Long before the Babylon 5 space station brought Humans face-to-facewith alien races, they discovered an extraordinary breed among their very own . ...
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Mar 09, 2009
Jim
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Ok, this book is not rocket science. Oh wait...it might be as it is science fiction. Anyway, for five years at the end of the last century, I was hooked on the TV show, Babylon 5. It was an amazing science fiction show and I have seen every episode and loved them. It was full of intrigue with hints in every show about the future and always left you wanting more.
One of the occasionally recurring characters was Bester, a Psi Cop and member of the Psi Corp - a large organization for al More...
One of the occasionally recurring characters was Bester, a Psi Cop and member of the Psi Corp - a large organization for al More...
Sep 13, 2010
Benjamin
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I completed Dark Genesis, The Birth of the Psi Corps last night. I watched all 5 seasons of Babylon 5 via DvD a couple of years ago and came away with a profound respect for the work of J. Michael Straczynski. Not only did he create the show but he built the entire story arc and authored almost all of the scripts for the show. But even in 5 complete seasons, there is always room to learn more about various aspects of the show. The background and fate of the character Bester has always interested
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Jan 18, 2011
Daniel
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My Babylon 5 days seem such a long time ago now...and many of the novels they produced in the early days didn't come close to the quality of the Star Trek & Doctor Who lines. But the latter B5 books improved exponentially, and this one was my particular favourite. It expands greatly on the the creation of telepaths & the Psi Corps, and how these events tied into the future B5 series. It's a touch disjointed at times, as it's made up of substantial vignettes that hop forward in time...but it's
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Aug 05, 2009
Stefan
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I am a slow reader. it can take me weeks to finish the average paperback, but I devoured Dark Genesis in less than a day. Then I had to run out and get the rest of the trilogy.
The book fills in parts of the back story of the B5 universe in amazing detail. You are carried along with the characters. I learned to understand Bester, his motivations and desires. I don't like him but I can respect him.
The book fills in parts of the back story of the B5 universe in amazing detail. You are carried along with the characters. I learned to understand Bester, his motivations and desires. I don't like him but I can respect him.
Nov 03, 2010
Cara
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First in the Babylon 5 tie-in novels featuring the Psi Corps.
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Aug 03, 2009
Randy
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This is the first book in the Bester(played by Walter Koenig) trilogy telling his story. Of course the name Bester came from SF writer Alfred Bester.
Aug 12, 2010
Mhoram
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Not too bad. A little inconsistent, but it kept me interested to the end.
Jan 03, 2009
Sharon
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This book delves into the history of human telepaths and the start of the Psi Corps on Earth. It entails the stories of many different people, all of whom have a relation to characters from the TV series. It starts out with the discovery of human telepaths and the reaction of the people. Covering a span of about 75 years from beginning to end, it does a great job detailing how things got started and why they became what they were in the time of the Babylon 5 station. This is a great start to wha
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Oct 23, 2010
Lynne
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I love Babylon 5. All of it. But I have to say that I had some difficulty getting through the first part of this first book in this series. It was slow and truly I just never came to care about the people in it. Later on the story did pick up and I got through it. But if this hadn't been a Babylon 5 book and I not been such a huge fan of the whole B5 universe? I would never have stuck with it as long as I did.
Sep 09, 2008
Jodi
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I generally don't read books based on series, but I did enjoy the Bab-5 books that J. Michael Straczynski plotted, including this one.
Oct 04, 2008
Adi
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None of the regular B5 characters are appearing in this one. It's a story explaning the birth of Psi Corps.
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