Talk:Robin Cook (American novelist)

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The page on Robin Cook (novelist) should be left as is, for the purpose of disambiguation.

novels
i will be adding links to the book titles i just don't have time right at this moment --Larsie 16:10, 30 Sep 2004 (UTC)

I made some major modifications from the original page, with the hope of improving it's appearance, and broadening it's information.Paul1966 02:46, 14 October 2007 (UTC)

I made some minor modifications, some minor typos are fixed Paul1966 12:43, 15 October 2007 (UTC)

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Robin Cook's "Abduction."

--Crwriter 06:20, 14 November 2007 (UTC)

I've just finished this book and initially thought it shallow. Then I realised perhaps it was I who was a bit shallow. A society who has nothing better to do than enjoy life after conquering all aspects of technological possibilities leaves little to be desired.

But therein lies the rub for me: It seems, throughout the book, that the desires of the "Middle-Earth" folks are clear and singular -- get it when you can and all the time and in as many ways as possible. Yes, it's exactly what it sounds like. Middle-Earth men and women do not adandon themselves to freedom of the arts and bliss in access to all kinds of personal fulfillment, they abandon themselves to bodily bliss. I see no solace in that kind of existence.

I've often said that money is the root of all social ills. Pile it up and burn it all. Cook's Middle-Earth, Utopian society accomplishes this. But to cheapen such a society by giving them nothing better to do on the surface but have a good time with a bunch of primitives leaves no room for the true possibilities of such a society. And to endow them with a superficial innocence leaves even more to be desired.

You could have done better, Robin Cook.

Medical Practice
Is there anything available on this? The article suggests he is or has been a practicing physician, researcher or teacher. 66.142.57.70 18:39, 27 December 2008 (UTC) 18:39, 27 December 2008 (UTC)

"By writing medical thrillers, Dr. Cook has given a new and eerie angle to the thriller genre" "Cook got a taste of the larger world " "Keeping his lab coat handy helps him turn our fear of doctors into bestsellers" etc, etc.

This bio reads like it's a marketing review for his books - the writing is too embellished and it sounds as though some portions were lifted from a jacket cover.192.206.151.130 (talk) 14:37, 10 January 2008 (UTC) edit: grammar and spelling 192.206.151.130 (talk) 14:56, 10 January 2008 (UTC)

Abduction
I'm a little disappointed in Abduction, in both content and errors. The author consistently used the word "base" when referring to a low musical tone. Even his editor(s) apparently let that slip by.

4.165.195.13 (talk) 12:20, 29 July 2009 (UTC)

Cook is also an "ass" writer in the sense that a character never can "go outside" but must "take his ass outside." This sort of vulgar tone permeates the dialogue. Perhaps some editor suggested that Cook vulgarize the dialogue because the medical information is so relatively arcane for the typical nonphysician reader? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 70.44.147.74 (talk) 01:16, 16 April 2010 (UTC)

Rewritten paragraph
"Cook ran the Cousteau Society's blood-gas lab in the south of France. He later became an aquanaut with the U.S. Navy's SEALAB program when he was drafted in 1969. "

I have just rewritten this paragraph into the form I have quoted because the previous version of the paragraph was taken directly from the article cited, clearly violating copyright. Gildir (talk) 18:53, 9 June 2011 (UTC)

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Source for first spouse
Hi @Urbanwriter, thanks for your contributions. I've re-reverted the sentence about Cook's first spouse, because none of the sources seem to be reliable, and I can't find any other reliable sources for it in searching on my own. I understand that you know this from your personal experience, but Wikipedia requires verifiable sources (WP:VERIFYOR). Best, Politanvm talk 02:10, 21 November 2022 (UTC)
 * The Encyclopedia.com source is mirroring Cengage, which would probably be fine, but it doesn't mention the spouse's name.
 * Prabook isn't a reliable source because it's a mix of user contributed and scraped information from other unreliable sources (like Marquis Who's Who as described at WP:RSP). Sometimes it also scrapes Wikipedia.
 * InformationCrade.com is another unreliable web scraper (see Reliable sources/Noticeboard/Archive 258).