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<blockquote data-quote="WizarDru" data-source="post: 2850297" data-attributes="member: 151">Huh?&nbsp; I was simply pointing out that JMS was attempting to make any license part of the canon; one reinforcing the other...which was why he would feel strongly about someone claiming something was canon when he thought it wasn't.&nbsp; I don't recall saying anything about B5 being better than Star Trek....especially since I don't think that it is.&nbsp; I own some Star Trek novels, too, you know.&nbsp; My personal favorites are written by Peter David, such as the one that posits that the Doomsday Machine was actually constructed to fight the Borg.&nbsp; My wife likes some of the Dr. Who novelizations...and lord knows the issue of canon with those things is a tricky thing.&nbsp; I was merely pointing out my perception of JMS motivation.No idea.&nbsp; Frankly, I don't care much either way.&nbsp; I picked up the two trilogies...but only because I was interested in the history of the PsiCorps and the Technomages (and really like the character of Galen).&nbsp; I've never picked up the B5 RPG and have never been really taken with Mongoose as a publisher (the quintessential series put me off of their work).&nbsp; So, simply put, my opinion probably shouldn't sway either of them, as I'm not likely to be a customer of either of them.I think both parties are partly wrong and partly right.&nbsp; JMS is overly offended and Mongoose is perhaps a trifle too cavalier.&nbsp; Overall, it looks like a tempest in a teapot.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="WizarDru, post: 2850297, member: 151"] Huh? I was simply pointing out that JMS was attempting to make any license part of the canon; one reinforcing the other...which was why he would feel strongly about someone claiming something was canon when he thought it wasn't. I don't recall saying anything about B5 being better than Star Trek....especially since I don't think that it is. I own some Star Trek novels, too, you know. My personal favorites are written by Peter David, such as the one that posits that the Doomsday Machine was actually constructed to fight the Borg. My wife likes some of the Dr. Who novelizations...and lord knows the issue of canon with those things is a tricky thing. I was merely pointing out my perception of JMS motivation. No idea. Frankly, I don't care much either way. I picked up the two trilogies...but only because I was interested in the history of the PsiCorps and the Technomages (and really like the character of Galen). I've never picked up the B5 RPG and have never been really taken with Mongoose as a publisher (the quintessential series put me off of their work). So, simply put, my opinion probably shouldn't sway either of them, as I'm not likely to be a customer of either of them. I think both parties are partly wrong and partly right. JMS is overly offended and Mongoose is perhaps a trifle too cavalier. Overall, it looks like a tempest in a teapot. [/QUOTE]

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