Talk:Valentin Pikul

Red links
What is the point of all those links for books that will never have their own entries? I hate to delete them, because somebody put a lot of work into them, but... Languagehat (talk) 19:40, 8 March 2014 (UTC)

Emphasize
I'd like to stress that an article about a writer should point out his writing skills, not ideology he followed. While many things here are true, there's simply no room for author's creativity. Every soviet writer had to follow the ideologic standards or else face oblivion or even prosecution. Yet Valentin Pikul is renowned for his distinct 'living history' style portraying personalities in light and picturesque manner. While being a pseudo-history in fact, it gives him a good background to work with. You won't blame other writers for their alternative history touch or little inaccuracies while portraying real people. This is fiction after all, a solid, high quality fiction.

Also 2/3 of the article are about the WW2-setting book. This is not representative as Pikul has been deeply exploring various eras.

P.S.: I hate soviet misinterpratations of historical events, yet I love well-written books - and that's where it counts. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 130.255.141.240 (talk) 14:23, 31 March 2015 (UTC)