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Long before the Babylon 5 space station brought Humans face-to-facewith alien races, they discovered an extraordinary breed among their very own . . .
The year is 2115. Shock waves follow in the wake of astonishing news: science has proven the existence of telepaths. Amid media frenzy, panic, and bloodshed, Earth's government steps in to restore order--and establish tight control over the newfound special population . . . by any means necessary.
Ambitious senator Lee Crawford spearheads the effort, overseeing the creation of the Psi Corps--an elite unit charged with tagging and monitoring all telepaths "for their own protection." But the real agenda behind the crackdown is one of government control. Many question the telepaths' origins, while others view them as a coveted weapon. As the Corps tightens its iron grip, the stage is set for a cataclysmic confrontation--one in which the future of Earth will be decided.
The year is 2115. Shock waves follow in the wake of astonishing news: science has proven the existence of telepaths. Amid media frenzy, panic, and bloodshed, Earth's government steps in to restore order--and establish tight control over the newfound special population . . . by any means necessary.
Ambitious senator Lee Crawford spearheads the effort, overseeing the creation of the Psi Corps--an elite unit charged with tagging and monitoring all telepaths "for their own protection." But the real agenda behind the crackdown is one of government control. Many question the telepaths' origins, while others view them as a coveted weapon. As the Corps tightens its iron grip, the stage is set for a cataclysmic confrontation--one in which the future of Earth will be decided.
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Traces the birth of the Psi Corps, an elite unit on a collision course with the telepaths they are charged with monitoring.
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We always face the new and unknown with fear masked by hate and rage it seems. In Babylon 5 it manifests itself in the Earth-Minbar war, started by a paranoid Commander spurred by tales of alien conquerers from beyond, curiously enough spread by another alien race, the Centauri. In this work we predate the B5 we know and love by a century and a half. Among us appear telepaths, suddenly and unexpectedly. As science struggles to understand these new Homo Sapiens good old fractious big brother steps in and attempts to calm a populace that was mildly curious at best and slightly nervous at worst. Then the stuff hits the fan. Opportunists spring upon the fanned fears of the people and the telepaths are killed, maimed, or put into concentration camps."Teeptown". Docile, some go for safety's sake. Others, the baddies, the ones who will breed the future are driven off planet to death and worse on the colonies. In the midst..Psi-Corps arises. Set up by committee to ferret out their own kind... Who could blame them? Gathering their kind away from the mundanes. Unknowingly obeying the will of the machinations set up to destroy them. No wonder those of Bester's ilk arose. To us B5 loyalists, a lot of familiar names... and old familiar problems. Our Babylon 5 world fleshes out more back toward our time than ever before. Read this book if you want to know what would happen if telepaths were revealed tomorrow.
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... an unsatisfying end. The story develops in a quite enjoyable way, the characters are introduced so that they fit nicely into the Babylon 5 universe and the slow ascendence of the Psi Corps is shown in a very convincing way. This is how the world became like it was in the TV series - and it's not nice, be sure about that!
The book slowly nears the big climatic showdown - but it is that showdown which was a huge letdown for me. Storytelling suddenly disappears and is substituted by endless action sequences. I have always thought that when I want to have action sequences, I go watch a movie. I don't read a book to read about action sequences - it's the wrong medium. So I was very annoyed about the ending of an otherwise very astute tale about how the Psi Corps was born. Therefore only three stars - and only very little motivation to read books 2 & 3 of this trilogy.
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After reading (and enjoying) this book, I realised that it should not be judged in relation to the TV show. It is canon, as are most of the Babylon 5 books, but it does not somehow completly click together with the TV show, and the arcs in it. The telepath arc here is far too Earth-tied to do that. But as a book itself, it is very good. We get to see what happened since the beginning of the telepaths, through the arrival of the Centauri and so on, up until the birth of (SPOILER). We see brilliant political machinations, ancestors of telepaths in the show (Lyta Alexander, Talia Winters), and how the Psi Corps slowly gets more and more power. We also get well thought out characters, and most of them are not what they seem, although I felt that some stories were rushed. I would say that this book is worth buying by Babylon fans, especially if they like the telepaths stories. Those who prefer space battles/aliens/wars should maybe look for it at a friend's house.
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Das Buch überspannt einen sehr langen Zeitraum, und es fehlen naturgemäß bekannte Gesichter aus der Serie. Lesen Sie weiter...
Veröffentlicht am 14. September 2004 von Frank Zander
insight into Psi Corps
I was intrigued and disappointed by the telepaths in the Babylong Five television series -- too much about the normals! I snatched up this book as soon as I found it. Lesen Sie weiter...
Veröffentlicht am 17. Mai 2000 von TammyJo Eckhart
Seems like his outline was overly broad
The book covers a huge swath in time and a great many characters. Unfortunately, I found it hard to focus on any aspect of the story line because of this. Lesen Sie weiter...
Veröffentlicht am 18. April 2000 von Richard
A gripping start.
An in-depth look at how Telepaths came to "appear" on Earth and a somewhat controversial background on the development and rise of the Psi Corps. Lesen Sie weiter...
Veröffentlicht am 18. Februar 2000 von Fabiana Hidalgo
A Good Start, But Far Too Broad
Babylon 5's telepath arc never realy impressed me, so I apporached this book with some misgivings. In it, we see the discovery of humanity's telepathy, and how Earth's government... Lesen Sie weiter...
Am 9. Februar 2000 veröffentlicht
Not bad but not great
I thought this book was ok but nothing great. i thought "Legions Of Fire"was a better first book to a three part series than this book. Lesen Sie weiter...
Veröffentlicht am 12. Januar 2000 von Dan
A throughly interesting read.
This book in a some what hurried view explains the history of propably one of the most intersting aspects of the Babylon 5 genre. Lesen Sie weiter...
Veröffentlicht am 31. Oktober 1999 von hallben2000@hotmail.com
A must-read for fans of the series....
"Dark Genesis" gives a concise history of the origins of the Psi Corps, and some of the hidden forces and secret agendas that made it what it was during the time covered... Lesen Sie weiter...
Veröffentlicht am 28. September 1999 von J. Alexander Harman
The begging of telepaths
I have to say that this book is the best novel i'ved read in the babylon 5 world. It explains how the world is there and how the Psi corps got started. Lesen Sie weiter...
Am 10. September 1999 veröffentlicht
The begining of the Psi Corps is very interesting
This story was a little confusing and difficult to follow. After I read it for the third time,I think I understood it much better. Lesen Sie weiter...
Am 17. Juli 1999 veröffentlicht
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