In 2004, he began organizing monthly Clothing Optional Dinners for
nudists in New York City restaurants. Ordover told news media, "The
unofficial motto of the COD is "No Hot Soup"."
Worked for 15 years as Executive Editor at Pocket Books/Simon &
Schuster, where he specialized in the Star Trek line; named in 2004 as
Editor-in-Chief of Phobos Books.