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I’d only heard it pronounced ‘Zepp-el-een’ as if it had three vowels and with a long ‘e’ once by a youtube from one of our southern states in the U.S.

I just came across this randomly. I’m glad I did!

Ha Pumpkinofdoom, I can't believe more people are not listening to you! Enjoyed your takes on B5. I watched the Game of Thrones series, quite liked it, never read the books. Might do now!

I watched the Chernobyl series, I definitely don't believe the statistics surrounding the damage done. I recommend looking into John Lennox, he's an Oxford mathematician and a Christian, coming at it from a different perspective...

That problems you mentioned with memory reminded me of the challenge the police have getting accurate information from eye witnesses on even short term memory - something they saw very recently.

I just read Our Kind of Traitor. Listening to your review answered one of the big questions I had about the story. lol somehow I completely missed that the whole reason Dima was trying to sell his secrets was because of the loss of his mentee. That makes so much more sense. I also had very mixed feelings about the ending and wanted a bit more.

Garibaldi and Talia were married at least the actors were

The actor who played Sinclair became ill

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I’ve got a photo of my Dad and Aunt when they were teenagers in Hyde Park. The Prairie Home Companion was a hoot too.

Quarter Share is the first of a sci-fi audio book series I can recommend. Nathan Lowell also wrote the sequels, Double Share, Full Share, Captain’s Share and Owner’s Share. ‘A trader’s tale from the golden age of the Solar Clipper’ The story follows Ishmael Wang as he learns the ropes on a space fairing merchant ship.

The Expanse books are great and I like hearing your thoughts. Loved your episode reviews of B5, maybe the Expanse someday too?

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I'm glad to see you're feeling better and that you enjoyed your July reading. The George Washington biography sounds interesting.

Ive enjoyed watching your roller coaster ride through the B5 Epic and due to how long ago it was posted, Ive been eschewing leaving comments, but here I feel I need to agree with another commenter that you may wish to read the 3 canon Trilogies. In fact they are vety highly recommended because the story you saw in the series was literally only the tip of the iceberg. There is so much rich story behind the scenes that actually puts flesh on the bones so to speak. They are the PsyCorps Trilogy which covers the beginnings of the Corps, it's inner workings and the tragic start of Bester through his eventual downfall. The Legions of Fire/Centauri Trilogy covers the in a nutshell, Londo's rise as Emperor, the influence of the Drahk infiltration of the Republic the fate of Timov, and Vir coming into his own, what happened with Delenn & Sheridan's son David, and the struggle to regain control of the Republic. Lastly, the Technomage Trilogy which focuses primarily on the technomage Elric (who we've met on Babylon 5) and his apprentice Galen (who we meet in A Call to Arms -B5 movie, the series CRUSADE, and the direct to video movie Babylon 5: The Lost Tales). I dont wish to give any spoilers but much of what you saw in the show couldnt have happened without the help or interference by characters in the books...and you get some different perspectives at times of characters we thought we had pegged....like Morden, who actually turns out to be a quite tragic figure. Though out of print the books are still available albeit at an increasingly high price on Ebay and elsewhere. In order to preserve mine I managed to find "unauthorized" ebook versions. I imagine they're still out there if you dig around a bit. You may have moved on but if you still have a love of the story and characters I hope I've prevailed upon you to read the Trilogies. Its like adding a perfect sauce to a dish you already thought was pretty great and now its light years better. 😁

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I saw the movie version of Mystic River and enjoyed it. It's good to hear you also enjoyed the book. You found another Piers Anthony title for me to be on the look out for. I agree, he can be a ornery old cuss. Wonderful Life sounds interesting as well.

I've been meaning to pick up a book on the Cambrian Explosion. Great wrap up, and I love your channel name - "Pumpkin of Doom" is awesome :)

I hope that you are open to suggestions. This is a great book! en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Z_for_Zachariah

The Samurai sounds interesting. It's been a while since I've Second Foundation, but I remember enjoying it. I do understand your frustration with the Foundation trilogy being a series of short stories. A lot of Asimov's early works are like that.

Glad to hear you enjoyed your April reads, A Memory Called Empire sounds good. The Body by Bill Brison is a book I'd like to pick up eventually. I found your channel thanks to Hey Y'all Listen Up. Looking forward to more reviews from you :)

I've heard good things about A Memory Called Empire and Cultish and it was interesting hearing your thoughts.

The Third Coast sounds interesting. Thank you for reminding me that The Sparrow is on my TBR. I actually like your rabbit, but I might change my mind if I were to see it in person.

I read The Return of the King a long time ago and will eventually reread it. Dhalgren sounds really interesting and I added it to my TBR. Your is the second video I've watched today that mentioned Brief History of Everyone Who Ever Lived and it sounds interesting as well.

Hi - on a completely off topic subject - I wonder if you would consider watching the Babylon5 reboot that should be ready to broadcast in about a year and a half’s time, current due on the CW in 2023 but there is talk that it will get pinched by HBO Max. It has been written by original creator J Michael Straczynsku (pilot already written) it is a reimagining not a retale of exact the same story nor a continuation.

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It’s nice to have a bookcase filled with favorites and keepers. I think of mine as a trophy case.

