Talk:Christopher Pike (author)

Inquiry
I wonder whether Kevin McFadden is in any way related to Gates McFadden (who played Beverly Crusher in Star Trek: The Next Generation)? Seems like a bit of a coincidence, with his pen name being Christopher Pike — Danc 10:29, 24 Jun 2004 (UTC)
 * It is unlikely; if he is related to Gates McFadden they are only a few years apart in age (so possible cousins or brother and sister). Also, he published Cheerleaders #2: Getting Even as "Christopher Pike" in 1985... Star Trek: The Next Generation didn't start until 1987... so it could NOT have been in tribute to her being on the show. In other words, it would be a major coincidence if they are related (or their family loved Star Trek, ha ha).

help me plz!!
im doing an author study project on christopher pike. and i was wondering if u could please give me some information on him and his background, such where he went to college and when he dropped out, and what influenced him to become a writer. thank you very much.

Marisa


 * Sorry. If we knew more than there is in the article already, we'd have put it in the article. --Paul A 03:02, 21 Sep 2004 (UTC)

thirst
He is an awesome writer i love his book Thirst but i cant find volume 2 eny body knows where i can find it.:) —Preceding unsigned comment added by 68.206.47.118 (talk) 04:05, 1 November 2009 (UTC)

About spooksville and about the bestselling part
Hi; have been a fan of his books for more than a decade now. So im kind of surprised not to see more mention or information about him; or his books. Which i would expect to each have their own wiki page.

Oh well; anyways 2 questions:

bestselling: new york bestseller? how many books sold? is he rich? is that why he doesnt write much anymore?

about his spooksville serie: i loved it; and i still love it. However not accesssible; not even buyable; since out of stock. book 11, 17 and 18 are available on the web via ebook; im wondering if someone knows where to get the others. Or where to buy them at a reasonable price. In Canada; or Montreal if possible :D I do not find 200$ for a used book of 120 pages; or 8$ for likewise+ air freight cost to be reasonable :/

thank you —Preceding unsigned comment added by 41.212.149.228 (talk) 17:40, 3 December 2009 (UTC)

This Article has multiple issues
It has been tagged as "unreferenced" since Jan 2009. I have now added a couple of references and a reflist, but this is not really enough to meet Wikipedia's standards. Subject is IMO sufficiently Notable for a Wikipedia page but this article needs a lot of work, reliable third party references adding and Trivia deleting. If anyone would like to discuss this with me, please post a message on my Talk page.--Plad2 (talk) 07:31, 7 February 2010 (UTC)

Possible Mythology Section
I feel like the statement "References to Egyptian, Greek and Hindu mythology are also common" should be substantiated. I think there is enough material within Christopher Pike's writing to create a mythology subsection on the main page (similar to "the Name Ann") to properly break down which books reference who/what and to cite them properly. I'm happy to get this process started with regards to his teen fiction, although I'm not as familiar with his adult or children's books.

Thoughts? Feel free to discuss possibilities with me here or on my talk page. I'd love a consensus on whether or not this is a good idea before I start the process of aggregating and citing everything. Shellyquade (talk) 18:05, 12 December 2010 (UTC)

Date of birth
He was born in 1955, see Library of Congress: Email from author via Emilia Rhodes at Simon & Schuster, March 17, 2011: (b. 1955) http://lccn.loc.gov/n81088923. --Kai von der Hude (talk) 10:30, 27 January 2012 (UTC)

Neutrality
I've heavily edited the author bio section because much of it was either redundant, poorly sourced, and/or read like a fan page. While I would consider myself a fan of his works, I'll be the first to say that there is zero need to mention that his fans are circulating a petition or created a fan group. The more prominent groups could be linked under the EL section, but in the main body of the article? No. We also don't really need to list his various hobbies and whatnot unless we have 100% reliable sourcing to back this up. Given how closely he guards his personal life, it's highly unlikely that we'd get this mentioned in a source that Wikipedia would consider reliable. Pike has loosened up slightly over the years (as opposed to when I was a teen and he released little about himself), but he's still reluctant to give out a ton of info in various places. Tokyogirl79 (｡◕‿◕｡)   05:22, 12 April 2013 (UTC)

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Upcoming Thirst books
On his FB page in 2020 Pike has emphatically stated that there will not be a Thirst #8. That #7 will be the final book with a definite conclusion. Shouldn't the list reflect this newest information rather than that from a few years before?
 * Thanks for noting this. I found the Facebook post and used it to source the existence of Thirst No. 7, and I deleted the entry for No. 8.  --DavidK93 (talk) 03:07, 23 August 2022 (UTC)