Rick Cook (writer)
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Rick Cook | |
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| Born | 1944 |
| Died | January 13, 2022 (aged 77–78) |
| Other names | Sir Richard Ironsteed |
| Occupation | Writer |
| Years active | 1987–1998 |
| Website | rickcooks |
James Richard Cook (1944 – January 13, 2022) was an American author of novels and stories.
Personal life and death
[edit | edit source]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 US$12,300 (equivalent to $32,702 in 2024).[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]
Published works
[edit | edit source]Articles
[edit | edit source]As of January 2022[update], Locus listed five articles published by Cook:[6]
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Stories
[edit | edit source]As of January 2022[update], Locus listed 13 stories published by Cook:[6]
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Novels
[edit | edit source]As of January 2022[update], Locus listed eight books published by Cook:[2]
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The first in Cook's Wizardry series, the novel and its December second printing were originally sold for US$3.50 (equivalent to $8.88 in 2024). - Lua error in Module:Citation/CS1/Configuration at line 2172: attempt to index field '?' (a nil value).
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The sequel to Wizard's Bane, it originally sold for $3.95 (equivalent to $10.02 in 2024) with cover art by Larry Schwinger. - Lua error in Module:Citation/CS1/Configuration at line 2172: attempt to index field '?' (a nil value).
The third Wizardry novel originally sold for $4.95 (equivalent to $11.43 in 2024) with cover art by Gary Ruddell. - Lua error in Module:Citation/CS1/Configuration at line 2172: attempt to index field '?' (a nil value).
Originally sold for $4.99 (equivalent to $10.86 in 2024), with cover art by Gary Ruddell. - Lua error in Module:Citation/CS1/Configuration at line 2172: attempt to index field '?' (a nil value).
The fourth book in the Wizardry series, it originally sold for $5.99 (equivalent to $12.36 in 2024) with cover art by Cortney Skinner and Newell Convers. - Lua error in Module:Citation/CS1/Configuration at line 2172: attempt to index field '?' (a nil value).
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Omnibus of Wizard's Bane and The Wizardry Compiled, it originally sold for $6.99 (equivalent to $13.69 in 2024), with cover art by Tom Kidd.
References
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External links
[edit | edit source]- Official website
- Rick Cook at the Internet Speculative Fiction Database
- File:Wikiquote-logo.svg Quotations related to Rick Cook at Wikiquote
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