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Sound interesting? If so, I'd recommend trying out The Black Company which is the first book in The Black Company series. It's probably my favorite series of his and its still easy to find in stores. There was an initial trilogy which you can start with and then move on to more books in the series if you want to.
If you can't find one of his books at Amazon.com (many are now out of print) then you could try AbeBooks which is a fantastic online resource for hard-to-find books. They have 20 million books from a large set of used books stores from around the world. They can be a bit pricy at times, but are well worth it if you can't find it elsewhere.
What follows is copyright (c) 1990 by William December Starr. You can
reproduce and distribute it at will, so long as (a) you don't alter
the data within (altering the format of the data is okay), (b) don't
charge money for it and (c) you spell my name right :-).
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A Glen Cook Bibliography
Original compilation by Roger C. Schlobin, Purdue University
Updated in July 1986 and January 1990,
with the invaluable assistance of Mr. Glen Cook,
by William December Starr, MIT Science Fiction Society
All novels which are related to a series are listed in the order
in which they fit into the chronology of the series; all other
entries are listed in alphabetical order within their category.
Independent Novels:
The Dragon Never Sleeps
Warner/Popular Library, 1988 [pb].
The Heirs of Babylon
Signet/New American Library, 1972 [pb].
(Also published in Germany; no details available.)
A Matter of Time (science fiction)
Ace, 1985 [pb].
The Swap Academy
Publisher's Export Corp. (San Diego, CA), 1970 [pb].
(Published under the pseudonym "Greg Stevens".)
The Swordbearer (fantasy)
Pocket/Timescape, 1982 [pb].[1]
Sung in Blood (fantasy)
NESFA Press, 1990 [hc] (limited edition of 800).
The Tower of Fear (fantasy)
Tor, 1989 [hc].
(Scheduled for release in the U.K. from Grafton in 1990.)
Novels Related to "The Black Company"
The Black Company
Tor, 1984 [pb].
Shadows Linger
Tor, 1984 [pb].
The White Rose
Tor, 1985 [pb].
Annals of the Black Company
Science Fiction Book Club, 1986 [hc].
(Omnibus edition containing The Black Company,
Shadows Linger and The White Rose.)
Shadow Games
Tor, 1989 [pb].
The Silver Spike
Tor, 1989 [pb].
Novels Related to "Darkwar"
Doomstalker
Warner/Popular Library, 1985 [pb].
Warlock
Warner/Popular Library, 1985 [pb].
Ceremony
Warner/Popular Library, 1986 [pb].
Novels Related to "The Dread Empire"
The Fire in His Hands
Pocket/Timescape, 1984 [pb].
With Mercy Towards None
Baen, 1985 [pb].
A Shadow of All NIght Falling
Berkley, 1979 [pb].
October's Baby
Berkley, 1980 [pb].
All Darkness Met
Berkley, 1980 [pb].
Reap the East Wind
Tor, 1987 [pb].
An Ill Fate Marshalling
Tor, 1988 [pb].
Novels Related to "Garrett, Private Investigator"
Sweet Silver Blues
Signet/New American Library, 1987 [pb].
Bitter Gold Hearts
Signet/New American Library, 1988 [pb].
Cold Copper Tears
Signet/New American Library, 1988 [pb].
The Garrett Files
Science Fiction Book Club, 1988 [hc].
(Omnibus edition containing Sweet Silver Blues,
Bitter Gold Hearts and Cold Copper Tears.)
Old Tin Sorrows
Signet/New American Library, 1989 [pb].
Novels Related to "The Starfishers"
Passage At Arms
Warner/Popular Library, 1985 [pb].
Shadowline
Warner, 1982 [pb].
Starfishers
Warner, 1982 [pb].
Stars' End
Warner, 1982 [pb].
Independent Short Fiction
"Appointment in Samarkand"
Witchcraft & Sorcery #7, Nov. 1972, page 30.[2]
"Ponce"
Amazing, Nov. 1977, page 116.
"The Seventh Fool"
Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction, Mar. 1978, page 78.
"Silverheels"
Witchcraft & Sorcery #6, May 1971, page 26.[3]
(Illustrated by Tim Kirk.)
"Song From A Forgotten Hill"
Clarion, Robin Scott Wilson, ed., Signet/New American
Library, 1971 [pb], page 214.
