Talk:The Third World War (Hackett novels)

message: Hi, I'm an avid reader of WWIII genre and technothrillers in general, this is one of my favorite books and I felt this article did not give it a fair overview so I expanded and refined it a little.
The new edit gives a more clear overview of the structure of the book and provides a better summary of the broad outlines without spoiling too much of the detail.
I spent 2 hours on it.
It should give a person interested in this genre a much better overview of the book when deciding if they want to get it and read it.
User:Jericho.Trinity.Omega 12:02, 25th October 1984 [GMT]  —Preceding undated comment added 14:53, 25 October 2013 (UTC)
replies: text: Many thanks for your time, J.T.O. With my bold edit just posted, I carefully went through the article and (I think) cleaned up some of the writing. My intention was to make the page more readable, NOT to change any of the facts presented herein. Humblest apologies if any of my numerous minor edits bother you - nuke 'em <VBG> or let's discuss here. Big Lew 23:36, 3 June 2014 (UTC)
thread_title: Polish Up 25th October 2013

message: There should be a separate article created on the first Third World War novel. This article at one point suggested that "The Untold Story" is simply a revised version of the first book, but I have both and that doesn't seem to be the case. I might do so myself but I have a few other things on my plate at the moment. 23skidoo 17:23, 2 August 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: I thought they were rather different - looking forward to the article. :: Kevinalewis : (Talk Page)/(Desk) 11:24, 3 August 2006 (UTC)
thread_title: The two books

message: I have the Macmillan edition; I found no such chapter in it. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 81.207.214.148 (talk) 06:52, 1 May 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Alternative ending 

message: I've written to the publishers and authors (where applicable) of the WWIII books listed on the SEE ALSO part of this article and the one on Arc Light and Trinity's Child, in order to confirm what peoples common sense should already have told them: NO AUTHOR CARES IF THE COVER IF THEIR BOOK IS ON AN ENCYCLOPEDIA PAGE.
Those disclaimers inside book jackets where they reserve all rights in every form were meant for the era in which these books were published, the 1980s, which is a totally diffrent universe to the one were in now.
When I get their permission I will be putting my own images back up.
I would urge the knee-jerk administrators on here to actually read the upload information this time before hysterically pulling the images.
Try going with the spirit of the law not it's letter, putting the book jacket on wikipedia is promotion of the book not copyright theft, the wikipedia policy in this area is even more insane and dated than the actual laws.  At the very least they should wait until they have a complaint before pulling images, but what author in their right mind would have a problem with it?  None.
Jericho.Trinity.Omega  1st November 2013.  — Preceding unsigned comment added by Jericho.Trinity.Omega (talk • contribs) 13:55, 1 November 2013 (UTC)
replies: text: You are absolutely wrong.  The cover art almost always belongs to the publisher, not the author.  In fact, it's rare, except in self-published books, for the author to have even veto rights on the cover.  That being said, it's usually the case that the cover (of one edition) of the book meets our non-free-image guidelines in an article about the book.  As for waiting for a complaint before removal, the Foundation decided that was inappropriate, although it left it to the individual projects to determine the appropriate process.  — Arthur Rubin  (talk) 15:21, 1 November 2013 (UTC)
thread_title: Image of book cover

message: I've edited to change this novel from alternative history to retrofuturism. Alternative history is an author looking back and making changes to history. Retrofuturism is an author looking forward and trying to predict the future, but that imagined future has now been overtaken by reality. Clearly General Hacket was looking forward, not back, and so, IMO, his novels should be described as retrofuturism.--Shimbo (talk) 13:41, 22 December 2021 (UTC)
thread_title: Retrofuturism