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The Complete Works of Robin Cook
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	Marker May 24, 2005; 544 pages Starred Review. The bestselling physician/author is in top form as he revisits the love/hate relationship between New York City medical examiners... Read more
	Seizure October 5, 2004; 448 pages Cook constructs a promising yet ultimately wearying plot around the issue of therapeutic cloning, picking up where his last novel, Shock,... Read more
	Rapt June 2, 2003; 384 pages
	COMA November 5, 2002; 381 pages Still considered one of the best of the genre, Coma propelled Robin Cook to the top of his field and earned him a reputation as the "master of the medical thriller" (New York Times). Now readers have another chance to discover this classic masterwork of nightmarish possibility. Read more
	Shock September 3, 2002; 352 pages Robin Cook, master of bestselling medical thrillers, answers the "What's the worst thing that could happen?" question in this plot-twisting novel... Read more
	Abduction November 1, 2000; 416 pages Perry Berg is president of Benthic Marine and a passenger aboard The Benthic Explorer, a 450-foot research ship endeavoring to drill... Read more
	Godplayer September 1, 2000; 336 pages Dr. Cassandra Kingsley is about to discover that neither her marriage nor her job is what she thought. And when she sets out to find the truth, it may just kill her. Read more
	Fever January 1, 2000; 352 pages A brillant cancer researcher discovers his daughter is a victim of leukemia resulting from a chemical plant conspiracy that not only promises to kill her, but will destroy his career if he tries to fight it. Read more
	Terminal February 1, 1994; 370 pages Good news: Cook ( Coma ; Blindsight ) lures us into his newest medical thriller easily and sustains our interest until... Read more
	Brain January 4, 1982; 320 pages "A fast-paced, gripping thriller." -- Philadelphia Inquirer Read more
	Toxin February 1, 1999; 448 pages Just when you thought it was safe to eat a hamburger again, Robin Cook--master of medical mysteries, deadly epidemics, and creepy... Read more
	Vector 1999; 404 pages Robin Cook's latest plot--the threat of an anthrax [bacterium] turned loose in a New York government building and in Central Park--is... Read more
	Chromosome 6 April 1, 1998; 460 pages The ever-popular and prolific Cook (Fatal Cure, Audio Reviews, LJ 9/15/94) sets his latest medical thriller in Equatorial Guinea, Africa. Dr.... Read more
	Fatal Cure February 1, 1995; 464 pages If Cook's skills as a writer were as finely tuned as his sense of timing, his 14th medical thriller (after Terminal... Read more
	Invasion April 1, 1997; 352 pages Fans of Robin Cook's many thrillers will be happy to know another one is on the way. In this latest outing,... Read more

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About the Author

Doctor and author Robin Cook is widely credited with introducing the word "medical" to the thriller genre, and twenty-five years after the publication of his breakthrough novel, COMA, he continues to dominate the category he created. Cook has successfully combined medical fact with fantasy to produce a succession of New York Times bestsellers, including OUTBREAK (1987), MINDBEND (1988), MUTATION (1989), HARMFUL INTENT (1990), VITAL SIGNS (1991), BLINDSIGHT (1992), TERMINAL (1993), FATAL CURE (1994), ACCEPTABLE RISK (1995), CONTAGION (1996), CHROMOSOME 6 (1997), TOXIN (1998) and VECTOR (1999). In each of his novels, Robin Cook strives to write about issues at the forefront of current medical practice. To date, he has explored issues such as organ donation, genetic engineering, in vitro fertilization, research funding, managed care, drug research, and organ transplantation. In SHOCK, Cook reaches the crossroads of medical technology and ethics by uncovering secrets of a fertility clinic. Cook says he chose to write thrillers because the form gives him "an opportunity to get the public interested in things about medicine they didn't seem to know about. I believe my books are actually teaching people." COMA was made into a successful feature film, and Cook's novels have also been made into television productions. In December 1993, CBS-TV aired "Robin Cook's Harmful Intent"; in November 1994, NBC-TV aired "Robin Cook's Mortal Fear"; in May 1995, NBC-TV aired "Robin Cook's Virus," based on Outbreak; and in February 1996 NBC-TV aired "Robin Cook's Terminal." In addition to 1997's "Robin Cook's Invasion," NBC-TV has two other Cook novels in production. Robin Cook is a graduate of Columbia University Medical School and finished his postgraduate medical training at Harvard. He is currently on leave from the Massachusetts Eye and Ear Infirmary. He divides his time between homes in Boston and Florida.

