Talk:Jeff Rovin

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I updated this page with a listing of his books, but was unsure as to what would be the best places to insert references, and even with the case of him being called "The best of the new generation of military adventure writers.", I only have the front cover of one of his books that I know mentions this, and not sure if that was said in a magazine article about him or the such, hopefully others will be able to help provide better references if needed or at least mention what type of references might be useful, a review of each book telling about his writings seemed rather impractical, when he's written under so many different subjects.(Floppydog66 (talk) 19:11, 31 January 2009 (UTC))

I updated the article with [1] link but found it had a few minor errors, first if viewing as HTML it seems to cut off page 5 that tells his "STAFF EMPLOYMENT" if you try to use Google to view it, the only other errors I found where it's "St. War" for Stealth War, although it seems a movie named St. War, might be in production based on his book, the other is "GAMEMASTER: HOW TO WIN AT VIDEOGAMES" which should be "Gamemaster: The Complete Video Game Guide 1995". I tried to check as many of the other titles as I could but found them all on such websites as Amazon and Ebay, so the titles seem to all be correct, and "Look inside the cover" on Amazon does show that the "Jeffrey and Lila Dubinsky" are copyrighted by Jeff Rovin. I hope others can help find more references for this article. (Floppydog66 (talk) 07:19, 4 February 2009 (UTC))

Book Reviews and References to his works

I think there are some reviews of his books that might be of interest and provide good references, but I'm not sure how they could be fit into the article, so I'll try list some of them here and maybe someone else will find a way to include them if they think they're important. (Floppydog66 (talk) 21:00, 24 April 2009 (UTC))

• Video Games (Magazine), 1983 January, page 82 Review of "The Complete Guide to Conquering Video Games" listed his book as its usefulness 7, and mentions its most useful parts are his rating system (quality rating), and cross references. His "Video Original" sections they mention "are either ridiculous or dull nine times out of 10."

Bibliography addition

Added "The Transgalactic Guide to Solar System M-17", published (at least as early as) 1981; references: http://www.sukip.com/Books/Transgalactic_Guide_to_Solar_System_M17_the_1981_Novel/share , http://www.worldcat.org/isbn/0399504923 , http://www.amazon.com/gp/offer-listing/0399504923/ref=dp_olp_used?ie=UTF8&condition=used . It's also heavily illustrated; I don't have a copy currently (and wouldn't that be OR?), and can't find a reference to who the illustrator was. I'd been searching for this book (not remembering the precise title) for years, only to suddenly recall the full title today; was surprised to find no reference to it on Wikipedia, despite this fairly complete entry on the author. 64.47.69.254 (talk) 18:12, 24 July 2009 (UTC)

Thanks I missed that one :s I did find that "Ron Walotsky" is credited as cover illustrator on Abebooks.com, and you can find the book on amazon.com, Ebay.com and few other places, it sounds like his version of the The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy. Thanks again. (Floppydog66 (talk) 09:10, 26 July 2009 (UTC))

Actually, it's more of a straight tourist guide; the solar system has either four or five inhabited planets, each with its own sentient species, and the guide reads like a "Enjoying Your Stay In The Virgin Islands" sort of thing - IE, it purports to be non-fiction, and definitely lacks humor. The illustrations in the interior (plentiful, generally 1 per every two pages) are by a different artist than the cover - or at least, are stylistically different. 64.47.69.254 (talk) 14:44, 27 July 2009 (UTC)

Edit-warring anon IP

Two registered editors have reverted an anon IP edit-warring over politically motivated trivia that has nothing to do with that for which the subject is known. He has been asked to discuss the issue here and has refused; indeed, he wrote a taunting edit-summary on his third revert. I ask him again to try to reach consensus here. --Tenebrae (talk) 22:17, 28 October 2016 (UTC)