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Summary: A good novel and a good addition to the B5 canon.
Review: This author has done her homework! The novel fits beautifully into the Babylon five universe, and the characters are consistent and believable. More than that, characters who are secondary or little-explored on-screen are given a life which enhances the entire creation. I now see Anna Sheridan as a person, which I didn't from the TV episodes. But it goes beyond that. This is a novel in its own right - well written, and well structured and paced, with a proper beginning, middle and ending. And what an ending! Viewers familiar with the B5 story know in advance that it is heading inevitably for tragedy, but I wonder how it would be for a naive reader? This sort of story isn't supposed to be so bleak, and the ending would be doubly powerful if it came right out of the blue. An excellent read.
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Summary: Not a great story, but good background information.
Review: This Babylon % novel tries to pull you into the plot but falls short. I've read better Babylon 5 novels, but it does a good job in exploring the background of the Shadows and other information that the series does not cover. Babylon 5 always reminded me of the Galactic Affairs novel, The Falin Crisis. I loved the series because of the same complex universe it creates, and if you like this sort of story, then the Shadow Within should appeal to you.
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Summary: Great background info; end vague
Review: This book is generally acknowledged to be the best of the B5 books, although I also like the Psi Corps trilogy very much. This book follows the story of Anna Sheridan and Morden, and their ill fated trip to Z'Ha'Dum. It's a quick read, but it's not fluff. The characters are well developed, indeed we find out pertinent details about Morden (he's a very sympathetic person, actually!) and Anna, as well as background into John Sheridan's first command. I read this in a day; I could hardly keep my hands off of it. The only thing I didn't like was the ending. All along, they were helping explain things from the TV show, and fleshing out the characters, filling in many gaps. At the very end, I found it to be lacking. I do know the ultimate fate of the people, but I couldn't figure out exactly how or what happened. I would have liked a bit more of that. I felt the best parts of the story were the interactions between Anna and Morden, and Anna and John.There is a very small background that takes place on B5, and Delenn and Captain Sinclair are present, but only for less than 10 pages of the story. The story is primarily about Anna, with the "B" plotline being that of John on the Agamemnon. An excellent read...and so many of your questions will be answered!
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Summary: What do you want?
Review: This book tells the tale of what really happened to Anna Sheridan and Morden during the Icarus' doomed expedition to the Shadow homeworld, Z'ha'dum. Plus, there's a subplot concerning Captain Sheridan trying to get the crew under his new command on the Agamemnnon into shape, and then preventing a terrorist attack on the recently completed Babylon 5 space station. This book, and it's companion volume "To Dream in the City of Sorrows", created a feeling of dread about the Shadows and what they represent, just like on the Babylon 5 TV show. And we all know that Anna joined the Shadows, but her reasons as to why are a shocker. Strongly recommended.
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Summary: Sheridans' Story
Review: This book was the first one I read of the series. The story alternates between the two Sheridans, elaborating the scenes seen in "Revelations",adding the background and telling about what went before. We hear about John's command on Agamemnon and Anna's exploration mission on the rim.The signifigance of the snow-globe and Morden's pendant come clear. I read the book in one session, but then again, I kept hoping for more 'action' on Agamemnon, which made me read 'just another' chapter. Some have said that Morder doesn't act like him, but they might not remember that no-one has seen how Morden really acted before he went to Z'ha'dum. The only thing that managed to bother me was that John Sheridan seemed to be all too forgiving for Spano & co. A more fitting punishment would've been in order. Can't really talk about people being in-character or out of it, but I can certainly imagine how these events molded them over time. The events take place before "Shadow Dancing".
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Summary: Sheridans' Story
Review: This book was the first one I read of the series. The story alternates between the two Sheridans, elaborating the scenes seen in "Revelations",
adding the background and telling about what went before. We hear about John's command on Agamemnon and Anna's exploration mission on the rim.
The signifigance of the snow-globe and Morden's pendant come clear.
I read the book in one session, but then again, I kept hoping for more 'action' on Agamemnon, which made me read 'just another' chapter. Some have said that Morder doesn't act like him, but they might not remember that no-one has seen how Morden really acted before he went to Z'ha'dum. The only thing that managed to bother me was that John Sheridan seemed to be all too forgiving for Spano & co. A more fitting punishment would've
been in order. Can't really talk about people being in-character or out of it, but I can certainly imagine how these events molded them over time.
The events take place before "Shadow Dancing".
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Summary: Good book, nice background-filling
Review: This is not a great book, but it stands head and shoulders above all of the Dell novels with the exception of "To Dream In The City Of Sorrows". When a couple of other Babylon 5 fans asked me about the series of novels, I highly recommended TDitCoS, and recommended that they read this one as well - of the Dell books, only these two deserve to be considered canon. This book fills in the background of Sheridan, Anna, and Morden nicely, but it is a bit of an uninspiring read. As a first novel, though, it is not too bad.
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Summary: Good book, nice background-filling
Review: This is not a great book, but it stands head and shoulders above all of the Dell novels with the exception of "To Dream In The City Of Sorrows". When a couple of other Babylon 5 fans asked me about the series of novels, I highly recommended TDitCoS, and recommended that they read this one as well - of the Dell books, only these two deserve to be considered canon. This book fills in the background of Sheridan, Anna, and Morden nicely, but it is a bit of an uninspiring read. As a first novel, though, it is not too bad.
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Summary: Good bacround info, but not perfect
Review: This is one of the must-read books based on B5 that are 100% canon, so if you haven't bought it already please do so. It's full of interesting bacround information about Anna Sheridan and her tragic journey on the Icarus, with some attention focused also on the character of Morden. Both characters intiguing and not enough explored in the series. The plot seems a bit lame, although I admit that that might partially be because we all pretty much know the ending. Nontheless, it was interesting to read more about Anna Sheridan, Morden and their connection to the planet Za'ha'dum and the shadows. A good read that offers essential information regarding the TV series. And that pretty much repairs the lacks in the storyline, wich aren't that tremendeous anyway. As I said before: By it!
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Summary: A Pleasing Filler
Review: This was a very well written book that actually surprised me with a story I thought I knew. The only problem is how the book ties to the station itself and John Sheridan at the end - it seemed sloppy, like an afterthought. But, all-in-all a good read.
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