{"id":654,"date":"2023-02-27T13:12:00","date_gmt":"2023-02-27T21:12:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.thejasondavis.com\/?p=654"},"modified":"2023-05-22T13:16:53","modified_gmt":"2023-05-22T21:16:53","slug":"crusade-what-the-hell-happened-vols-2-3-by-j-michael-straczynski-synthetic-worlds-publishing-2023","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.thejasondavis.com\/crusade-what-the-hell-happened-vols-2-3-by-j-michael-straczynski-synthetic-worlds-publishing-2023\/","title":{"rendered":"CRUSADE: What the Hell Happened? Vols. 2-3 by J. Michael Straczynski (Synthetic Worlds Publishing, 2023)"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

For eight years, I was senior editor at B5 Books, overseeing an array of volumes documenting the creation of Babylon 5<\/em> and its spinoffs for Synthetic Worlds Publishing and Publishing 180. When I resigned on 31 December 2016, I had one regret: that Volumes 2 and 3 of Crusade: What the Hell Happened?<\/em> by J. Michael Straczynski remained unreleased, their publication postponed by the author\u2019s busy schedule.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

While thirteen may have proved an unlucky number for Crusade<\/em> the series\u2014cancelled after that many episodes were produced\u2014it\u2019s a luckier one for the story of that ill-fated series, with Volumes 2 and 3 published in hardcover, paperback, and e-books thirteen years after Volume 1, which has been reissued.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

While Volume 1 was reprinted as it originally appeared in 2010, I approached the editorial work on Volumes 2 and 3 from scratch, selecting the script drafts after thirteen years of detailed study and annotated each teleplay with information gathered while preparing my own books for the Babylon 5 Preservation Project.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Highlights include Straczynski\u2019s first draft of \u201cThe Needs of Earth\u201d, which differs substantially from the filmed episode; early drafts of later scripts, before TNT\u2019s problematic resulted in a production shutdown; a version of \u201cThe Path of Sorrows\u201d featuring Lyta Alexander and Lennier; as well as the two unfilmed stories that would have seen the series arc bare its teeth.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

These are not the books as originally conceived in 2010 (or even 2022), but I\u2019m pleased to see them finally complete the saga of the Excalibur<\/em> in print.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

For editorial and\/or publishing services, please contact me at\u00a0ellison.editor@gmail.com<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Crusade: What the Hell Happened?<\/em> Volume 2 by J. Michael Straczynski (Synthetic Worlds, 2023)
Edited by Jason Davis. Cover art by Luc Mayrand.
Hardback ISBN: 9781630771331 \u2022 Paperback ISBN: 9781630771348
8.5″ by 11″ \/ 7.5″ by 9.25″ 354pp.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Crusade: What the Hell Happened?<\/em> Volume 3 by J. Michael Straczynski (Synthetic Worlds, 2023)
Edited by Jason Davis. Cover art by Luc Mayrand.
Hardback ISBN: 9781630771324 \u2022 Paperback ISBN: 9781630771287
8.5″ by 11″ \/ 7.5″ by 9.25″ 354pp.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

To purchase, please visit B5Books.com<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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