Hi, Don! The thing I don't like that much about DS9 is, while the original Star Trek, and TNG had many plots about sociological issues, and had twists where things were far different from what they seemed, DS9 is pretty much about bad guys vs. good guys, battles, suspicion and nastiness - no one ever seemed to turn out better than what you thought they were like. Voyager is more like the original ST and TNG, but has slipped into the routine bad-aliens-try-to-take-over-the-ship plot line quite a few times.

B5 - loved it, but I have to catch the last season on re-runs.

For those who like intelligent urban fantasy incorporating folk mythology and music, read Charles DeLindt. His book 'The Little Country' has a Northumbrian smallpiper as the hero, and includes some of his fiddle tunes at the end. (He's a fiddler.) Everything I've read by him has been masterfully written.