Glen Cook

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Glen Charles Cook (* 9 July 1944 in New York City ) is an American fantasy - author .

Life

In high school, he began writing for the school newspaper. After serving in the US Navy , he graduated from college. It was only during a mentally less demanding industrial job at General Motors that he began to develop serious writing ambitions. In 1970 he was a participant in the renowned Clarion workshop for budding science fiction and fantasy authors.

Cook is married with three grown children and lives in St. Louis , Missouri .

bibliography

The series are arranged according to the year of publication of the first part.

Chronicles of the Black Company

Short stories:

  • Raker (in: The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction, August 1982 )
  • Tides Elba: A Tale of the Black Company (2010, in: Jonathan Strahan and Lou Anders (Eds.): Swords & Dark Magic )
  • Smelling Danger: A Story of The Black Company (2011, in: William Schafer (Ed.): Subterranean: Tales of Dark Fantasy 2 )
  • Shaggy Dog Bridge: A Black Company Story (2013, in: Jonathan Strahan (Ed.): Fearsome Journeys )
  • Bone Candy (2014, in: Bryan Thomas Schmidt and Jennifer Brozek (Eds.): Shattered Shields )
  • Bone Eaters (2015, in: John Joseph Adams (Ed.): Operation Arcana )
  • Port of Shadows (2018, novel)
  • Chasing Midnight (2019, in: Glen Cook: The Best of Glen Cook: 18 Stories from the Author of The Black Company and The Dread Empire )

The Book of the North:

  • 1 The Black Company (1984)
    • German: In the service of the soul catcher. Translated by Heiko Langhans. Blanvalet Fantasy # 24894, 1999, ISBN 3-442-24894-9 . Also as: soul catcher. Translated by Andrea Blendl. Mantikore-Verlag (General Series # 138), Frankfurt am Main 2015, ISBN 978-3-945493-28-1 .
  • 2 Shadows Linger (1984)
    • English: Night over Juniper. Translated by Heiko Langhans. Blanvalet Fantasy # 24895, 1999, ISBN 3-442-24895-7 . Also called: Death Shadow. Translated by Andrea Blendl. Mantikore-Verlag (General Series # 170), Frankfurt am Main 2016, ISBN 978-3-945493-60-1 .
  • 3 The White Rose (1985)
    • English: The return of evil. Translated by Heiko Langhans. Blanvalet Fantasy # 24896, 1999, ISBN 3-442-24896-5 . Also called: the white rose. Translated by Andrea Blendl. Mantikore Verlag (General Series # 172), Frankfurt am Main 2017, ISBN 978-3-945493-62-5 .
  • Annals of the Black Company (collective edition from 1–3; 1986, collective edition; also: Chronicles of the Black Company , 2007)
  • Black Company / Shadows Linger / White Rose (collective edition from 1–3; 2008)

The Book of the South:

  • 1 Shadow Games (1989)
  • 2 The Silver Spike (1989)
  • 3 Dreams of Steel (1990)
  • The Black Company Goes South (collective edition from 1–3; 2002, collective edition; also: The Books of the South: Tales of the Black Company , 2008)

Glittering Stones:

  • 1 Bleak Seasons (1996)
  • 2 She Is the Darkness (1997)
  • 3 Water Sleeps (1999)
  • 4 Soldiers Live (2000)
  • The Black Company: Glittering Stone I (collective edition of 1 and 2; 1984; also: The Return of the Black Company , 2009)
  • The Black Company: Glittering Stone II (collective edition of 1 and 2; 2000; also: The Many Deaths of the Black Company , 2010)
Starfishers
  • 1 Shadowline (1982)
  • 2 starfishers (1982)
  • 3 Stars' End (1982)
  • Passage At Arms (1985)
  • The Starfishers Trilogy (collective edition from 1–3; 2017, collective edition)
Dread Empire
  • 1 The Fire in His Hands (1984)
  • 2 With Mercy Toward None (1985)
  • 3 A Shadow of All Night Falling (1979)
  • 4 October's Baby (1980)
  • 5 All Darkness Met (1980)
  • 6 Reap the East Wind (1987)
  • 7 An Ill Fate Marshalling (1988)
  • 8 A Path to Coldness of Heart (2012)

Collective issues:

  • A Fortress in Shadow (Collective Edition of 1 and 2; 2007)
  • A Cruel Wind: A Chronicle of the Dread Empire (Collective Edition 3–5; 2006)
  • Wrath of Kings (Collective Edition 6–8; 2018)

Short stories:

