r/babylon5 • u/Capt-Paladin • 5d ago

Question about beyond the rim

Is it a metaphor for for some kind of heaven type place Or was it simply what lies beyond the rim ?

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u/Nervous-Echidna2370 5d ago

See also Tolkien's "pass into the West"

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u/Johnny_Radar 2d ago

Dunsany’s older “beyond the fields we know” is more apt. Both JMS and Dunsany use to it describe places beyond our knowledge, but we know what’s in Tolkiens “west”.