B5 Tidbits from Worldcon
A few tidbits from a worldcon report I found. Thought I'd share them. A
minor spoiler alert .....
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Someone asked Joe about Sheridan having three wives
from each caste: warrior, worker, and religious. Joe was taken aback. He
said he
had never thought of it that way.
About Crusade: He said that the two questions that describe what
Crusade is
about are "Who do you serve?" and "Who do you trust?"
Tidbits from JMS's conversation:
1. They will touch upon the political situation on Mars by the end of
the
season. Earth is setting up situations in which the government will
fail.
2. JMS hired Gary Cole because he wants the captain in Crusade to have
more
shadings than the typical captain and not such a "straight arrow". He
thought that anyone who could go from being the demonic Lucas Buck on
American Gothic to the father on the Brady Bunch had the range for such
a
role. He also said he was thoughtful, professional and believed the text
came first. They had dinner with him in Chicago and hired him without an
audition.
3. "Did you plan to kill Marcus off?" Marcus was a martyrdom waiting to
happen and Ivanova is destined for bad relationships.
4. The first officer in Crusade will be a telepath who, as a result of
changes in policy after the teep War, is trying to integrate into a
non-Psi
Corps job. He said that as part of the war telepaths will be both under
more
control and have more freedom. The control part is that they will be
subjected to mandatory scans.
5. Corwin IS Lochley's assistant.
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Philip Ayres
E-Mail: payres@
Web Site: www.netcomuk.co.uk/~payres
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minor spoiler alert .....
M
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N
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R
S
P
O
I
L
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R
S
Someone asked Joe about Sheridan having three wives
from each caste: warrior, worker, and religious. Joe was taken aback. He
said he
had never thought of it that way.
About Crusade: He said that the two questions that describe what
Crusade is
about are "Who do you serve?" and "Who do you trust?"
Tidbits from JMS's conversation:
1. They will touch upon the political situation on Mars by the end of
the
season. Earth is setting up situations in which the government will
fail.
2. JMS hired Gary Cole because he wants the captain in Crusade to have
more
shadings than the typical captain and not such a "straight arrow". He
thought that anyone who could go from being the demonic Lucas Buck on
American Gothic to the father on the Brady Bunch had the range for such
a
role. He also said he was thoughtful, professional and believed the text
came first. They had dinner with him in Chicago and hired him without an
audition.
3. "Did you plan to kill Marcus off?" Marcus was a martyrdom waiting to
happen and Ivanova is destined for bad relationships.
4. The first officer in Crusade will be a telepath who, as a result of
changes in policy after the teep War, is trying to integrate into a
non-Psi
Corps job. He said that as part of the war telepaths will be both under
more
control and have more freedom. The control part is that they will be
subjected to mandatory scans.
5. Corwin IS Lochley's assistant.
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Philip Ayres
E-Mail: payres@
Web Site: www.netcomuk.co.uk/~payres
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