{{short description|American author, critic, and lecturer}} {{About|the author|other uses|Paul Cook (disambiguation)}} '''Paul Cook''' is an American science fiction writer and classical music critic. He is a Principal Lecturer in the English Department at Arizona State University.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://english.asu.edu/content/paul-cook |title=Paul Cook |website=english.asu.edu |access-date=March 23, 2021}}</ref>
==Works== ===Novels=== Paul Cook has written eight science fiction novels.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.thriftbooks.com/a/paul--cook/725111/ |title=Paul Cook Books |website=thriftbooks.com |access-date=March 23, 2021}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.goodreads.com/author/show/7334216.Paul_Cook |title=Paul Cook (Author of The Engines of Dawn |website=goodreads.com |access-date=March 23, 2021}}</ref> * ''Tintagel'' (1981). Ace Science Fiction. Finalist for the 1982 Locus Award for Best First Novel.<ref>[http://www.isfdb.org/cgi-bin/title.cgi?8058 Entry for Tintagel by Paul Cook], ISFDB, accessed April 4, 2021.</ref> * ''The Alejandra Variations'' (1984). Ace Science Fiction.<ref>"Review of The Alejandra Variations" by Susan H. Harper, Fantasy Review, June 1985.</ref> * ''Duende Meadow'' (1985). Bantam Spectra.<ref>"Review of Duende Meadow" by Tom Easton, Analog Science Fiction/Science Fact, March 1986</ref><ref>"Review of Duende Meadow" by Baird Searles, Isaac Asimov's Science Fiction Magazine, March 1986</ref> * ''Halo'' (1986). Bantam Spectra.<ref>"Review of Halo" by Thomas A. Easton, Analog Science Fiction/Science Fact, February 1987, p. 185</ref> * ''On The Rim Of The Mandala'' (1987). Bantam Spectra.<ref>"Review On The Rim Of The Mandala" by Don D'Ammassa, Science Fiction Chronicle, issue 95, August 1987</ref><ref>"Review On The Rim Of The Mandala" by Tom Easton, Analog Science Fiction/Science Fact, December 1987.</ref> * ''Fortress On The Sun'' (1997). Roc SF; Reprint (2008). Phoenix Pick/Arc Manor Books<ref>Review of Fortress of the Sun" by Jonathan Strahan, Locus Magazine, August 1997, p. 31.</ref> * ''The Engines Of Dawn'' (1999). Roc SF; Reprint (2008). Phoenix Pick/Arc Manor Books<ref>"Review of The Engines Of Dawn" by Paul Di Filippo, Asimov's Science Fiction, December 1999.</ref> * ''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.<ref>"[https://locusmag.com/2013/03/periodicals-early-march/ Periodicals, early March]," Locus Magazine, March 2, 2013.</ref>
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, Prokofiev, Shostakovich, 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.
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==External links== * [http://www.paulcook-sci-fi.com/ Paul Cook's official website] at paulcook-sci-fi.com * {{isfdb name|id=Paul_Cook|name=Paul Cook}} * [http://www.americanrecordguide.com The American Record Guide] at AmericanRecordGuide.com
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