Stories by Williams

Worlds of Babylon 5

by storiesbywilliams on June 26, 2012 in Sci-Fi, Series, Worlds Of and tagged Babylon 5, catherin sakai, centauri prime, crusade, delenn, draal, drakh, drakh plague, drazi homeworld, earth alliance, earth force, earthdome, epsilon 3, epsilon eridani, g'kar, ivanova, londo mollari, Marcus, mr morden, narn homeworld, psi corps, quadrant 37, shadow homeworld, sheridan, sigma 957, the earth-mimbari war, the excalibur, the great machine, the great war, the second shadow war, the shadow war, the walkers, valen, vir cotto, vorlon homeworld, white star, white star fleet, z'hadum, zhabar

This would be the fourth installment of my “Worlds Of” series, this time in honor of my favorite sci-fi show of all time. Like the show itself, the worlds that were featured here were richly detailed, multi-layered, and part of an intricate and cohesive universe. Though the show only lasted five seasons and the spin-off […]

Continue Reading →

7 Comments

Sci-Fi Drugs

by storiesbywilliams on June 4, 2012 in Books, Cool Stuff, Movies, Sci-Fi, Series and tagged a gram is better than a damn, A Scanner Darkly, Babylon 5, bene gesserit, bester, black thunder, blue velvet, Brave New World, cain, can-d, cocaine, dancer, drug counter-culture, drug culture, drug subculture, Dune, dust, enki virus, g'kar, guild navigators, keannu reaves, L. Bob Rife, layouts, leto II, londo mollari, mdma, minority report, neuroin, new-path, nuke, OCP, old detroit, Paul Atreides, pcp, perky pat, Philip k dick, PKD, precognitives, PreCrime, prescients, psi cops, psi corps, red ramrod, robert downey jr, robocain, robocop, robocop 2, S-D, sharing, slow death, snow crash, Soma, spice, substance d, sumerian tablet, the bridge trilogy, the guild, the spice melange, The Three Stigmata of Palmer Eldritch, tom cruise, tower of babel myth, war on drugs, white noise, William Gibson, winona ryder, woody harrelson, World State

The other night, I had one of those moments. It was a moment where I found myself thinking about a cool concept and realized that it would make a damn fine post. It’s also one that interests me quite a bit and has even influenced my own writing. So as quickly as I could, I […]

Continue Reading →

6 Comments

B5, Best Episodes. Final Season

by storiesbywilliams on January 25, 2012 in Reviews, Series and tagged a view from the gallery, all my dreams torns asunder, B5, Babylon 5, bester, bo, brakiri, byron, captain lockley, drakh, drazi, emperor mollari, g'kar, in the kingdom of the blind, interstellar alliance, ivanova, john sheridan, londo mollari, lorien, lyta alexadner, mack, marcus cole, movements of fire and shadow, narn, pak'ma'ra, pheonix rising, prime minister mollari, psi cops, psi corps, rogue telepaths, sleeping in light, stephen franklin, susan ivanova, the fall of Centauri Prime, the regent, threshold of pleasure, vir, vir cotto, white star fleet, zack allen

Woo! Finally, I get to the last installment of B5′s best episodes. After eleven posts, I think I’ve finally done this show justice. I tell ya, I didn’t think it was possible to overdose on your favorite show, but just to be safe, I’ll be taking a break from it for the next little while. […]

Continue Reading →

Leave a Comment

B5, Season 4 Best Episodes

by storiesbywilliams on January 11, 2012 in Reviews, Series and tagged ambassador mollari, B5, Babylon 5, bargains and lies, between the darkness and the light, brakiri, captain sheridan, cartagia, centauri, centauri prime, citizen g'kar, classic sci-fi, coriana 6, drazi, emperor cartagia, endgame, epiphanies, face of the enemy, first one, first ones, g'kar, garibaldi, hayek, interstellar alliance, ISN, ivanova, kah-ri, league, league of non-aligned worlds, lines of communication, londo, londo mollari, lorien, marcus cole, mars resistance, mr. garibaldi, narn, narn homeworld, narns, no surrender no retreat, prime minister mollari, rumours, Sci-Fi, science fiction, shadow war, shadows, sheridan, susan ivanova, the deconstruction of falling stars, vir, vir cotto, voice of the resistance, vorlons, whatever happened to mr. garibaldi, white star, white star fleet, z'hadum

