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This article is from the Babylon 5, UK FAQ, by Anthony Naggs amn@ubik.demon.co.uk with numerous contributions by others.

5.3 Which of the tv movies have been novelized? (Babylon 5, UK)

JMS originally promised a novelization of the pilot, no more was
heard and it is presumed that this died with PTEN's demands for
editing it as a four act drama and the delay between the pilot
and season 1 causing the loss of several actors & characters.

The four tv movies were all intended to be novelized. Sadly The
River of Souls is the worst Babylon 5 story to escape Babylonian and
see the light of day. One can only presume the screenplay is as bad
as the movie, yet based on this screenplay Yvonne Navarro created a
novelization of the story. Given the starting point whatever Ms
Navarro wrote must surely have been an improvement, unfortunately JMS
took exception to the novel and "The River of Souls" looks unlikely
to ever reach the presses. Read Yvonne's story of heartbreak here:
<URL:http://www.para-net.com/~ynavarro/souls.htm>

So only three of the TV movies have been novelized:
In the Beginning, by Peter David
UK; Boxtree ISBN 0-7522-2484-0 US; Del Rey ISBN 0-345-42452-2

Thirdspace, by Peter David
UK; Boxtree ISBN 0-7522-2489-1 US; Del Rey ISBN 0-345-42454-9

A Call to Arms, by Robert Sheckley
UK; Boxtree ISBN 0-7522-1813-1 US; Del Rey ISBN 0-345-43155-3

 

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