  • Silverheels (in: Witchcraft & Sorcery # 6, May 1971 )
  • The Nights of Dreadful Silence (in: Fantastic, September 1973 )
  • Ghost Stalk (in: The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction, May 1978 )
  • Quiet Sea (in: The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction, December 1978 )
  • Castle of Tears (in: Whispers # 13-14, October 1979 )
  • Call for the Dead (in: The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction, July 1980 )
  • Soldier of an Empire Unacquainted with Defeat (1980, in: John Silbersack and Victoria Schochet (Eds.): The Berkley Showcase: New Writings in Science Fiction and Fantasy, Vol. 2 )
  • Filed Teeth (1981, in: Orson Scott Card (Ed.): Dragons of Darkness )
  • Severed Heads (1984, in: Marion Zimmer Bradley (Ed.): Sword and Sorceress )
    • German: Severed Heads. Translated by Günter Panske . In: Marion Zimmer Bradley (Ed.): Sword Sister. Fischer fantastic. Library # 2701, 1986, ISBN 3-596-22701-1 .
  • An Empire Unacquainted with Defeat (2008)
  • Hell's Forge (2009, in: Glen Cook: An Empire Unacquainted with Defeat )
Darkwar
  • 1 Doomstalker (1985)
  • 2 Warlock (1985)
  • 3 Darkwar Trilogy # 3: Ceremony (1986)
  • Darkwar (collective edition from 1–3; 2010, collective edition)
Garrett, PI / The Riddles of Karenta
  • 1 Sweet Silver Blues (1987)
    • German: Centaurengelights. Translated by Jörn Ingwersen. Goldmann # 24681, Munich 1996, ISBN 3-442-24681-4 .
  • 2 Bitter Gold Hearts (1988)
    • German: Lazy magic. Translated by Wolfgang Thon. Goldmann # 24679, Munich 1996, ISBN 3-442-24679-2 .
  • 3 Cold Copper Tears (1988)
    • German: Tempelhyänen. Translated by Wolfgang Thon. Goldmann # 24680, Munich 1996, ISBN 3-442-24680-6 .
  • 4 Old Tin Sorrows (1989)
    • German: Witching Hour. Translated by Wolfgang Thon. Goldmann # 24712, Munich 1996, ISBN 3-442-24712-8 .
  • 5 Dread Brass Shadows (1990)
    • German: shadow dancers. Translated by Wolfgang Thon. Goldmann # 24711, Munich 1996, ISBN 3-442-24711-X .
  • 6 Red Iron Nights (1991)
    • German: Heisses Eisen. Translated by Wolfgang Thon. Goldmann # 24710, Munich 1997, ISBN 3-442-24710-1 .
  • 7 Deadly Quicksilver Lies (1994)
    • German: top boys. Translated by Wolfgang Thon. Goldmann # 24723, Munich 1997, ISBN 3-442-24723-3 .
  • 8 Petty Pewter Gods (1995)
    • German: Göttergetöse. Translated by Wolfgang Thon. Goldmann # 24724, Munich 1997, ISBN 3-442-24724-1 .
  • 9 Faded Steel Heat (1999)
    • German: Goldfieber. Translated by Wolfgang Thon. Goldmann # 24725, Munich 2001, ISBN 3-442-24725-X .
  • 10 Angry Lead Skies (2002)
  • 11 Whispering Nickel Idols (2005)
  • 12 Cruel Zinc Melodies (2008)
  • 13 Gilded Latten Bones: A Garrett, PI, Novel (2010)
  • 14 Wicked Bronze Ambition (2013)

Collective issues:

  • 1 The Garrett Files (collective edition from 1–3; 1989; also: Introducing Garrett, PI , 2011)
  • 2 Garrett, PI (collective edition of 4–6; 2003; also: Garrett Takes the Case , 2012)
  • 3 Garrett Investigates (collective edition from 7–9; 2004; also: Garrett For Hire , 2013)
  • 4 Garrett on the Case (collective edition of 10 and 11; 2005)
  • Introducing Garrett, PI (2011)
  • Garrett Takes the Case (2012)
  • Garrett For Hire (2013)

Short story:

  • Shadow Thieves (2011, short story in: George RR Martin and Gardner Dozois (Eds.): Down These Strange Streets )
Instrumentalities of the Night
  • 1 The Tyranny of the Night (2005)
  • 2 Lord of the Silent Kingdom (2007)
  • 3 Surrender to the Will of the Night (2010)
  • 4 Working God's Mischief (2014)
  • The Complete Instrumentalities of the Night Series (collective edition from 1–4; 2018, collective edition)
Single novels
  • The Swap Academy (1970; as Greg Stevens)
  • The Heirs of Babylon (1972)
  • The Swordbearer (1982)
  • A Matter of Time (1985)
  • The Dragon Never Sleeps (1988)
  • The Tower of Fear (1989)
  • Sung in Blood (1990)
Collections
  • Winter's Dreams (2012)
  • The Best of Glen Cook: 18 Stories from the Author of The Black Company and The Dread Empire (2019)
Short stories

1971:

  • Song from a Forgotten Hill (1971, in: Robin Scott Wilson (Ed.): Clarion )

1972:

  • And Dragons in the Sky (1972, in: Robin Scott Wilson (Ed.): Clarion II )
  • Appointment in Samarkand (in: Witchcraft & Sorcery # 7, November 1972 )

1973:

  • Sunrise (in: Eternity SF, # 2 1973 )

1974:

  • The Devil's Tooth (in: The Literary Magazine of Fantasy and Terror, # 5, 1974 )

1975:

  • In the Wind (1975, in: George Zebrowski (Ed.): Tomorrow Today )

1977:

  • The Recruiter (in: Amazing Stories, March 1977 )

1978:

  • The Seventh Fool (in: The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction, March 1978 )
  • Ponce (in: Amazing Stories, November 1978 )

1982:

  • Darkwar (in: Isaac Asimov's Science Fiction Magazine, Mid-December 1982 )

2006:

  • Lord of the Silent Kingdom (2006, in: Glen Cook: The Tyranny of the Night )

2009:

  • Finding Svale's Daughter (2009, in: Glen Cook: An Empire Unacquainted with Defeat )
  • The Good Magician (2009, in: George RR Martin and Gardner Dozois (Eds.): Songs of the Dying Earth: Stories in Honor of Jack Vance )

2012:

  • Enemy Territory (2012, in: Glen Cook: Winter's Dreams )
  • The Waiting Sea (2012, in: Glen Cook: Winter's Dreams )
  • Winter's Dreams (2012, in: Glen Cook: Winter's Dreams )

literature

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Interview with Cook in Quantum Muse Magazine
personal data
SURNAME Cook, Glen
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Cook, Glen Charles (full name); Stevens, Greg (pseudonym)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American (fantasy) author
DATE OF BIRTH July 9, 1944
PLACE OF BIRTH New York City