Rick Cook (writer)

James Richard Cook was born in 1944. 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, and {{US$|12300|1988}}. 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.

{{As of|2022|01}}, Locus listed five articles published by Cook:

• {{cite magazine |title=A Long Stern Chase: A Speculative Exercise |magazine=Analog Science Fiction and Fact |date=July 1986 |volume=106 |issue=7 |editor1-last=Schmidt |editor1-first=Stanley |editor-link1=Stanley Schmidt |page=32 |publisher=Davis Publications}}
• {{cite magazine |title=The Season of the Witch |magazine=Analog Science Fiction and Fact |volume=106 |issue=12 |date=December 1986 |editor1-last=Schmidt |editor1-first=Stanley |page=4 |publisher=Davis Publications}}
• {{cite book |chapter=Robert A. Heinlein and the Coming Age of Space |title=New Destinies |volume=VI |editor-link1=Jim Baen |editor-first1=Jim |editor-last1=Baen |publisher=Baen Books |isbn=0-671-69796-X |date=November 1988 |page=76}}
• {{cite magazine |title=Neural Nets |magazine=Analog Science Fiction and Fact |date=August 1989 |volume=109 |issue=8 |editor1-last=Schmidt |editor1-first=Stanley |publisher=Davis Publications |page=86}}
• With {{cite magazine |title=Cyberspaced Out: Manners and Mores in the Global Village |last1=Manly |first1=Peter L. |magazine=Analog Science Fiction and Fact |date=April 1992 |volume=112 |issue=5 |editor1-last=Schmidt |editor1-first=Stanley |page=52 |publisher=Davis Publications}}

{{As of|2022|01}}, Locus listed 13 stories published by Cook:

• {{cite magazine |title=Mortality |magazine=Analog Science Fiction and Fact |date=January 1987 |volume=107 |issue=1 |editor1-last=Schmidt |editor1-first=Stanley |editor-link1=Stanley Schmidt |page=104 |publisher=Davis Publications}}
• {{cite magazine |title=Catalyst |magazine=Analog Science Fiction and Fact |date=October 1987 |volume=107 |issue=10 |editor1-last=Schmidt |editor1-first=Stanley |page=144 |publisher=Davis Publications}}
• {{cite magazine |title=Dreamers |magazine=Analog Science Fiction and Fact |date=February 1988 |volume=108 |issue=2 |editor1-last=Schmidt |editor1-first=Stanley |page=116 |publisher=Davis Publications}}
• {{cite magazine |title=Seance |magazine=Analog Science Fiction and Fact |date=April 1988 |volume=108 |issue=4 |editor1-last=Schmidt |editor1-first=Stanley |page=80 |publisher=Davis Publications}}
• {{cite book |chapter=Revised Standard Virgin |title=Sword and Sorceress |volume=V |editor-link1=Marion Zimmer Bradley |editor-first1=Marion Zimmer |editor-last1=Bradley |publisher=DAW Books |date=August 1988 |isbn=0-88677-288-5 |pages=272–280}}
• {{cite book |title=New Destinies |volume=VI |editor-first1=Jim |editor-last1=Baen |editor-link1=Jim Baen |date=November 1988 |chapter=Megaphone |publisher=Baen Books |isbn=0-671-69796-X |pages=76–93}}
• {{cite magazine |title=Hackers |magazine=Analog Science Fiction and Fact |date=April 1989 |volume=109 |issue=4 |editor1-last=Schmidt |editor1-first=Stanley |page=56 |publisher=Davis Publications}}
• {{cite magazine |title=Spelling Lesson |magazine=Midnight Zoo |volume=2 |issue=4 |year=1992 |editor1-last=Herron |editor1-first=Jon L. |publisher=Experiences Unlimited |location=Walnut Creek, California |pages=45–47}}
• {{cite magazine |title=…And He Did Ride |magazine=Analog Science Fiction and Fact |date=December 1992 |volume=112 |issue=14 |editor1-last=Schmidt |editor1-first=Stanley |publisher=Bantam Doubleday Dell |page=96}}
• With {{cite magazine |title=Symphony for Skyfall |last1=Manly |first1=Peter L. |magazine=Analog Science Fiction and Fact |volume=114 |issue=8&9 |date=July 1994 |editor1-last=Schmidt |editor1-first=Stanley |publisher=Bantam Doubleday Dell |page=78}} (Nominated for the 1995 Theodore Sturgeon Award)
• With {{cite magazine |title=Unfinished Symphony |last1=Manly |first1=Peter L. |magazine=Analog Science Fiction and Fact |volume=115 |issue=15 |date=December 1995 |editor1-last=Schmidt |editor1-first=Stanley |publisher=Dell Magazines |page=10}}
• With {{cite magazine |title=On the Application of Quantum Probability Tunneling to Improve Manufacturability of Printed Circuit Board Designs: A Case Study |last1=Manly |first1=Peter L. |magazine=Analog Science Fiction and Fact |date=May 1997 |volume=117 |issue=5 |editor1-last=Schmidt |editor1-first=Stanley |publisher=Dell Magazines |page=92}}
• {{cite magazine |title=O'Carolan's Revenge |magazine=Analog Science Fiction and Fact |date=October 1998 |volume=118 |issue=10 |editor1-last=Schmidt |editor1-first=Stanley |publisher=Dell Magazines |page=61}}

