Paul Cook is an American

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writer and classical music critic. He is a Principal Lecturer in the English Department at

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Works

Novels

Paul Cook has written eight science fiction novels. * ''

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'' (1981). Ace Science Fiction. Finalist for the 1982

Locus Award for Best First Novel The Locus Award for Best First Novel is one of the annual Locus Awards presented by the science fiction and fantasy magazine '' Locus''. Awards presented in a given year are for works published in the previous calendar year. The award for Best Fi ...

. * ''The Alejandra Variations'' (1984). Ace Science Fiction. * ''Duende Meadow'' (1985). Bantam Spectra. * ''Halo'' (1986). Bantam Spectra. * ''On The Rim Of The Mandala'' (1987). Bantam Spectra. * ''Fortress On The Sun'' (1997). Roc SF; Reprint (2008). Phoenix Pick/Arc Manor Books * ''The Engines Of Dawn'' (1999). Roc SF; Reprint (2008). Phoenix Pick/Arc Manor Books * ''Karma Kommandos'' (2008). Phoenix Pick/Arc Manor Books

Other writing

Paul Cook has published short stories in ''Amazing Stories'', ''Digital Science Fiction'', ''Isaac Asimov's Science Fiction'', ''The Hawai'i Review'', ''The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction'', ''The Nameless Review'', and ''New Letters''. He also writes book reviews for Galaxy's Edge Magazine.Periodicals, early March
" Locus Magazine, March 2, 2013. He has published poems in a wide variety of literary non mainstream magazines such as ''The Georgia Review'' and ''Quarterly West''. He has written classical music criticism for such venues as ClassicsToday.com and MusicWeb-International.com, and now writes classical music reviews exclusively for ''The American Record Guide''. He has written extensively on the music of Hindemith,

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, and Stravinsky. He most recently wrote the introduction to the 2006 edition of Edgar Rice Burroughs' novel '' Tanar of Pellucidar'' (Bison Books/University of Nebraska Press) and is the Series Editor for the Phoenix Science Fiction Classic series from Phoenix Pick/Arc Manor books.

References

External links

Paul Cook's official website
at paulcook-sci-fi.com *
The American Record Guide
at AmericanRecordGuide.com
Arc Manor's official website
at ArcManor.com
Phoenix Pick (Science Fiction Imprint of Arc Manor)
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