Book by J. Michael Straczynski

• And the Sky, Full of Stars • Signs and Portents • A Voice in the Wilderness, Part 1 • A Voice in the Wilderness, Part 2 • Babylon Squared • The Quality of Mercy • Chrysalis ( famous first-season finale) This volume also contains: • A brand new 57 page, 15,000 word introduction and commentary written exclusively for this volume! (That’s two thousand words longer than volume one.) • 37 pages of memos describing for the first time the design of B5's guns, links, and the alien sector...the creation of new regular characters later omitted from the series (The Boss and The Mysterious Mr. Jones). In a special feature, the memos also include story development notes and recently-rediscovered premises for such lost season one Babylon 5 episodes as The World Below, The Resurrectionist, The Commander’s Hour, In Their Image, Debt of Honor, Target Unknown and many, many more! • 8 pages of B&W photos of cast and crew taken by Straczynski, drawn from his personal archives, seen here for the first time.

Contains the Points of Departure Revelations The Geometry of Shadows A Race Through Dark Places The Coming of Shadows All Alone in the Night Acts of Sacrifice This volume also A brand new 60 page introduction and commentary. The longest one yet. More than 19,500 words, many of them pronouns, some nouns, a handful of adverbs and far more adjectives than would be appropriate for polite company. 27 pages of memos written during production of the second season, detailing the process of developing stories, scripts and episodes, some of which have never been seen or discussed before. See how premises are suggested, developed, changed, combined, dropped or re-edited into whole new stories as the season two arc is created in front of your very eyes. The funniest, most personal, and most revealing volume yet...the book that was so big we had to push the photos to volume 4 just to fit everything in!(less)

• Hunter, Prey • And Now for a Word • In the Shadow of Z'ha'dum • Confessions and Lamentations • Divided Loyalties • The Long, Twilight Struggle • Comes the Inquisitor This volume also contains: • Another of Straczynski's long-winded, self-indulgent, overblown introductions and episodic commentaries. This time the damage weighs in at 57 pages and 18,000 words. • 10 pages of rare behind-the-scenes B&W photos taken by J. Michael Straczynski. • And much to our delight, puzzlement and terror we discovered a PARTIAL LOST FIRST SEASON SCRIPT entitled "Festival!" At 18 pages, plus an introduction of its own, this lost script also includes JMS's private story notations detailing where the script would have eventually gone.

• The Fall of Night • Matters of Honor (Original Draft) • Matters of Honor (Production Draft) • Convictions • A Day in the Strife • Passing Through Gethsemane • Voices of Authority • Dust to Dust This volume also contains: • By far the biggest volume to date with 8 scripts including an alternate version of the season three debut, "Matters of Honor • A brand new 57 page introduction and episodic commentary by JMS. • 20 pages of memos written during production of the third season.

• Exogenesis • Messages from Earth • Point of No Return • Severed Dreams • Ceremonies of Light and Dark • Sic Transit Vir • A Late Delivery from Avalon • Includes a lengthy and deeply personal tribute to Andreas Katsulas...including revelations of his last days and how everyone, including the fans, pitched in to do everything possible. • A brand new 52 page introduction and episodic commentary by JMS. • Additional memos written during production of the third season as well as more personal photos.

• Ship of Tears • Interludes and Examinations • War Without End, Part 1 • War Without End, Part 2 • Walkabout • Grey 17 Is Missing • And the Rock Cried Out, No Hiding Place • 63-page introduction and commentary, written exclusively for this volume. • 10 pages of photos from JMS's personal archives. • Special bonus gift included with all copies purchased through August 31, 2006 — a signed, printed postcard with a special message from JMS to his fans.

• Shadow Dancing • Z'ha'dum • The Hour of the Wolf • Whatever Happened to Mr. Garibaldi? • The Summoning • Falling Toward Apotheosis • The Long Night • 50-page introduction and commentary, written exclusively for this volume. • 15 pages of the black & white concept art used to conceptualize the series, never before seen in such detail. • Full color back cover featuring another of these illustrations.

Includes scripts for season 4 episodes Into the Fire, Epiphanies, The Illusion of Truth, Atonement, Racing Mars, Lines of Communication, and Conflicts of Interest.

• Rumors, Bargains and Lies • Moments of Transition • No Surrender, No Retreat • The Exercise of Vital Powers • The Face of the Enemy • Intersections in Real Time (A Passing Shadow) • Between the Darkness and the Light • 56-page introduction and commentary, written exclusively for this volume. • Full color back cover featuring a Peter Ledger concept art illustration of The Garden. • Never-before-seen lengthy memo to TNT for an ALTERNATE VERSION OF SEASON FIVE • Full length treatment for the B5 sequel series JMS had proposed before Crusade.

• Endgame • Rising Star • Sleeping in Light • The Deconstruction of Falling Stars • No Compromises • The Very Long Night of Londo Mollari • The Paragon of Animals • 72-page introduction and commentary, written exclusively for this volume. The longest by far, ever. • All the details about what happened behind the scenes during the last minute doubts about, the campaigning for, and the final confirmation of a fifth season.

• A View from the Gallery • Learning Curve • Strange Relations • Secrets of the Soul • In the Kingdom of the Blind • A Tragedy of Telepaths • Phoenix Rising

• The Ragged Edge • The Corps is Mother, the Corps is Father • Meditations on the Abyss • Darkness Ascending • And All My Dreams, Torn Asunder • Movements of Fire and Shadow • The Fall of Centauri Prime

This limited edition contains scripts for the fifth season episodes "The Wheel of Fire," "Objects in Motion," and "Objects at Rest." It also includes the script for the TV movie "In the Beginning" and a bonus "In the Beginning Producer's Notebook."

Note: This is a special volume given as a gift to those who purchased the rest of the series. As such, it was never issued an ISBN. • Final production draft for "The Gathering." • The infamous lost draft for "Soul Hunter." • The even MORE infamous practical joke script featuring G'Kar and Londo as lovers. • Alternate draft of "And the Sky, Full of Stars" • Babylon 5 “Writer's Bible” • The memo from JMS to Warner Bros. describing the 5 year arc with Sinclair still present.