any Draco Vista shows until after New Years. I believe there may be a live feed to listen to on the afternoon of Dec 29th, what with the Winter Party going on there, but no shows will be recorded that day.

There will be new episodes of Babylon Podcast going out as usual, so enjoy those, have a safe and happy holiday season, and we’ll be back next year!

Since today is a travel day for a lot of people heading off for Thanksgiving gatherings, there will not be a recording session at the studio today, and as a result, no live feed going out tonight.

For those who also listen to the Slice of SciFi live feed on Thursday nights, or to Wingin’ It 3-D live feeds on Saturday afternoons, there won’t be any recording sessions for those shows this week, either.

Enjoy the holiday, those who celebrate, and enjoy a good night’s sleep, those in other parts of the world who usually stay up late to listen.

As mentioned by Tim in this week’s show, the Kosh for President campaign has some competition as a couple of formidable tickets have thrown their hats into the ring. The folks over at b5scripts.com and cafepress.com have enlisted Londo and G’Kar under the banner of “How much worse could it be?” They seem to have the support of JMS, but that may not be exactly what it appears. The two ambassadors offer a flexible approach to governing, promising on their website, “Should the electorate find themselves not happy with the slate as elected, whoever is in second position will gladly assassinate the other in order to bring about a referendum.” Between Londo’s oratorical flair and G’Kar’s well-known appeal to the fairer sex, the Vorlon will have to manipulate, I mean, sway, many minds to come out on top.

Analysts are unsure what effect the third ticket will have on the election. Zathrus and Zathrus have also announced, under the banner of “Zathrus trained in crisis management.” They also promise “in times of economic belt-tightening by electing one Zathras you elect all Zathras, nine for the price of the One.”

More on both campaigns, along with ways to show your choice, are available here.

Until Wednesday, October 17, you can place an order to purchase a “Never Surrender Dreams” print, personally inscribed to you by JMS.

See http://www.neversurrenderdreams.com/ for more details, and instructions.

Cost is $87.00 plus shipping.

Thanks to Gary from Jacksonville for letting us know about this!