Reprinted in French (translated by Bruno Martin) in Futur
Anee Zero, Alain Doremieux, ed., Casterman of Tourai
(Belgium), 1975, page 167.
Originally appeared in Worlds of Tomorrow in an edition
never released for sale.
"The Waiting Sea"
Program Book, Archon 7, The Archon Committee (St. Louis,
MO), July 1983.
Short Fiction Related to "The Black Company"
"Raker"
Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction, Aug. 1982 page 94.
(Exerpt from the novel The Black Company.)
Short Fiction Related to "Darkwar"
"Darkwar"
Isaac Asimov's SF Magazine, mid-Dec., 1982, page 142.[4]
(Cover story, with painting by Wayne D. Barlow and interior
art by Val Lakey/Artifact.)
Short Fiction Related to "The Dread Empire"
"Call for the Dead"
Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction, July 1980, page 95.
(Cover story, with painting by David Mattingly.)
"Castle of Tears"
Whispers, vol. 4, no. 1-2 (double issue), Oct. 1979, page
56.[5]
"Filed Teeth"
Dragon of Darkness, Orson Scott Card, ed., Ace, 1981 [trade
pb], Ace 1983 [pb], page 1 in both editions.
(Illustrated by Michael Whelan in both editions.)
"Ghost Stalk"
Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction, May 1978, page 129.
"The Nights of Deadful Silence"
Fantastic, Sept, 1973, page 44.
(Illustrated by Mike Kaluta.)
"Severed Heads"
Sword and Sorceress, Marion Zimmer Bradley, ed., DAW, 1984
[pb], page 34.
(Sword and Sorceress also published in Germany, Italy and
the U.K.; no details available.)
"Soldier of an Empire Unacquainted With Defeat"
The Berkley Showcase, vol. 2, Victoria Schochet and John
Silbersack, ed., Berkley, 1982 [pb], page 1.
Short Fiction Related to "Endgame"
"The Devil's Tooth"
Literary Magazine of Fantasy & Terror, vol. 1, no. 5 (1974,
page 4.[6]
(Illustrated in Literary Magazine of Fantasy & Terror by
Cameron F. Broze.)
Reprinted in Gandalf, Norway, 1977, no further details
available.
Short Fiction Related to "The Starfishers"
"And Dragons in the Sky" (Seed story for Starfishers.)
Clarion II, Robin Scott Wilson, ed., Signet/New American
Library, 1972 [pb], page 186.
"Crystal in the Flesh"
Sold to Gerald Page for a science fiction anthology in 1973;
probably will never appear.
"Enemy Territory"
Night Voyages #9, Spring 1983, page 4.[7]
(Illustrated by Nick Petrosino.)
"In the Wind"
Tomorrow Today, George Zebrowski, ed., Unity Press (Santa
Cruz, CA), 1971 [simultaneous trade pb and hc], page 92.
"Quiet Sea"
Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction, Dec. 1978, page 7.
(Cover story, with painting by David Hardy.)
"The Recruiter"
Amazing, Mar. 1977, page 47.
"Sunrise"
Eternity SF, vol. 1, no. 2 (1973), page 23.[8]
(Illustrated by Vincent DiFate.)
Non-Fiction
(untitled)
Tsunami, vol. 1, no. 2, forthcoming.[9]
"First Contact"
Tsunami, vol. 1, no. 1, July 1972, page 6.[10]
Shaw Neighborhood Sixth Annual House Tour
Shaw Neighborhood Association (St. Loius, MO), 1980.
(Illustrated by Ann Day and Jay Doty.)
Secondary Studies, Interviews and Articles
Burnett, Betty: "Archon V"
Riverfront Times, July 22-28, 1981, page 11.
Carrington, Grant: "Cook's Broth"
Night Voyages #9, Spring 1983, page 12.[11]
Lennhoff, Larry: "A (Pseudo) Interview With Glen Cook"
Twilight Zine #37, Fall 1986, page 12.[12]
Marshall, Karen K.: "Profile: A Local Author"
St Louis Globe-Democrat (Books section), Mar. 27-28, 1982,
page 78.
Mattingly, Matt:
"Spare Time Writing Has Become a Profession for Southsider"
Neighborhood News, (St. Louis, MO), Aug. 4, 1982, page 12.
Reprinted in West County Journal and South County Journal,
both of July 27, 1982.
