Ordover, John J
Entry updated 13 January 2026. Tagged: Author, Editor, TV.
(1962- ) US editor, author and scriptwriter, a former editor at Pocket Books where for many years he oversaw that publisher's numerous Ties to the Star Trek franchise. He began to publish fiction of genre interest with "Thus I Refute Kafka" in New Destinies for Fall 1990, releasing several further stories up to 2001 and publishing some reviews in The New York Review of Science Fiction. He co-edited the first seven volumes of the Star Trek: Strange New Worlds Original Anthology sequence, which published the winners and runners-up in a competition for new franchise stories by fans, the first volume being Star Trek: Strange New Worlds (anth 1998) edited with Paula M Block and Dean Wesley Smith.
With David Mack, Ordover co-scripted two episodes of Star Trek: Deep Space Nine (1993-1999) and the Comics miniseries Star Trek: Divided We Fall (2001 4vols), a crossover between Star Trek: Deep Space Nine and Star Trek: The Next Generation. He left Pocket Books in 2003, moving into book packaging and becoming part-owner of the publisher Phobos Books; he also founded, owns and runs the SoHo Gallery for Digital Art in New York. [DRL]
John Jerald Ordover
born USA: 1 May 1962
works as editor
Star Trek: Strange New Worlds
- Star Trek: Strange New Worlds (New York: Pocket Books, 1998) with Paula M Block and Dean Wesley Smith [anth: tie to Star Trek: Star Trek: Strange New Worlds: pb/Sonia R Hillios]
- Star Trek: Strange New Worlds II (New York: Pocket Books, 1999) with Paula M Block and Dean Wesley Smith [anth: tie to Star Trek: Star Trek: Strange New Worlds: pb/Sonia R Hillios]
- Star Trek: Strange New Worlds III (New York: Pocket Books, 2000) with Paula M Block and Dean Wesley Smith [anth: tie to Star Trek: Star Trek: Strange New Worlds: pb/Sonia R Hillios]
- Star Trek: Strange New Worlds IV (New York: Pocket Books, 2001) with Paula M Block and Dean Wesley Smith [anth: tie to Star Trek: Star Trek: Strange New Worlds: pb/Sonia R Hillios]
- Star Trek: Strange New Worlds V (New York: Pocket Books, 2002) with Paula M Block and Dean Wesley Smith [anth: tie to Star Trek: Star Trek: Strange New Worlds: pb/Sonia R Hillios]
- Star Trek: Strange New Worlds VI (New York: Pocket Books, 2003) with Paula M Block and Dean Wesley Smith [anth: tie to Star Trek: Star Trek: Strange New Worlds: pb/Sonia R Hillios]
- Star Trek: Strange New Worlds VII (New York: Pocket Books, 2004) with Paula M Block and Dean Wesley Smith [anth: tie to Star Trek: Star Trek: Strange New Worlds: pb/Sonia R Hillios]
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