{{As of|2022|01}}, Locus listed eight books published by Cook:

• {{cite book |title=Wizard's Bane |publisher=Baen Books |isbn=0-671-69803-6 |date=January 1989}}
  The first in Cook's Wizardry series, the novel and its December second printing were originally sold for {{US$|3.50|1989}}.
• {{cite book |title=Limbo System |publisher=Baen Books |isbn=0-671-69835-4 |date=July 1989}}
  Originally sold for {{US$|3.50|1989|long=no}}.
• {{cite book |title=The Wizardry Compiled |publisher=Baen Books |isbn=0-671-69856-7 |date=December 1989}}
  The sequel to Wizard's Bane, it originally sold for {{US$|3.95|1989|long=no}} with cover art by Larry Schwinger.
• {{cite book |title=The Wizardry Cursed |publisher=Baen Books |isbn=0-671-72049-X |date=March 1991}}
  The third Wizardry novel originally sold for {{US$|4.95|1991|long=no}} with cover art by Gary Ruddell.
• {{cite book |title=Mall Purchase Night |publisher=Baen Books |isbn=0-671-72198-4 |date=November 1993}}
  Originally sold for {{US$|4.99|1993|long=no}}, with cover art by Gary Ruddell.
• {{cite book |title=The Wizardry Consulted |publisher=Baen Books |isbn=0-671-87700-3 |date=November 1995}}
  The fourth book in the Wizardry series, it originally sold for {{US$|5.99|1995|long=no}} with cover art by Cortney Skinner and Newell Convers.
• {{cite book |title=The Wizardry Quested |publisher=Baen Books |isbn=0-671-87708-9 |date=February 1996}}
  The fifth novel in the Wizardry series originally sold for {{US$|5.99|1996|long=no}} and had cover art by Newell Convers and John Pierrard.
• {{cite book |title=The Wiz Biz |publisher=Baen Books |isbn=0-671-87846-8 |date=September 1997}}
  Omnibus of Wizard's Bane and The Wizardry Compiled, it originally sold for {{US$|6.99|1997|long=no}}, with cover art by Tom Kidd.

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{{cite web |url=https://www.baen.com/allbooks/category/index/id/1673 |title=Rick Cook |publisher=Baen Books |language=en |access-date=2022-01-14 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211102171519/https://www.baen.com/allbooks/category/index/id/1673 |archive-date=2021-11-02}}

{{cite web |url=https://j-archive.com/showgame.php?game_id=5768 |title=Show #898 - Wednesday, June 29, 1988 |publisher=J! Archive |language=en |access-date=2023-08-29 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220929112607/https://j-archive.com/showgame.php?game_id=5768 |archive-date=2022-09-29}}

{{cite web |url=https://j-archive.com/showgame.php?game_id=5775 |title=Show #899 - Thursday, June 30, 1988 |publisher=J! Archive |language=en |access-date=2023-08-29 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230623150330/https://j-archive.com/showgame.php?game_id=5775 |archive-date=2023-06-23}}

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{{cite web |url=http://www.sfadb.com/Theodore_Sturgeon_Memorial_Award_1995 |title=Theodore Sturgeon Memorial Award 1995 |publisher=Science Fiction Awards Database |language=en |access-date=2023-01-11 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221224190015/http://www.sfadb.com/Theodore_Sturgeon_Memorial_Award_1995 |archive-date=2022-12-24}}

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