I'm from Scotland, and I've visited the US once in my life - to Long Island, NY, when I went to see a girl that I met online (this was 25 years ago, when that was pretty unusual). She was driving around, and then just casually mentioned to me that behind that huge hedge we were passing, was the house they filmed The Great Gatsby in. It's not just Americans who have read it in school... so I was like, WHAT!?!? It's lucky I wasn't driving, because I'd probably have crashed the car!

If you could figure out a way for me to buy you a book through a third seller like amazon that would allow you to keep your address, etc, private I would send you a book or two. Since I could not find a way to do that I was wondering if you would be open to recommendations? If so, please consider reading one or two of these- 1. Elric of Melnibone by Michael Moorcock. 2. Watership Down by Richard Adams 3. Another Fine Myth by Robert Aspirin 4. Tuff Voyaging by George R.R. Martin 5. The Color of Magic by Terry Pratchett. As a devoted reader there is no more pleasure that one can receive than to turn someone else on to the literary works that one loves. I hope that you will accept these suggestions with the hope that they may become as beloved by you as they are by me.

Just finished watching your entire B5 reviews, thank you Katie as they were very enjoyable and they recalled to me my feelings when I originally watched the shows in the UK so many years ago (yes I am that old). The ejoyment you had mirrored my own though I had to wait a week inbetween shows to continue the brilliant story, that was difficult but it was the norm back in the day. Just want t add BRING BACK B5! Anyway, thank you and I wish you all the best.

I'm tempted to check out "Becoming Superman" by JMS. The brief audiobook sample made it obvious it may not be happy reading/listening but it is narrated by Londo Mollari actor Peter Jurasik.

No one likes Byron. He's the thing that makes season 5 bad. ;)

It doesn't sound big... Until you multiply 5 miles long, by 2 miles in diameter, by Pi, by the estimated number of levels. :P Even conservatively calculated, Babylon 5 is larger in terms of usable space than most counties or large cities. In fact their population figure of 250K is abysmally small. With the size of the station and that number of people you'd expect entirely too much free space and that people would rarely pass each other. It also shoots a hole in the various rent paying subplots that keep popping up.

EarthForce is the ENTIRE military, and then it has many subdivisions, specialties, branches, corps, etc. Exactly who's what doesn't really matter and there's a lot of overlap, but yes the main characters tend to by navy-ish. Starfleet in Star Trek is the same and many other SciFi universes do it as well. Also there are real world analogs. It's becoming a popular idea, which is probably why SciFi writers assume it. Several nations keep all their military under one bureaucracy, for example Canada. The Canadian Forces is everything military for Canada. The Canadian Army, Navy, and Air Force aren't separate from each other at all like most nations and troops can transfer between them freely. They're all just department names within the Canadian Forces, not their own service branches. Even nations with entirely separate organizations for their military arms have become so interdependent and overlapping in higher echelons of operation that they're effectively one big operation. This is basically where the USA military is at, the various branches share regulations, logistics, high command, and several others things. But are still expected to 'act' as entirely independent organizations and most personal stay in just one for their entire careers. And there's also still a few nations that do things the old fashioned way where military branches are entirely separate and don't talk to each other; to the point of having to outright negotiate for support from each other despite working for the same nation. This is generally considered bad in the modern world, but it can be made to work and quite a few people find advantages in it. The main one being that coup d'etat are harder to pull off. When this system is used in SciFi it's usually as a plot device, typically for a bad organization like DS9's Section 31.

All good choices! The Universe in a Nutshell was a good read. With the exception of the first two chapters, the rest seemed standalone and could read in any order without affecting the other, which was nice because I definitely skipped around a lot.

I like your hair short.

I’ve always enjoyed your reviews over the years, but I think this was your best one yet!

I know this is a way after the fact comment but youtube seems to be reviving this video so.... Walkabout is from the australian aboriginal people. I think the wests first real use/introduction to it was in the crocodile dundee movies. It is were you literally walk off into the wilderness on your own when your soul is lost and you wonder until you find yourself( generally considered to be a hallucinogenic trip from hunger/thirst) and you heal your soul by arguing with yourself.

Hey Katie, (7 years since an update).. super fun to watch you vids and see your transition! hehe It's one of my favourites.

I've been re-watching your B5 reactions again and when you got to the part of deconstructing heroes - your comments were almost prophetic in nature given the current bizarre landscape we are in. Great job!

I am not sure if you know but Mira Furlan (Delenn) died at the age of 65....... I am heart broken.

HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!!!! Oh how many times have I gone off on a rant that ended with Why am I ranting about this?! Nobody cares about this. I don't even care about this. LOL LOL LOL 🤣😂🤣

I have been watching you enjoy B5. I wish I had a daughter like you that I could watch these with . Great personality and adorably cute! Don't ever lose that charm. Did you watch these with anyone?

I see a picture of Benton Fraser, I upvote!

It must be time for "Katie watches Fringe" or Warehouse 13 or the new Battlestar Galactica. :D

Londo sending Vir away was symbolic to me. Vir represents Londo’s moral conscious/compass. I wonder what dark things Londo will do in future episodes without Vir there.

I’m 6 episodes into it. I also found its weirdness and characters to be oddly endearing. If it only gets better from here I’m all in.

Also listened to Neuromancer recently. It took me a couple of attempts until I found the better version. It's pretty good, but sometimes (much more often than usual) my mind would just drift off. Could be the overly descriptive style, or maybe the narrator's monotone voice...🥱

Did you end up watching BSG after B5 ?

Rewatching 3x Thanks :)