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J. Michael Straczynski

@straczynski.bsky.social

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Writer/producer. Babylon 5, Sense8, Changeling, Thor. Amazing Spider-Man, Captain America. Together We Will Go, The Glass Box. DO NOT POST STORY IDEAS.

Scripts, behind the scenes posts and a lot of conversation at https://www.patreon.com/thejoepage

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@straczynski.bsky.socialSep 23, 2026, 7:16 PM

The folks at Union Square just informed me that according to Bookscan, HARLAN ELLISON'S GREATEST HITS is the #5 top-selling SF Anthology of all time, and #1 for the period from 2021-present. Over 170,000 copies in print, available here in three versions.

www.hachettebookgroup.com/titles/harla...

@straczynski.bsky.socialSep 21, 2026, 8:01 PM

And one potato in a checked shirt.

@straczynski.bsky.socialSep 21, 2026, 6:12 PM

Annnnd parts one and two of the discussion between me and Bruce Boxleitner have just gone up at YouTube.

www.youtube.com/watch?v=_KnT...

@straczynski.bsky.socialSep 20, 2026, 1:41 AM

I go with Mark Twain who, noting that he was having a harder time remembering the things he did versus the things he wanted to do but didn't, or just random things: "I'm coming to a point of my life where the only things I can remember are the things that never actually happened."

@straczynski.bsky.socialSep 19, 2026, 9:44 PM

Minimally at best.

@straczynski.bsky.socialSep 19, 2026, 9:43 PM

My every relationship disproves your thesis.

@straczynski.bsky.socialSep 19, 2026, 8:16 PM

-- even that has been revised by divers hands (yes, that's spelled correctly though archaic). So in short to reply: yes, I'd forgotten, but only in part. The rest, and the best, stays with Eric, Mark and Michael Thanks to Eric Lewald who brought to light a chunk of my work I'd long ago forgotten

@straczynski.bsky.socialSep 19, 2026, 8:16 PM

-- into production, I dumped it into a memory hole and never returned. As the innkeeper in LoTR says, "One thing pushes out another." In reviewing the bible more closely, my part of it is less than a third of the document, mainly the character descriptions (not the supplementary ones) and --

@straczynski.bsky.socialSep 19, 2026, 8:16 PM

-- very small bell began to ring down a long, dark hallway. I believe this was originally titled ExoForce or something like that, which is why I didn't connect the name to Exo Squad, and since I wasn't involved with the show beyond this point, with no sense back then that this would ever go --

@straczynski.bsky.socialSep 19, 2026, 8:16 PM

-- so it's possible this was one of them. I found the series bible online and my voice/style and fingerprints (references to I, Claudius and the British SAS motto "Who Dares, Wins" which I was shoving into damn near everything I wrote during that period) were definitely there, and gradually a --

@straczynski.bsky.socialSep 19, 2026, 8:16 PM

-- I worked with on TRGBs, so I thought, let's check this out because if Eric says I worked on this then I probably did. It's hard to be sure on some of these things because a lot of animation back then didn't always credit the writers, and I was developing a bunch of shows for studios --

@straczynski.bsky.socialSep 19, 2026, 8:16 PM

Here's comedy: at first I was going to write "no," because I couldn't remember having done so, then paused. I haven't had any contact with Eric Lewald since the invention of the steam engine, but he's a reliable guy who was on the show for some time (along with Mark and Michael Edens who --

@straczynski.bsky.socialSep 19, 2026, 7:41 PM

Yep. I think there are one or two other references in there as well.

@gerryanderson.bsky.socialSep 18, 2026, 11:04 AMReposted by @straczynski.bsky.social

10 authors 🚀 5 Thunderbird craft 🚀 1 FAB book

With illustrations by Lee Sullivan, foreword by Jamie Anderson, and an afterword by J. Michael Straczynski... it's in stock and shipping NOW!

gerryanderson.com/products/thu...

@straczynski.bsky.socialSep 18, 2026, 9:01 PM

Way too early. At this point they're only looking to hear from production companies to determine which can bring the most resources, money and other elements to the table. They won't even be talking about writers for a while yet.

@straczynski.bsky.socialSep 18, 2026, 8:40 PM

A while ago I mentioned that Bruce Boxleitner and I were helping Warners with the launch of their Babylon 5 YouTube channel. As part of that, the first of three brand new half-hour-plus interviews/discussions between me and Bruce will go online on Monday.

www.youtube.com/@Babylon5

@straczynski.bsky.socialSep 12, 2026, 8:48 PM

Good news! The standalone version of Harlan's story I HAVE NO MOUTH AND I MUST SCREAM, with additional essays by Harlan and other pieces, and currently a USA TODAY national bestseller, is now available to read for free for those using Kindle Unlimited.

www.amazon.com/Have-Mouth-M...

@straczynski.bsky.socialSep 10, 2026, 4:22 PM

Actually, Vic and Blood is a follow-on to A Boy and his Dog.

@straczynski.bsky.socialSep 10, 2026, 4:22 PM

Unquestionably.

@straczynski.bsky.socialSep 10, 2026, 4:11 PM

Huzzah! We knew the new standalone edition of I HAVE NO MOUTH AND I MUST SCREAM was doing well but we didn't realize just how well until today when it cracked THE USA TODAY INSTANT BEST-SELLER LIST in a very competitive month.

www.usatoday.com/booklist/boo...

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