JMS: Are the novels official canon?

[ABS]

I seem to recall you mentioning that the book "To Dream in the City of
Sorrows" was official B5 canon. Do you consider the "Legions of Fire"
series to also be official canon? What is your opinion of the series?

[Mac Breck]

"ABS" <craig...@home.com> wrote in message
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> I seem to recall you mentioning that the book "To Dream in the City of
> Sorrows" was official B5 canon. Do you consider the "Legions of Fire"
> series to also be official canon? What is your opinion of the series?
>
>

I asked JMS this and got this response:

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>Who's writing the Technomage Trilogy? Are you getting/did you get
>manuscripts for the Psi-Corp, Centauri, and Technomage trilogies to ensure
>they're canon?

Jeanne Cavelos, and yes, they're all run past me and our reference editor,
Fiona Avery.

jms

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Mac

[Jms at B5]

>I seem to recall you mentioning that the book "To Dream in the City of
>Sorrows" was official B5 canon. Do you consider the "Legions of Fire"
>series to also be official canon? What is your opinion of the series?
>

In broad strokes, yes, the series is canon, since I came up with the outline
for all the Del Rey novels. And overall, I'm very pleased with how they've
been going.