Rick Cook (writer)

James Richard Cook (1944 – January 13, 2022) was an American author of novels and stories.

James Richard Cook was born in 1944.^[2] In 1988, Cook was living in Phoenix, Arizona. That June, he was a contestant on Jeopardy! ; over the course of two days, he won a boxed Jeopardy! game, a Caribbean resort vacation on Saint Martin via Eastern Air Lines,^[3] and US12,300ドル (equivalent to 31,688ドル in 2023).^[4] In the Society for Creative Anachronism, where he co-founded the Kingdom of Atenveldt, he was known as Sir Richard Ironsteed. Cook died on January 13, 2022.^[5]

As of January 2022^[update] , Locus listed five articles published by Cook:^[6]

• Schmidt, Stanley, ed. (July 1986). "A Long Stern Chase: A Speculative Exercise". Analog Science Fiction and Fact . Vol. 106, no. 7. Davis Publications. p. 32.
• Schmidt, Stanley, ed. (December 1986). "The Season of the Witch". Analog Science Fiction and Fact. Vol. 106, no. 12. Davis Publications. p. 4.
• Baen, Jim, ed. (November 1988). "Robert A. Heinlein and the Coming Age of Space". New Destinies . Vol. VI. Baen Books. p. 76. ISBN 0-671-69796-X.
• Schmidt, Stanley, ed. (August 1989). "Neural Nets". Analog Science Fiction and Fact. Vol. 109, no. 8. Davis Publications. p. 86.
• With Manly, Peter L. (April 1992). Schmidt, Stanley (ed.). "Cyberspaced Out: Manners and Mores in the Global Village". Analog Science Fiction and Fact. Vol. 112, no. 5. Davis Publications. p. 52.

As of January 2022^[update] , Locus listed 13 stories published by Cook:^[6]

• Schmidt, Stanley, ed. (January 1987). "Mortality". Analog Science Fiction and Fact . Vol. 107, no. 1. Davis Publications. p. 104.
• Schmidt, Stanley, ed. (October 1987). "Catalyst". Analog Science Fiction and Fact. Vol. 107, no. 10. Davis Publications. p. 144.
• Schmidt, Stanley, ed. (February 1988). "Dreamers". Analog Science Fiction and Fact. Vol. 108, no. 2. Davis Publications. p. 116.
• Schmidt, Stanley, ed. (April 1988). "Seance". Analog Science Fiction and Fact. Vol. 108, no. 4. Davis Publications. p. 80.
• Bradley, Marion Zimmer, ed. (August 1988). "Revised Standard Virgin". Sword and Sorceress . Vol. V. DAW Books. pp. 272–280. ISBN 0-88677-288-5.
• Baen, Jim, ed. (November 1988). "Megaphone". New Destinies . Vol. VI. Baen Books. pp. 76–93. ISBN 0-671-69796-X.
• Schmidt, Stanley, ed. (April 1989). "Hackers". Analog Science Fiction and Fact. Vol. 109, no. 4. Davis Publications. p. 56.
• Herron, Jon L., ed. (1992). "Spelling Lesson". Midnight Zoo. Vol. 2, no. 4. Walnut Creek, California: Experiences Unlimited. pp. 45–47.
• Schmidt, Stanley, ed. (December 1992). "...And He Did Ride". Analog Science Fiction and Fact. Vol. 112, no. 14. Bantam Doubleday Dell. p. 96.
• With Manly, Peter L. (July 1994). Schmidt, Stanley (ed.). "Symphony for Skyfall". Analog Science Fiction and Fact. Vol. 114, no. 8&9. Bantam Doubleday Dell. p. 78. (Nominated for the 1995 Theodore Sturgeon Award)^[7]
• With Manly, Peter L. (December 1995). Schmidt, Stanley (ed.). "Unfinished Symphony". Analog Science Fiction and Fact. Vol. 115, no. 15. Dell Magazines. p. 10.
• With Manly, Peter L. (May 1997). Schmidt, Stanley (ed.). "On the Application of Quantum Probability Tunneling to Improve Manufacturability of Printed Circuit Board Designs: A Case Study". Analog Science Fiction and Fact. Vol. 117, no. 5. Dell Magazines. p. 92.
• Schmidt, Stanley, ed. (October 1998). "O'Carolan's Revenge". Analog Science Fiction and Fact. Vol. 118, no. 10. Dell Magazines. p. 61.

As of January 2022^[update] , Locus listed eight books published by Cook:^[2]

• Wizard's Bane. Baen Books. January 1989. ISBN 0-671-69803-6.
  The first in Cook's Wizardry series, the novel and its December second printing were originally sold for US3ドル.50 (equivalent to 8ドル.6 in 2023).
• Limbo System. Baen Books. July 1989. ISBN 0-671-69835-4.
  Originally sold for 3ドル.50 (equivalent to 8ドル.6 in 2023).
• The Wizardry Compiled. Baen Books. December 1989. ISBN 0-671-69856-7.
  The sequel to Wizard's Bane, it originally sold for 3ドル.95 (equivalent to 9ドル.71 in 2023) with cover art by Larry Schwinger.
• The Wizardry Cursed. Baen Books. March 1991. ISBN 0-671-72049-X.
  The third Wizardry novel originally sold for 4ドル.95 (equivalent to 11ドル.07 in 2023) with cover art by Gary Ruddell.
• Mall Purchase Night. Baen Books. November 1993. ISBN 0-671-72198-4.
  Originally sold for 4ドル.99 (equivalent to 10ドル.52 in 2023), with cover art by Gary Ruddell.
• The Wizardry Consulted. Baen Books. November 1995. ISBN 0-671-87700-3.
  The fourth book in the Wizardry series, it originally sold for 5ドル.99 (equivalent to 11ドル.98 in 2023) with cover art by Cortney Skinner and Newell Convers.
• The Wizardry Quested. Baen Books. February 1996. ISBN 0-671-87708-9.
  The fifth novel in the Wizardry series originally sold for 5ドル.99 (equivalent to 11ドル.64 in 2023) and had cover art by Newell Convers and John Pierrard.
• The Wiz Biz. Baen Books. September 1997. ISBN 0-671-87846-8.
  Omnibus of Wizard's Bane and The Wizardry Compiled, it originally sold for 6ドル.99 (equivalent to 13ドル.27 in 2023), with cover art by Tom Kidd.

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• Rick Cook at the Internet Speculative Fiction Database
• Quotations related to Rick Cook at Wikiquote

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