John J. Ordover
Encyclopedia
John J. Ordover is the founder and CEO of JJO MARKETING and was previously an editor at Pocket Books
responsible for overseeing the licensed novel
s of the Star Trek
franchise. He is the co-creator of such spin-off
series as Star Trek: New Frontier
(with writer Peter David
), Star Trek: Starfleet Corps of Engineers and Star Trek: I.K.S. Gorkon (both with Keith R.A. DeCandido), Star Trek: Stargazer
(with Michael Jan Friedman
), and Star Trek: Challenger
(with Diane Carey
).
Ordover is also the owner of The SoHo Gallery for Digital Art at 138 Sullivan St., New York, NY 10012 on property once owned by his father Jerald Ordover, a noted art lawyer. Information about the gallery, which uses digital screens both to provide digital artists with a play to display their work and create illusory spaces within the gallery can be found at www.sohodigart.com
According to Peter David, the basic concept for New Frontier was Ordover's, as was the notion of using several already existing characters, with David having fleshed out the concept and created the original characters.
With David Mack
, Ordover wrote the Star Trek: Deep Space Nine
episodes "Starship Down
". The two have story credit on "It's Only a Paper Moon", which was written as a teleplay by Ronald D. Moore
.
Ordover is also an active nudist, the founder of Clothing Optional Dinners, a dining club in New York City
for nudists. On July 11, 2007, Ordover launched a nude dinner cruise from Sheepshead Bay, New York.
Ordover created a web site http://marryourdaughter.org/ in September 2007 as a hoax to bring attention to the discrepancy between age of consent
laws and marriage
law.
Pocket Books
Pocket Books is a division of Simon & Schuster that primarily publishes paperback books.- History :Pocket produced the first mass-market, pocket-sized paperback books in America in early 1939 and revolutionized the publishing industry...
responsible for overseeing the licensed novel
Novel
A novel is a book of long narrative in literary prose. The genre has historical roots both in the fields of the medieval and early modern romance and in the tradition of the novella. The latter supplied the present generic term in the late 18th century....
s of the Star Trek
Star Trek
Star Trek is an American science fiction entertainment franchise created by Gene Roddenberry. The core of Star Trek is its six television series: The Original Series, The Animated Series, The Next Generation, Deep Space Nine, Voyager, and Enterprise...
franchise. He is the co-creator of such spin-off
Spin-off (media)
In media, a spin-off is a radio program, television program, video game, or any narrative work, derived from one or more already existing works, that focuses, in particular, in more detail on one aspect of that original work...
series as Star Trek: New Frontier
Star Trek: New Frontier
Star Trek: New Frontier is a Star Trek novel series created by John J. Ordover and Peter David and published by Pocket Books. The idea behind it was to create a Star Trek book series with its own continuity and not one that is purely a reaction to the television shows. Nearly every story of the...
(with writer Peter David
Peter David
Peter Allen David , often abbreviated PAD, is an American writer of comic books, novels, television, movies and video games...
), Star Trek: Starfleet Corps of Engineers and Star Trek: I.K.S. Gorkon (both with Keith R.A. DeCandido), Star Trek: Stargazer
Star Trek: Stargazer
Star Trek: Stargazer is a series of Star Trek novels written by Michael Jan Friedman. The novels are about the adventures of the USS Stargazer , which was Jean-Luc Picard's first command....
(with Michael Jan Friedman
Michael Jan Friedman
Michael Jan Friedman is an author of nearly sixty books of fiction and nonfiction, more than half of which are in the Star Trek universe. Ten of his titles have appeared on the New York Times Best Seller list...
), and Star Trek: Challenger
Star Trek: Challenger
Star Trek: Challenger is a spin-off series of Star Trek novels published by Pocket Books in the United States as part of Pocket’s line. Based on the titular TV series created by Gene Roddenberry, the series was created by Pocket editor John J. Ordover and writer Diane Carey, and was a...
(with Diane Carey
Diane Carey
Diane Carey is primarily a science fiction author best known for her work in the Star Trek franchise. She has been the lead-off writer for two Star Trek spin-off book series: Star Trek The Next Generation with Star Trek: Ghost Ship, and the novelization of the Star Trek: Enterprise pilot, Broken...
).
Ordover is also the owner of The SoHo Gallery for Digital Art at 138 Sullivan St., New York, NY 10012 on property once owned by his father Jerald Ordover, a noted art lawyer. Information about the gallery, which uses digital screens both to provide digital artists with a play to display their work and create illusory spaces within the gallery can be found at www.sohodigart.com
According to Peter David, the basic concept for New Frontier was Ordover's, as was the notion of using several already existing characters, with David having fleshed out the concept and created the original characters.
With David Mack
David Alan Mack
This article is about the Star Trek and Wolverine novelist. For the comic book artist, see David W. Mack.David Alan Mack is a writer best known for his freelance Star Trek novels...
, Ordover wrote the Star Trek: Deep Space Nine
Star Trek: Deep Space Nine
Star Trek: Deep Space Nine is a science fiction television series set in the Star Trek universe...
episodes "Starship Down
Starship Down (DS9 episode)
"Starship Down" is an episode of Star Trek: Deep Space Nine, the seventh episode of the fourth season.-Plot:The Defiant carries the senior staff of Deep Space Nine into the Gamma Quadrant for trade negotiations with a Karemma named Hanok. As the Dominion disapproves of trading with the Alpha...
". The two have story credit on "It's Only a Paper Moon", which was written as a teleplay by Ronald D. Moore
Ronald D. Moore
Ronald Dowl Moore is an American screenwriter and television producer best known for his work on Star Trek and the re-imagined Battlestar Galactica miniseries and television series, for which he won a Peabody Award for creative excellence in 2005 and an Emmy Award in 2008.-Early life and...
.
Ordover is also an active nudist, the founder of Clothing Optional Dinners, a dining club in New York City
New York City
New York is the most populous city in the United States and the center of the New York Metropolitan Area, one of the most populous metropolitan areas in the world. New York exerts a significant impact upon global commerce, finance, media, art, fashion, research, technology, education, and...
for nudists. On July 11, 2007, Ordover launched a nude dinner cruise from Sheepshead Bay, New York.
Ordover created a web site http://marryourdaughter.org/ in September 2007 as a hoax to bring attention to the discrepancy between age of consent
Age of consent
While the phrase age of consent typically does not appear in legal statutes, when used in relation to sexual activity, the age of consent is the minimum age at which a person is considered to be legally competent to consent to sexual acts. The European Union calls it the legal age for sexual...
laws and marriage
Marriage
Marriage is a social union or legal contract between people that creates kinship. It is an institution in which interpersonal relationships, usually intimate and sexual, are acknowledged in a variety of ways, depending on the culture or subculture in which it is found...
law.