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ekulrek says...
>
>I'm trying to get an idea of how the story arc developed in the early
>days of B5, by comparing some of the different documents available. I
>have looked at:
>
>1) Original "shower notes" from the Last Word column -- mid-1980s?
>
>2) B5 Series Treatment -- Sep 1 1988
>
>3) Early GENIE/Usenet posts -- Dec 2 1991, Dec 31 1991, Jan 1 1992,
>etc.
>
>4) B5 Season One Bible -- May 20 1993
>
>
>I have read a review of the 7-page document JMS wrote for Warner,
>reproduced in Volume 15 of the script books (unfortunately I don't own
>or have access to the script books myself), but I'm unsure where it
>fits in -- between 2 and 3, or 3 and 4?
>
>I was wondering a) if anyone know of the date for this document/and
>the "shower event"? and b) if there are any other key documents to
>look at, or whether it's time to plough through JMS message
>archives. :)
>
>Thanks,
>Luke
>

Judging from the introduction in Volume 1 of the script books, the 'shower
event' took place at least a month before the WGA strike ended on August 8, 1988
since he talked about developing his ideas for a month or so before returning to
work when the strike ended.

JMS wrote in Volume 15 that he wrote the arc synopsis document as he began work
on the first season.  The one post where he seems to be referring to it is
http://www.jmsnews.com/msg.aspx?id=1-9239 on April 9, 1994 but that doesn't mean
it was just completed then.

I'd consider the document describing the League of Non-Alligned Worlds aliens to
be key.  Larry DiTillio compiled it but it's undated.

The only other key document that I know of might be the Manifesto that Harlan
Ellison was working on at one point.  I don't know if it ever actually
manifested, though.

Jan


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