Based on the first full-length "Babylon 5" television film, this is the story of the Battle of the Line, the climactic campaign in a long and bloody war between mankind and the alien Minbari race which led to the creation of a Babylon 5 space station.
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3 of 3 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
Pre-sequel of the series, this episode tells us what happend in the beginning: how the war Earth-Minbari started (also showned in one episode of the 4th season of the serie, and spoken in some other episodes); where the main caracteres were; the battle of the line and why the war stopped (as showned in the first episode of the 2nd series).
Told by Londo in a burning Centauri Prime this novels catchs the spirit of the show and its a great book even for the people that saw the movie that it novelizes.
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10 of 10 people found the following review helpful
5.0 out of 5 stars
Loved the movie, really loved the book
5 May 1999
By A Customer
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Format:Mass Market Paperback
By far the best of the Babylon 5 movies, the book form may also be the best of its kind. The Earth-Minbari war is one of the key elements of the Babylon 5 universe, but its origins and (more importantly) implications were not fully covered in the series.
The story is full, fast-paced, and totally consistent with the B5 universe. The book adds depth and character to the already rich scenes from the screenplay. Read it. Today.
8 of 8 people found the following review helpful
5.0 out of 5 stars
The best gap filling Babylon 5 book ever written
28 Mar 1999
By Eran Mick (mike-m1@isdn.net.il)
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Format:Mass Market Paperback
The movie "In the Beginning" has not yet been shown in my country and that is why I can not compare the book with the movie. Besides, I don't feel a good book should be compared with the movie it is based on. "In the Beginning" is a wonderful book. It keeps in line with almost everything in the Babylon 5 universe. Characters, dates, places, occurences, it all feells right. Any B5 fan, who has seen all of the show, such as myself, would feel at home. Although it is regretable that gaps in the story arc are filled in movies and books instead of in the show itself, the book is a "must read" for any one who wants to truly understand what led to the creation of the Babylon project, what really happened in the Earth-Minbari war and how it all comes together. Very important info is passed along in the book. The story itself is well written, fluent and enjoyable. I most deffinetly recommend!
3 of 3 people found the following review helpful
5.0 out of 5 stars
Brilliant read, couldn't put it down.
25 Feb 1999
By A Customer
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Format:Mass Market Paperback
This book was an amazing read. It had some fascinating insights to the backstory and was so well-written that I really couldn't put it down. I read it during the course of a day and night and would happily read it again. From my point of view, if you take the film "In the Beginning", that really was a story for the fans as it was heavily arc-related and finally told the story that had been lying quietly in the background for five years. And so the book is the same, and I was expecting that. Overall, it was brilliantly done and I certainly don't regret buying it. Thanks JMS for coming up with such a fascinating universe, and let's hope to see more great B5 novels in the future. (I can't wait for all of the Dark Genesis Trilogy, from what I've heard, this is amazing!)
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