<BLOCKQUOTE><font size="1" face="Verdana, arial">quote:</font><HR>Originally posted by Emmaly:
Thank you for both welcoming and enlightening me. My local bookstores aren't exactly bastions of quality sci-fi, but they can probably order them in for me.
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I second GKarsEye's recommendation. Here is the thread where I posted some information on the books, including the ISBN numbers (which, if used, will make it less likely that the bookstore will order the wrong book for you).
Book Info.
The thread title is "Crusade Books", but don't let that confuse you. There currently are no Crusade Books.
The book you want is
Dark Genesis and is listed in my February 04, 2002 06:09 AM post in the above thread. It's also in the Excel spreadsheet of my February 04, 2002 04:29 AM post. When reading
Dark Genesis, it pays to take notes so that you can keep everything straight (aliases, bloodlines, dates of specific events, etc.).
Here are the notes I made for
Dark Genesis (
don't read them until you've read the book).
Spoilers for Dark Genesis
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Dark Genesis - The Birth of the Psi Corps
Technology & Privacy Committee -The Metasensory Regulation Authority (MRA) -The Psi Corps.
Page 34 less than 100 years old (Psi gene), so the Vorlons started introducing the gene ~2025?
Page 52 Senator Crawford and Alice Kimbrell (get married on Page 61).
Page 56 Little boy James.
Page 78 Kevin Vacit.
Page 80 Akimba Ironheart (Jason Ironheart's ancestor).
Page 111 middle, A telepath bomb?
Page 113 Organic Technology
Page 117 Shell Alexander
Page 119 Centauri discovered in 2156.
Page 120 Psi Corps. first mentioned. Senator Crawford - 1st Head of Psi Corps.
Page 122 Kevin Vacit IS a TEEP! He was little boy James (of page 56) raised by Monkey (Jack O' Hannlon) and the little boy of pages 21-22. Senator Crawford dies at age 80, killed by Monkey and Kevin Vacit.
Page 133 Natasha Alexander
Page 137 2179 Natasha Alexander starts working for Kevin Vacit.
Page 145 Fiona Temple
Page 169 Natasha Alexander finds out Vacit is a teep.
Page 169 Parts of a telepath bomb (exploded parts).
Page 185 "shining angels" (Vorlons)
Page 186 Teeps ~2050-2060
Page 187 Vorlons abducted people from Antarctica, and introduced the gene to make teeps.
Page 190 "A thing, a structure..." paragraph = VORLON.
Page 190 "And pain. An enemy, a darkness. ...." paragraph = SHADOW.
Page 201 a teek (telekinetic) called Remy.
Page 214 Narns first mentioned.
Page 220 bottom paragraph through Page 226. VORLONS on Venus. The Vorlons are behind the Psi Corps, and are against the resistance. Psi Corps=Order=Vorlon desire for obedience. Natasha Alexander's line foreshadowing to Lyta as the Vorlon weapon against the Shadows!!!
Page 225 Kevin Vacit was carrying a piece of a Vorlon?
Page 242 Jenny Winters (Talia Winters ancestor).
Page 255 Hounds (definition? Psi Rating?)
Page 262 Fiona Temple and Matthew Dexter die in a battle with the Psi-Corps.
Page 266 Kevin Vacit and The Psi Corps have Stee (Fiona and Matthew's son), Stephen Kevin Dexter, renamed ALFRED BESTER by Kevin Vacit, his grandfather).
FAMILY TREES (aliases in parenthesis, italics indicates the child of the previous marriage):
From Psi Corps Novel #1 - Dark Genesis - The Birth of the Psi Corps.
Lyta Alexander's Line
Female Side-Male Side
Desa Alexander (Blood Woman)-Jack O' Hannlon (Monkey)
Brenna Alexander-unknown
Shell (Michelle) Alexander*-unknown
Natasha Alexander-unknown
Al Bester's Line
Female Side-Male Side
Ninon Davion-Kevin Vacit**
Fiona Temple-Matthew Dexter
Stephen Kevin Dexter (a.k.a. Al Bester)
(Bester born ~9/3/2189)
* marriage arranged by the MRA
** has a piece of a Vorlon inside him (a gift from his mother). This is why he can hide his teep ability from other teeps.
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Here's another Babylon 5 Book thread that contains some useful information:
Babylon 5 Books.
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KoshN
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Vorlon Empire
Crusade (reruns) starting 03/26/2002 at 1PM EST on the Sci-Fi Channel
http://www.scifi.com/b5rangers/