1. The Hour of the Wolf: A week has passed since Sheridan presumably died at Z’ha’dum. Ivanova is now in command of the station, and both her and Delenn are grieving. G’Kar meanwhile is focusing his inquiries on finding Garibaldi, who he feels has been forgotten in the midst of things. Holding the Alliance together […]

Continue Reading →

1 Comments

B5, Season 3 Best Episodes

by storiesbywilliams on January 8, 2012 in Reviews, Series and tagged ambassador mollari, B5, Babylon 5, babylon 5 season 3, Best Lines, brakiri, captain sheridan, centauri, conspiracy of light, delenn, doctor franklin, draal, earth force, earth force one, earth force special intelligence, endawi, epsilon three, first ones, g'kar, gaim, ganymede, garibaldi, great machine, grey council, interludes and examinations, interplanetary expeditions, IPX, ISN, ivanova, lennier, londo, londo mollari, Marcus, marcus cole, mars, matter of honor, messages from earth, mimbari, morden, mr morden, narn, point of no return, president clark, president santiago, rangers, severed dreams, shadow war, shadows, sheridan, sigma 957, the gaim, the shadows, the walkers, the white star, valen, vir, vir cotto, voices of authority, white star, z'hadum, zack allen, zog

Season Three was named “Point of No Return” for good reason. It was the season where everything hit the fan and there was no going back. The Shadow War began, B5 broke away from the Earth Alliance, the temporal plot and purpose of the Great Machine was fulfilled, and Sheridan finally went to Z’ha’dum. So […]

Continue Reading →

Leave a Comment

Babylon 5, Best Episodes Season Two (cont’d)

by storiesbywilliams on January 1, 2012 in Reviews, Series and tagged and now for a word, B5, Babylon 5, babylon 5 season two, captain sheridan, cartagia, centauri, commander ivanova, delenn, doctor franklin, draal, emperor cartagia, encounter suit, first ones, franklin, g'kar, garibaldi, great machine, great war, homeworld, hunter, in the shadow of z'hadum, IPX, ISN, ivanova, kosh, lennier, londo, londo mollari, lord refa, Lt. Keffer, mass drivers, michael garibaldi, minipax, Ministry of Peace, mr. lantz, mr. welles, narn, narn-centauri war, prey, Sci-Fi, shadow war, shadows, sheridan, starfury, the fall of night, the long twilight struggle, vir, vir cotto, vorlon, vorlons, z'hadum, zeta squad

Back to B5 season two! Arguably the best season of the show, and for obvious reasons. The action was pretty damn awesome, in part because the CGI had improved noticeably since the first season. In addition, the storyline was intense and layered, with the many plot threads that they had taken their time to set […]

Continue Reading →

Leave a Comment

B5, Best Episodes, Season Two

by storiesbywilliams on December 29, 2011 in Reviews, Series and tagged agamemnon, all alone in the night, ambassador mollari, B5, Babylon 5, babylon 5 season two, bester, captain sheridan, centauri, centauri narn war, centauri prime, christian republic, cocoon, daggair, delenn, doctor franklin, earth alliance, earth force, earth mimbari war, elric, emperor turhan, g'kar, garibaldi, general hague, great war, grey council, jeffrey sinclair, londo, londo mollari, londo's wives, mariel, michael garibaldi, mimbari, morden, narn, Neroon, president clark, president santiago, psi cops, psi corps, revelations, shadow war, shadows, sheridan, signs and portents, Soul Mates, Streib, susan ivanova, techno mage, telepaths, the coming of shadows, the geometry of shadows, the Grey Council, the shadows, timov, vir, vir cotto, vorlons

Back with more best episodes! Season one had some big hits, but I honestly think season two was the best in terms of overall poignancy, mystery and sheer entertainment value. Here are some selections of what I really liked from this one! 1. Points of Departure: In the season two opener, we catch up with […]

