It is a medical science fiction woven around a fertility clinic that uses unethical means to get rich. Robin cook 1st edition books for sale in stock ebay. His goal as a novelist is to educate his readers on important and controversial medical issues while entertaining them at the same time. He graduated from wesleyan university summa cum laude with a major in chemistry and a distinction in government. Author interview robin cook, author of shock bookpage. Robin cook is credited for giving the thriller genre a medical touch. Robin cook has had the pleasure of seeing many of his books receive feature film adaptations, this including coma in 1978, sphinx in 1979, outbreak in 1987 and foreign body in 2008. He then did a second residency in ophthalmology at harvard. After completing his time in the navy, he was discharged as a lieutenant commander. The latest robin cook book is called pandemic and will be published in august 2018. Cook s novels have anticipated national controversy. An interviewer by the name stephen mcdonald spoke to cook about his book shock. Im giving shock a barelydeserved two stars because the premise was somewhat interesting.
Robin cook s thrillers are always creepy because in the medical world, they are always based on scenarios that either have happened, or are completely believable as could happen. Synopsis pandemic is an explosive medical thriller about a deadly virus, from new york timesbestselling author robin cook in new york city, an unidentified, healthy, welldressed woman is struck down by a sudden respiratory illness on the subway as. Shock by robin cook author autographed hardcover book first edition, first printing, fine in a nearfine wrinkling to front dust jacket in archival acetate cover, signed by the author. Several of his books have also been featured in readers digest. Robin cook fuses stem cells with a suspenseful tale.
In an interview with stephen mcdonald about the novel shock, cook admitted the book s timing was fortuitous. Shock is an exciting medical thriller centering on cutting edge technology experiments conducted by people who want to milk a cash cow no offense to the cow. Robin cooks work is so frightening because the technology exists today for these experiments to be carried out by. Robin cook, with his book, coma, is considered the father of the medical thriller genre, and with good reason. Download it once and read it on your kindle device, pc, phones or tablets. Shock the official robin cook site author of cure and coma. She leaned forward to get a better look through the front windshield. A new york times bestselling spinetingling novel of medicine run amok by master of medical suspense robin cook two graduate students decide to solve their financial problems by becoming egg donors at an exclusive, highly profitable fertility clinic on bostons north shore. Pia takes a job at nano, llc, a lavishly funded, securityconscious nanotechnology insititute in the picturesque foothills of the rockies.
We personally assess every books quality and offer rare, outofprint treasures. After all, the harvardtrained medical doctorturnednovelist has been writing well ahead of the publicdebate curve since his breakout novel, coma, nearly 25 years ago. Many of the authors books have been made into movies including coma, which was directed by michael crichton, and some readers have come across the books after first watching the chilling movies. It is always obvious in a series that there will be more to the story, but there is some type on conclusion to the book. Joanna meissner and deborah cochrane, two 24yearold harvard grad students working on their ph. Robin cook is best popularly known for combining the medical writing with thriller genre. Shock by robin cook 2001, hardcover for sale online ebay. Deborah cochrane and joanna meissner, science graduates and close friends, spot a campus newspaper ad that promises to s. Shock sees cuttingedge technology and personal greed converge in robin cooks spinetingling novel of medicine run amok. I suppose that you could say that its the most like coma in fact that it deals with an issue that everybody seems to be concerned about. Synopsis pandemic is an explosive medical thriller about a deadly virus, from new york timesbestselling author robin cook in new york city, an unidentified, healthy, welldressed woman is struck down by a sudden respiratory illness on the subway as opportunist thieves snatch her phone and backpack. This is the second book in this series and there are alot more changes, twists and turns in this read. He divides his time among florida, new hampshire, and massachusetts.
Because of this ending, i may never read another robin cook novel, and i have liked him in the past. Robin cook books list of books by author robin cook. His previous novel was charlatans, published in 2017, and cell, published in 2014. Dec 12, 2011 synopsis shock sees cuttingedge technology and personal greed converge in robin cook s spinetingling novel of medicine run amok deborah cochrane and joanna meissner, students and close friends, spot a campus newspaper ad that promises to solve their financial problems. Robin cook s work is so frightening because the technology exists today for these experiments to be carried out by unscrupulous, unethical people. This is my first book of robin cook,i heard about robin cook from my dad,he told me about one of robins works coma. Another great book by robin cook, with usual accurate medical information expected by a great doctor and author. I guess robin cook thinks he is writing a series so he thinks he can get away with this.
