JMS on Usenet
January 2001
J. Michael Straczynski posts regularly on Usenet. This page provides quick links to his posts from January 2001, with a brief description of each. Unless otherwise stated, all messages are from rec.arts.sf.tv.babylon5.moderated.
31 January 2001
Re: Boxleitner and JMS in EON - ATTN JMS
JMS explains how actors' residuals are calculated.
30 January 2001
Re: Boxleitner and JMS in EON - ATTN JMS
JMS addresses Bruce Boxleitner's comments to Eon Magazine.Re: ATTN JMS: B5 Characters Still Talk to You?
JMS doesn't hear quite as many voices in his head anymore.Re: ATTN. JMS: My name is Robert F ...
JMS responds to thanks for his participation in conventions.
29 January 2001
Re: ATTN JMS: Hollywood Reporter B5 Story
JMS adds nothing when asked about the Hollywood Reporter article.Re: Anxiously awaiting Midnight Nation #5
JMS says the next issues of Midnight Nation and Rising Stars are still a few weeks away.
28 January 2001
Re: Attn. JMS, Was This Really From You?
JMS verifies that he is the author of the Straczynski post on the SCIFI.COM board that confirms the new Babylon 5 talks.Re: Attn. JMS - Who At Warner Brothers Should I Contact WRT Licensing
JMS suggests that individuals shouldn't waste their time talking to Warner Bros. about licensing.
27 January 2001
Re: ATTN JMS: Complete Book Of Scriptwriting Question
JMS explains why The Complete Book of Scriptwriting does not have a chapter on writing comic books.
26 January 2001
Re: JMS: Appearances?
JMS describes how much work he does at conventions.Re: ATTN: JMS question about favorite lines
JMS responds to a Babylon 5 quote with a joke.
25 January 2001
Re: JMS: Appearances?
JMS will be attending less conventions this year.Re: ATTN JMS Is somone being optimistic?
JMS doesn't know anything about the rumor that Babylon 5 DVDs are expected in the Netherlands in the second quarter of 2001.
21 January 2001
Re: Sci-Fi Channel breaking news
JMS comments on the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette's use of the word "aborted" rather than the more common "cancelled" when referring to Crusade.Re: ATTN: JMS - using your words
JMS gives a writer permission to use a very short quote from one of his columns in a story.
19 January 2001
Re: Att. JMS - Babylon 5 Short Stories - Please Put 'Em Together &
JMS believes Anne McCaffrey is a fan of Babylon 5.Re: various from jms
JMS seems to enjoy the excitement that's brewing over his hints of a new Babylon 5 project.
18 January 2001
Re: Att. JMS - Babylon 5 Short Stories - Please Put 'Em Together &
JMS mentions authors who might be interested in contributing short stories to a Babylon 5 anthology.Re: Att. JMS - Babylon 5 Short Stories - Please Put 'Em Together &
JMS suggests who fans should write to at Del Rey to request a Babylon 5 short story anthology.Re: various from jms
JMS corrects an earlier message in which he said Midnight Nation 5 was out. He meant Issue 4.Re: various from jms
A fan blames JMS for an expensive comic book habit.
17 January 2001
Re: various from jms - writing question
JMS responds to an essay on the merits of writing something and then discarding it.Re: various from jms
JMS corrects another assertion that he was previously incorrect.Re: Att. JMS - Babylon 5 Short Stories - Please Put 'Em Together &
JMS says he's talked to Del Rey about publishing a Babylon 5 short story anthology without any response.Re: ATTN JMS: Fourth, or Fifth? (Tribulations)
JMS provides evidence to defend himself against the accusation of an error in Tribulations.
16 January 2001
Re: ATTN JMS: Your wife's reaction? (repost)
JMS says his wife, Kathryn Drennan, would be willing to write another Babylon 5 novel. He also comments favorably about the techno-mage trilogy.Re: "Cabaret"-ish moment in "Into The Fire"
JMS brushes off another question about references to other works in Babylon 5.
15 January 2001
Re: Did your audio in "ItF" also sound flat?
JMS addresses an audio problem in the Sci-Fi Channel reruns of Babylon 5.various from jms
JMS provides updates on several of his current projects including scripts for the Rising Stars movie and City of Dreams. He also hints again about upcoming Babylon 5 projects. (Yes, that's "projects", plural.)Re: JMS...about being "left alone" on Spider-Man
JMS will have the option - but not the requirement - to refer to events in Peter Parker: Spider-Man.Re: ATTN JMS: What would you make with...
JMS answers a question about what he would do with 200 million dollars.
14 January 2001
Re: ATTN:JMS In the Event..
JMS discusses the order of Crusade episodes for any hypothetical future showings.Re: I'm Amazed
JMS comments on the lack of mainstream awards recognition for science fiction shows.Re: Interview with Spider-Man artist
Back in the moderated Babylon 5 newsgroup, JMS corrects the same misunderstanding about his Spider-Man plans.Re: ~Spider-man / JMS question....
rec.arts.comics.marvel.universe
JMS corrects a misunderstanding about his plans for Spider-Man.
13 January 2001
Re: ATTN: JMS Re: Bookface.com shutdown
JMS reminds readers that they can purchase Tribulations from DarkTales Publications amid news that Bookface.com has shut down.
11 January 2001
Re: JMS Top Secret Projects??? FROM JMS
JMS explains why he doesn't make a big deal about awards and honors.Re: JMS Top Secret Projects??? FROM JMS
JMS acknowledges thanks for his online participation.Re: NOW: MZB Book.WAS: JMS Top Secret Projects??? FROM JMS
JMS expands on his earlier comment about Marion Zimmer Bradley, who had to scrap a novel because of fan interaction.Re: JMS: Thanks for everything
JMS reassures a fan who hopes that JMS won't cut back on his online presence.Re: ATTN JMS: A Book That May Be of Interest to You
JMS receives a recommendation for I'd Hate Myself in the Morning, a book about the Hollywood Blacklist.
10 January 2001
Re: JMS Top Secret Projects??? FROM JMS
JMS rails against someone who violated the two cardinal rules of JMS' online participation: do not abuse the privilege of his public email address, and never send him story ideas.
09 January 2001
Re: Upcoming writers' strike
JMS itemizes the things he'll be working on during the writers' strike, including a new novel.Re: ATTN JMS: B5 Bloopers For Sale on eBay
A concerned fan alerts JMS to illegal copies of the Babylon 5 blooper tapes on eBay.
08 January 2001
Re: Upcoming writers' strike
JMS explains what he can and can't do during the writers' strike.
05 January 2001
Re: ATTN JMS: Anna Sheridan
JMS doesn't have much patience for people who ask writers hypothetical questions about his creations.