VHW Corporation is the base of operations used by the main
character in my unauthorized prequel to Joe Michael Straczynski's
epic saga Babylon 5. Hopefully, my work will soon be authorized,
but I am unable to get a connection or an address. Therefore,
let this site be a beacon that also says; "Mr. Straczynski:
E-mail me! I want to revitalize the Babylon 5 franchise with my
fresh, bizarre, curious, etc.; whichever may apply; notions."
Wonder what `VHW' is the initials? It is a pearl in my
books. Can I be expected to give away everything on this web
site?
T
here are many possible prequels to Babylon 5. The first
two books of J. Gregory Keyes' epic trilogy of the psi corpsSee footnote 1
have helped me `reverse engineer' the authorized Babylon 5
culture back toward this time, the dawning of the 21st century.
In my notes from that series, I have "May 2055" as the first
known telepathySee footnote 2 even though it was `proven' in 2115. 2055 Is a
time that many of you whom read these words may expect to see,
but the past is not a guarantee of future performance.
Even though my prequel goes back to the beginning; I mean
THE BEGINNING; prequels can be inserted anyplace where it suits
the author. However, since my prequel does go back to the very
beginning, no one can possibly write a `prequel' to mine; not
without defining a previous universe or using some other head
game, but that is not my concern. I go back, bold as brass, to
put meaning to my "In The Beginning" chapter. I borrow what I
think I know of cosmology and Prof. Gerald Schroeder's wonderful
concept uniting cosmology and The Bible, and The Holy Scriptures,
to begin my first prequel.
If there is a `prequel of prequels for almost all of sci-fi,' this is it! The text is from the WordPerfect 5.1 for DOS
[SubDoc]ument file, "Genesis.INC", as used in the first of this
saga. As such, you will need your browser's [Back] button to
return.
In the days of prequels to Star Wars and Star Trek, it may
be only natural that any science fiction/fantasy work get at
least one. The future setting almost begs for an explanation of
how we get from our mundane, present existences to there and
then.
Actually, here are a few ideas that may fill in the setting.
They may be a prequel to most of my prequel:
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The beginnings of the `first ones' could tell more of how
the Vorlons and the Shadows, and the others, come to be the
way they are. How did the Shadows and the Vorlons get into
their contest that the puppet worlds paid the tab. See how
this happened on day two as Genesis One continues... (You
will need your browser's [Back] button to return.)
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What of Lorien? He was the eldest. He was the first of the
first ones.
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The first ones are very old races. They account for
"billions" of years out of the cosmos' roughly 15 billion
years of age. Certainly there are stories that explain why
the Vorlons and Shadows are the two first ones remaining.
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The episodes "Babylon Squared" and "War Without End" cited a
major war a thousand years prior to Babylon 5. A prequel
could tell how Jeffery David Sinclair rode the Babylon 4
space station back through time, fought that war, and lived
as Valen and had descendants on Minbar. He was the `Minbari
not born on Minbar.' That story could begin near where the
episode `War Without End' ended; when the Babylon 4 station
was being pulled back through time by the great machine on
Epsilon 3. This could have elements of what The Legends of
the Rangers may have hinted.
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The techno-mages, introduced in one episode of the original
series, have their influence. There is a story how Wierden,
their greatest, got into the Eye of Z'ha'dum. Jeanne
Cavelos's techno-mage trilogy hinted that, as well as being
another possible prequel to Babylon 5's successor, Crusade.
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There is a tantalizing hint as to how telepathy came to be
in many episodes, suggesting the Vorlons complicity. As
previously mentioned, the smoking gun is in J.Gregory Keyes
psi corps trilogy. 2055 is not that far away.
Any number of possible pasts to Babylon 5 could be conjured. The
trick is to spin plausible histories.
Ellayn O'Kosh is a prequel. It is also biographical, but
suspends at a certain point. I am not certain whether there will
be a two-book epic with this character, or it is a legitimate
trilogy.
Since this story's In The Beginning chapter tells of creation and how the universe and all within came about, it must
discuss the bringing forth of non-corporeal intelligent beings.
I used a lot of what Scripture said about creation, and angels
are a part of this universe. One angel, in particular, is part
of my story.
With an angel as a character in Ellayn O'Kosh, it begs a
crossover event with a non-related, very popular television
series. It also led to the end of Ellayn O'Kosh in The_End.INC.
(Of course, since this link uses a file that will be part of the
respective tome, you will need your browser's [Back] button to
return.)
The crossover series? Glad you asked; and this is not the
spin of a certain commercial running early spring 2002. That
series is Touched By An Angel (TBAA). Have I arouse your interest in how TBAA and Babylon 5 could be stitched together? If so,
see The End (remember. [Back] button).
The "teaser" to the final installment will lead this ending
of the last book of Ellayn O'Kosh; which may be an excellent
title. That part uses identifiers that I am not at liberty to
publish, so for now, it is expressly eliminated from this web
sample. The remaining indirections may be insufficient diversions, but less than as many have published in TBAA Fan Fiction.
The prequel, Ellayn O'Kosh, is in final edit pass (as of
April 30, 2002). It is getting some refinements to make a better
saga and more refined Science Fiction. Watch this space for more
news...
Want to comment about anything in my pages? These pages are
so new they may still be under construction for some time. Feel
free to write hatfield@cpucafe.com.
from March 25, 2002; as of April 30, 2002.