Continue Reading →

Leave a Comment

B5 Best Episodes

by storiesbywilliams on December 24, 2011 in Reviews, Series and tagged a voice in the wilderness, a voice in the wilderness part I, a voice in the wilderness part II, and so it begins, and the sky full of stars, associates, b4, B5, babylon 4, Babylon 5, babylon sqaured, bester, centauri, chief garibaldi, chrysalis, commander sinclair, doctor franklin, doctor stephen franklin, draal, earth force one, earth mimbari war, epsilon III, first ones, g'kar, grey council, jason ironheart, jeffrey sinclair, londo, londo mollari, michael garibaldi, mind war, mr morden, na'toth, narn, narns, nibbled to death by cats, nothings the same anymore, president clark, president santiago, psi corps, quadrant 37, shadows, sigma 957, signs and portents, sinclair, soul hunter, susan ivanova, the great machine, the parliament of dreams, the shadows, vir, vir cotto, vp clark, zathras

After going over B5′s five seasons, the best lines from the series, and just about everything in between, I found myself thinking about what the best episodes in the series were. To be fair, there were quite a few, and I couldn’t possibly fit them all into a single posting. So I figure I’ll list […]

Continue Reading →

Leave a Comment

Babylon 5, Farewell…

by storiesbywilliams on December 16, 2011 in Reviews, Series and tagged a call to arms, andreas katsulas, B5, b5 crusade, Babylon 5, babylon 5 season 5, Battlestar Galactica, bester, byron, centauri, centauri prime, CGI, delenn, doctor franklin, drakh, drazi, emperor, first ones, franklin, g'kar, garibaldi, J Michael Straczynsky, jerry doyle, legend of the rangers, lennier, londo mollari, lorien, lyta alexander, michael garibaldi, narn, peter jurasik, psi cops, psi corps, rangers, regent, regent virini, river of souls, shadows, sheridan, star furies, Straczynski, telepaths, thirdspace, vir cotto, virini, vorlons, walter koenig, white star

We come at last to the final season, the fifth and final year in Babylon 5′s planned lifespan. According to legend, Straczynski had been told repeatedly that he was crazy to think that he could ever pre-plan a series like this, that actors quit, budgets got slashed, and time slots got changed around. And that […]

Continue Reading →

Leave a Comment

Babylon 5, the Dénouement

by storiesbywilliams on December 11, 2011 in Reviews, Series and tagged B5, Babylon 5, bester, captain sheridan, centauri, centauri prime, defensive grid, earth alliance, earth gov, edgars industries, emperor cartagia, first one, first ones, g'kar, garibaldi, interstellar alliance, kah'ri, lennier, londo, londo mollari, lorien, Marcus, marcus cole, mars, mars colony, mimbari, order vs chaos, planet killer, president clark, prime minister mollari, promixa, proxima colony, psi cops, psi corps, rangers, shadow war, shadows, sheridan, shroud, telepaths, the shadow war, Thought Police, vir, vir cotto, vorlons, white star, white star fleet, william edgars, z'hadum, zack allen

In the last season, Sheridan was believed to have perished at Z’Hadum, Garibaldi had disappeared as well, and the war has reached a state of intermission. A sad ending, and one which was sure to keep the audience in anticipation for the next season. And like season three, season four was chock full of revelations, […]

Continue Reading →

Leave a Comment

← Older posts

Matt’s Pages

Top Posts & Pages

Categories

Archives

Awards

Worlds of Babylon 5

B5, Best Episodes. Final Season

B5, Season 4 Best Episodes

B5, Season 3 Best Episodes

Babylon 5, Best Episodes Season Two (cont’d)

B5, Best Episodes, Season Two

B5 Best Episodes

Babylon 5, Farewell…

Babylon 5, the Dénouement

Join Me!

Search

Available at Amazon:

Whiskey Delta

Data Miners

Legacies: Preludes

Source

Matt's Links

Dystopian Science Fiction

Follow me on twitter!

Matt Williams on Facebook

Meta

Chapters

Follow “Stories by Williams”