On Sat, 3 May 2008 07:56:53 -0700 (PDT), Joseph DeMartino
 wrote:

>On May 2, 9:27=A0am, Richard Barrett  wrote:
>
>> What it doesn't answer is JMS' claim that somebody
"like" Sheridan was=
 always going to enter the story at some point <
>
>Well, I can solve this "mystery", because the fact is JMS *never made
>any such claim*.
>
>> Sheridan, or more specifically the need for someone *like* Sheridan be=
gan to get through clearly toward the latter part of last season, as I be=
gan planning out season two's progression, and kept looking at elements o=
f the story and trying to find ways to get Sinclair into the heart of the=
m. They felt contrived, for the most part...<   JMS on this very newsgrou=
p Nov 11 1994
>
>As for the general matter of discussing the original outline - which
>was, like the rest of volume 15, specifically conceived as a gift from
>JMS to those who bought the full set - I'm of two minds about it.  On
>the one hand anybody should be able to talk about anythng, with a few
>obvious exceptions based on safety, context and social norms.  On the
>other hand, it seems rather churlish to "re-gift" something like
>this.  Will the contents of the outline inevitably get out?  Sure.
>The stuff is "out there", in print, and the internet exists.  Sooner
>or later somebody will probably type the whole thing out and post it
>somewhere.  (And when that happens I hope his fingers freeze for a
>week. )  Do I have to help the process along by discussing the
>stuff in the outline?  Nope.  I can do my best to honor the spirit of
>the gift by NOT posting the contents all over the place and discussing
>the specifics in public fora.  I can always e-mail the friends I most
>want to discuss it with.
>
>That's my position.  YMMV.
>
>Regards,
>
>Joe

Ok, as an out of work engineer who, while I bought two of the script
books, but will probably never be able to afford the whole set, 'I'
don't mind you discussing it!  It is probably the only way that I will
ever find out what is in the final book.

And no, I won't go searching the web trying to find someone who has
posted the contents.  I don't do that sort of thing.  I only read the
unproduced Crusade scripts when Joe put them up himself.   But, I will
miss not seeing the special 'stuff' in V15...

Charlie
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