Talk:W. E. B. Griffin

message: The Pritzker Military Museum & Library is one of two depository libraries for Griffin. Please help us by using our collections to upgrade this Wikipedia article. TeriEmbrey (talk) 16:57, 19 September 2013 (UTC)
thread_title: Pritzker & WEB Griffin

message: : His earlier military novels have been re-published under the W.E.B Griffin name, thus, by far the greatest number of works in his catalogue are under that name.  That is the name he uses on his official promotional website, and when he dies, he will doubtless by known to posterity by his nom-de-plume, not his birthname, a-la-Mark Twain.  We should keep the main article here, and have his birth name and aliases redirect. --Jpbrenna 3 July 2005 04:17 (UTC)
I suspected so, but I wanted someone who knew better to comment, or do it, first. thanks
Salsb 3 July 2005 17:13 (UTC)
: I agree: consolidate in the article, list all pseudonyms (are you sure these aren't the pseudonyms of Jubal Harshaw, BTW?[wink]) & make each pseudonym a redirect to it. 
:Personally, i'd put a sub-section under Biblo for each pseudonym, and note the titles that have been repub'ed under WEBG.
:--Jerzy·t 4 July 2005 03:39 (UTC)
::P.S. I will undertake to list the pseudos on LoPbN, but it will be a quicker job for me after the redirects are in place. --Jerzy·t 4 July 2005 03:56 (UTC)
::I can't speak for anybody else, but I know him better from his juveniles as Butterworth. I had no idea Griffin was him.  Trekphiler 23:55, 27 April 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: The same is true for me. I had no idea my favorite author as a young boy was W.E.B. Griffin. However, I'll be the first to admit MASH is a much better known book than Stock Car Driver.Marshall Stax 22:44, 12 August 2007 (UTC)
thread_title: Rationale for redirect

message: Is this the same William E Butterworth who co-wrote most of the MASH sequels? --Gadget850 13:53, 22 December 2005 (UTC)
replies: text: As I understand it, the weren't exactly sequels, but written to take advantage of the success of the film. All were written by Butterworth alone, crediting Hooker (a pseudonym itself) with "co-writing".  Trekphiler 23:57, 27 April 2007 (UTC)
thread_title: MASH

message: Sorry I didn't check here first, but I added some juvenile fiction and non-fiction books authored as W.E.Butterworth directly to the article. (I have enjoyed his juvenile fiction since I was a teenager.) Should I have added them to this talk page instead?  I like the paragraph format here - the list format becomes overly long.
69.231.252.26 05:21, 28 March 2007 (UTC)
thread_title: Additional books as W.E. Butterworth

message: Did WEB create Arnie Tasjian? I haven't been able to track down any of the books with him in them... And is he the same Williams who created the Black Tiger series?  (He's not...  00:00, 28 April 2007 (UTC)
thread_title: I'm only the piano player

message: honor bound book 4 released june 2008. has anyone else read the honor bound series?  Killkola (talk) 00:35, 4 June 2008 (UTC)
thread_title: New book

message: One amusing aspect for avid readers of Griffin are the number of recurring themes and phrases. There are items that seem to pop up again and again. A few that come to mind:
a) The phrase "In Vino Veritas?"
b) Female characters described as "sounding like Katherine Hepburn" (Charity Hoche and the Dar Es Salam CIA station chief in "Special Ops" leap to mind)
c) The frequent appearance of Scotch whiskey (most often "Famous Grouse", with "pinch bottle Haig & Haig" also making appearances).
d) Fabulously wealthy main characters (Craig Lowell, Pick Pickering, Charlie Castillo, Clete Frade)
e) Female characters finding a plot device that gets them from the states to wherever their husbands/boyfriends are carrying out their missions (examples include Marjorie Bellmon & Ursula Craig going to Africa in "Special Ops" and Charity Hoche and Ann Chambers going to England in the "Men at War" series)
f) The frequent appearances of places where Mr. Griffin lives/has lived (Philadelphia, Marburg, Buenos Aires, Fort Rucker)
g) Main characters being from small, blue collar steel towns in Pennsylvania (Ken McCoy in "The Corps" books, and "Mac" Mac Millian in the "Brotherhood of War" series).
h) The retelling of the Wendell Fertig story
EddieAlbania (talk) 23:50, 17 August 2009 (UTC)
thread_title: Recurring themes and phrases

message: There were more books in the Christina series credited to St James. Did Butterworth only write the one?  TREKphiler any time you're ready, Uhura 22:40, 6 April 2014 (UTC)
thread_title: Christina's question

message: I added an Original Research Subsection tag, because there are no references at all to the facts in the first two paragraphs. For example the claim that his experiences in Germany, meeting with former army officers, led to the creation of the character Oberst Graf von Greiffenberg, is unreferenced, which makes it seem like original research. There needs to be some references for this section. Nick Beeson (talk) 12:20, 7 October 2015 (UTC)
thread_title:  Original research 

message: There are not many references, and two of them are to his web site, which is dubious. Usually such references are only for quotes. The person's own website is the best source of attributable quotes. But that is not the case here, where the only quote attributed to Griffen is referenced to a independent reliable source. In fact, Reference 1, which is to his website, does not contain the information in the article that it references. Someone with a better knowledge of Griffen, please improve the references. Thanks, Nick Beeson (talk) 12:20, 7 October 2015 (UTC)
thread_title: Needs references

message: The collective control is to the left of the pilots
The ciclic control is between the pilots legs. 2600:8801:3900:C00:E16F:3E03:CA23:2646 (talk) 01:35, 19 November 2022 (UTC)
replies: text: How is this intended to relate to this article? Please see WP:TPG. Wtmitchell  (talk) (earlier Boracay Bill) 03:04, 19 November 2022 (UTC)
thread_title:  Helicopter controls;