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4.0 out of 5 stars Captivating Story Of The Trials Of Surgical Residency, January 22, 2006

By	Robert I. Hedges - See all my reviews (TOP 100 REVIEWER) (REAL NAME)

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Although I am not a doctor, I know several well, and found this brief piece to be an insightful look into the psyche of a young, developing surgeon. Robin Cook is a very talented medical writer (and physician) and is able to brilliantly capture the personal angst that surgical residents go through during their professional development.

I found the story eminently readable and absorbing, though occasionally a tad wordy. I recommend this Amazon Short to anyone interested in medicine, the professional development of doctors and surgeons, or to people interested in the development of the ego as it relates to overachievers.

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5.0 out of 5 stars Knife for Life. Souls Bleed. An Angel's Wing., December 4, 2006

By	Linda G. Shelnutt "Author" (Hotchkiss, CO USA) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

"All he had to do was reach out and grasp it like the proverbial brass ring of an antique merry-go-round."

Visualize a chilling movie set of a boldly-colored wooden-horse, eternally pumping and circling, en-carrousel, tunes tingling. That scene would cut to a dim setting of a darkly-robed priest conducting an alter ceremony, his hand elevating a beating heart. Should an Aztec pyramid shadow Robin Cook on the cover of NARCISSUS REDUX? Amazon Shorts graphics are addictive. This one's design is crisply appropriate to the content.

As words pushed mercilessly, past cover and opening, I caught the whiff of dank odor (as Cook intended) in the surgeon's vulnerability, "Words weren't necessary; she (the scrub nurse) knew him too well personally thanks to an ongoing dalliance and was far too experienced professionally."

Following a perfectly described pause prior to imposing a laser-sharp knife into an exposed thorax, taut tension was released by MASH type humor >> "Cut away," Claire said cheerfully after a quick glance at the perfusionist who flashed a thumb's up sign to indicate all was ready... <<

NARCISSUS was riveting, engrossing, enthralling, applying all those adjectives. Robin Cook narrated vivid surgical procedures with mesmerizing, simple clarity; he dramatized the emotional state of the featured surgeon with psychological precision. The vulnerability of the patient, Gladys Hornsby (name implies a Salt-of-the-Earth type woman with whom readers would empathize) was established with a few skillfully chosen words:

>>... seventy-eight years old and demonstrably afraid of the hospital and medicine in general. It had been for that reason that she'd avoided any medical treatment for her progressive condition ... <<

Into the viscera of the diseased mind of Kim I fell, "... fear that perhaps his whole life and his whole sense of self might be based on false pretenses ..."

And fell, "Gladys Hornbee was far more of a gamble than he'd stopped to realize. As a defining operation she could be his ticket to success, or there was the slight, worrisome chance she could be his undoing both personally and professionally."

As you're reading NARCISSUS, slow the pace on the section immediately before and after the statement below. Observe this author's "sleight-of-hand" shift of Kim's hesitance and insecurity. Pivoting on a heartbeat, the dark side of self-esteem makes a nearly imperceptible flash to the lighter end of the pseudo-competence continuum:

>> With whetted intensity that dispelled his worrisome premonitions Kim dove into the operation. <<

After reading this story, I felt that Robin Cook might be providing an interesting service to mankind. Possibly his medical fiction answers an even higher call than that of the compassionate physician he could have been:

For me, NARCISSUS seemed to unveil a side-effect in Robin Cook's novels (in addition to their high entertainment), a side-effect of dramatically exposing some of the dark sides of the medical profession, thereby drawing a strange type of healing force into that domain.

For a sample of an "alternate" type of cultural healing, through an ice cream parlor in the 50's see: Coal & Coca-cola

With respect for gentle forces of healing,
Linda Shelnutt

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4.0 out of 5 stars Narcissus indeed!, August 20, 2005

By	Dr. Suzanne E. Willis "uusue" (IL) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

Cardiac surgeons tend to be among the most egotistical of physicians, with some justification. They hold patient's lives literally in their hands when performing open-heart surgery. This story of a third-year resident gives a glimpse of the development of such a personality. An interesting read.