Shock ebook by robin cook 9781101204009 rakuten kobo. Robin cook is an american physicianturnedauthor who writes medical thrillers. See all books authored by robin cook, including charlatans, and pandemic, and more on. The book opens with a young woman donating her eggs in exchange for a hefty sum of cash at a fertility clinic. Shock a medical thriller kindle edition by cook, robin. Free shipping and pickup in store on eligible orders. Robert robincook was born in may 4th, 1940 in the city of new york city. This is a gripping story, ive reread this book four times and each time i race to the end even though i know the outcome.
Best of robin cook 18 books meet your next favorite book. His post graduate studies were from harvard university. Robin cooks latest medical thriller may seem like yet another example of the authors uncanny ability to anticipate national controversy, in this case the uproar over federal funding for embryonic stem cell research. I will never read another robin cook book about pia grazdani. Everyday low prices and free delivery on eligible orders. Robin cook s latest medical thriller may seem like yet another example of the authors uncanny ability to anticipate national controversy, in this case the uproar over federal funding for embryonic stem cell research.
Buy the mass market paperback book shock by robin cook at indigo. Vital signs by robin cook 1st edition hardcover book 1991 medical thriller. Cook was graduated from the wesleyan university and columbia university college of physicians and surgeons. Shock the official robin cook site author of cure and. Noah rothauser, who fears that something is very wrong at the.
Get it today with same day delivery, order pickup or drive up. Educated at columbia medical school and after doing a residency in general surgery, cook served in the navy. Shock, a disappointment i am a big fan of robin cook and have read all of his books. The major theme of the book is the issue of cloning and organ theft as possible unethical means, left unchecked by society, to give a chance for.
The book charlatans is, as usual, set in a hospital, like most of the other books by robin cook, and it features dr. Harmful intent, mortal fear, and terminals were also turned into television movies, this while invasion and coma became miniseries. Robin cook, md, is the author of more than 30 books and is credited with popularizing the medical thriller with his groundbreaking and wildly successful 1977. Robin cook, master of bestselling medical thrillers, answers the whats the worst thing that could happen. Use features like bookmarks, note taking and highlighting while reading shock a medical thriller. Synopsis shock sees cuttingedge technology and personal greed converge in robin cooks spinetingling novel of medicine run amok deborah cochrane and joanna meissner, students and close friends, spot a campus newspaper ad that promises to solve their financial problems. This place is even grimmer than i remembered, deborah said. Get cozy and expand your home library with a large online selection of books at. Robin cook, md, is the author of more than 30 books and is credited with popularizing the medical thriller with his groundbreaking and wildly successful 1977 novel, coma. Deborah cochrane and joanna meissner, close friends and fellow grad students, respond to a campus newspaper ad that promises to solve their financial problems. Robin admits that the timing of the book shock was fortuitous. Administers more of a routine physical than a real shock, but lots of fun anyway, with deborah a great. Robert brian robin cook born may 4, 1940 is an american physician and novelist who writes about medicine and topics affecting public health he is best known for combining medical writing with the thriller genre. Shock by robin cook 2002, hardcover, large type for sale.
He said, and i quote, i suppose you can say that it is the one most like the book coma in the sense that the book deals with issues which everybody seem to be really concerned about, he adds, i. Posited on uptotheminute science, shock is a spinetingling novel of medicine run amok by the bestselling master of medical suspense. Read free ebooks online, with your mobile, tablet or desktop. Robin cooks shock is a pageturnerbut only to the extent that one wants to get to the end so they can start reading another book.
Jan 01, 1999 robin cook s shock is a pageturnerbut only to the extent that one wants to get to the end so they can start reading another book. Reviews, robin cook, pandemic, genesis, contagion, contagious. Read shock by robin cook available from rakuten kobo. Robin cook was born on may 4, 1940 in brooklyn, new york, and spent his early years in woodside, queens before moving to leonia, new jersey.
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