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Glen Cook

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born
July 09, 1944 in The United States

gender
male

genre
Science Fiction & Fantasy


About this author

Glen Cook aka Greg Stevens is a contemporary American science fiction and fantasy author, best known for his fantasy series, The Black Company. Cook currently resides in St. Louis, Missouri.

http://us.macmillan.com/author/glencook


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Average rating: 4.00 · 36,248 ratings · 1,796 reviews · 73 distinct works
The Black Company
4.01 of 5 stars 4.01 avg rating — 4,892 ratings — published 1984 — 15 editions
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Chronicles of The Black Com...
4.2 of 5 stars 4.20 avg rating — 2,838 ratings — published 2007 — 6 editions
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Shadows Linger
4.12 of 5 stars 4.12 avg rating — 2,395 ratings — published 1984 — 13 editions
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The White Rose
4.15 of 5 stars 4.15 avg rating — 2,223 ratings — published 1985 — 11 editions
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Shadow Games
4.01 of 5 stars 4.01 avg rating — 1,545 ratings — published 1989 — 8 editions
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The Silver Spike
3.89 of 5 stars 3.89 avg rating — 1,458 ratings — published 1989 — 6 editions
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Dreams of Steel
4.01 of 5 stars 4.01 avg rating — 1,372 ratings — published 1990 — 7 editions
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Bleak Seasons
3.93 of 5 stars 3.93 avg rating — 1,246 ratings — published 1996 — 6 editions
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She is the Darkness
4.01 of 5 stars 4.01 avg rating — 1,197 ratings — published 1997 — 4 editions
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Water Sleeps
3.97 of 5 stars 3.97 avg rating — 1,158 ratings — published 1999 — 6 editions
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Series by Glen Cook

The Black Company Shadows Linger The White Rose The Silver Spike Shadow Games Dreams of Steel Bleak Seasons
The Chronicle of the Black Company (12 books)
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4.064860707571356 of 5 stars 4.06 avg rating — 23,404 ratings
The Black Company Shadows Linger The White Rose
Books of the North (3 books)
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4.071037676278678 of 5 stars 4.07 avg rating — 9,502 ratings
Sweet Silver Blues Bitter Gold Hearts Cold Copper Tears Old Tin Sorrows Dread Brass Shadows Red Iron Nights Deadly Quicksilver Lies
Garrett Files (13 books)
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3.9377727896246415 of 5 stars 3.94 avg rating — 8,019 ratings
Bleak Seasons She is the Darkness Water Sleeps Soldiers Live
Books of Glittering Stone (4 books)
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3.996520226185298 of 5 stars 4.00 avg rating — 4,598 ratings
Shadow Games Dreams of Steel
Books of the South (2 books)
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4.010641949879849 of 5 stars 4.01 avg rating — 2,913 ratings
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Quotes by Glen Cook

“Every ounce of my cynicism is supported by historical precedent.”
― Glen Cook, Shadow Games
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“There were dreams once upon a time, dreams now all but forgotten. On sad days I dust them off and fondle them nostalgically, with a patronizing wonder at the naivete of the youth who dreamed them.”
― Glen Cook
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“. . .and the thing that you know to be true is the lie that will kill you.”
― Glen Cook
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Polls

SERIES DISCUSSION: This poll determines which two series will move on to the run-off poll for our second official Beyond Reality Series Discussion!

The Wars of Light and Shadow - Janny Wurts
 
  14 votes, 28.6%

Chronicles of Amber - Roger Zelazny
 
  10 votes, 20.4%

Book of the New Sun - Gene Wolfe
 
  6 votes, 12.2%

The Chanur series - C.J. Cherryh
 
  5 votes, 10.2%

Saga of Pliocene Exile / Intervention / Galactic Milieu - Julian May
 
  3 votes, 6.1%

Chronicles of Thomas Covenant the Unbeliever - Stephen R. Donaldson
 
  2 votes, 4.1%

The Shadowmarch series - Tad Williams
 
  2 votes, 4.1%

The Dragaeran Books - Steven Brust
 
  2 votes, 4.1%

Chronicles of the Cheysuli - Jennifer Roberson
 
  2 votes, 4.1%

The Recluce Saga - L.E. Modesitt Jr.
 
  1 vote, 2.0%

The Garrett, PI series - Glen Cook
 
  1 vote, 2.0%

The Alvin Maker series - Orson Scott Card
 
  1 vote, 2.0%

The Dragon Prince & Dragon Spawn trilogies - Melanie Rawn
 
  0 votes, 0.0%

The Emberverse series - S.M. Stirling
 
  0 votes, 0.0%

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