Reginald, R.: Contemporary Science Fiction Authors II
Gale Research (Detroit, MI), 1979, II, page 861.[13]
Schuster, Joseph: "Cook's Books"
St. Louis Magazine, July 1989 (vol. 21, #8), page 74.
Novels In Progress/Forthcoming[14]
Fail Point (science fiction, independent)
Glittering Stone (a "Black Company" story)
A Path to Coldness of Heart (a "Dread Empire" story)
Dreams of Steel (a "Black Company" story)
Scheduled for April 1990 release by Tor.
Dread Brass Shadows (a "Garrett, Private Investigator" story)
Scheduled for 1990 release by Signet/NAL
(untitled) (a "Garrett, Private Investigator" story)
Scheduled for 1990 release by Signet/NAL
The Wrath of Kings (a "Dread Empire" story)
Short Fiction Currently in Limbo
"Sunrise," revised version (a "Starfishers" story)
Best of Eternity, a possibly upcoming anthology.
Also in a forthcoming issue of the revived Eternity SF, if
the revivication is successful.[15]
"City of Bones" (an "Endgame" story)
Sold to Gerald Page for a fantasy anthology in 1973; not
known to have ever appeared.
"The Dark Woman" (an "Endgame" story)
Amra, possibly forthcoming.[16]
Footnotes
[1]"Swordbearer may be re-issued by Tor. Haven't heard for sure
yet." -- G.C., June 1986.
"Once set for Nov. '89 Tor, moved back to Feb. 1990, maybe
moved again. I don't see it in Tor's list [of upcoming
books]." -- G.C., Sept. 1989.
[2]Witchcraft & Sorcery -- prozine (issues 1-6), then semi-
prozine (issues 7-10), published by Fantasy Publishing Co,
Inc. (William L. Crawford, pub.; Gerald W. Page ed.) from
vol. 1, no. 1 (Sept. 1969) to no. 10 (undated, published in
1974). The magazine was originally named Coven 13; it was
renamed Witchcraft & Sorcery starting with vol. 1, no. 5.
[3]Ibid.
[4]Isaac Asimov's SF Magazine published 13 issues in 1982; the
mid-December issue was the second published in December and
the thirteenth of the year.
[5]Whispers -- semi-prozine, still in publication, published by
Stuart David Schiff from vol. 1, no. 1 (July 1973).
[6]The Literary Magazine of Fantasy & Terror -- semi-prozine
published by Amos Salmonson (today known as "Jessica Amanda
Salmonson") from vol. 1, no. 1 (undated, published in 1973)
to vol. 1, no. 6 (undated, published in 1975).
[7]Night Voyages -- semi-prozine published by Gerald A. Brown
from vol. 1, no. 1 (Fall 1977) to vol. 1, no. 10 (undated,
published in 1984).
[8]Eternity SF -- semi-prozine published by Stephen Gregg from
vol. 1, no. 1 (1972) to vol. 1, no. 4 (1975). Gregg also
published a "volume 1" of Eternity SF from vol. 1, no.1
(1979) to vol. 1, no. 2 (1980). "Sunrise" appears in the
first vol. 1, no. 2 (1973).
[9]"Tsunami was a high-quality fanzine produced locally [St.
Loius, MO] by Betsy Gardner and Jim Elmore in a print run
of about 250." -- G.C.
[10]Ibid.
[11]See footnote #7.
[12]Twilight Zine (not "Twilight Zone") -- fanzine published by
the M.I.T. Science Fiction Society, room W20-473, 84 Mass.
Ave., Cambridge, MA 02139.
[13]This is the second volume to Reginald's Science Fiction and
Fantasy Literature.
[14]"There is no guarantee that half these titles will ever see
the light of day." -- G.C., June 1986.
"Especially the Dread Empire titles." -- G.C., Sept. 1989.
[15]"These notes dated, ten years old now. Still never seen."
-- G.C., Sept, 1989
[16]"Amra is/was George Scithers' and Darrell Schweitzer's
Robert. E. Howard fan/semi-prozine that ran some 65 issues
in 50's, 60's and 70's and went into suspended animation
when George became editor of Isaac Asimov's SF Magazine.
When he left Asimov's, he planned to resume publication,
but then he became editor at Amazing. The stories may
appear if he resumes publication now that he has left
Amazing. I don't know." -- G.C., June 1986.
As of 12/89, George Scithers was editing Weird Tales; there
has been no sign of any revival of Amra.
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