Robin Cook (Writing)
Little is known about Robin Cook, a figure with a modest footprint in Writing. Stay tuned for updates as more details become available.
Works
Mean Dreams
When two youngsters meet and fall for each other, they must go on the run from the girl's corrupt father, who is also the sheriff of the town.
Release Date:2016-10-21
Department:Production
Job:Casting
Vote Count:126
Coma
A young medical student discovers that something sinister is going on in her hospital after routine procedures send more than a few seemingly healthy patients into comas on the operating table.
Release Date:2012-09-03
Department:Writing
Job:Writer
Episode Count:2
Vote Count:54
Acceptable Risk
An ambitious medical researcher discovers a mold that he believes could be the foundation of a miracle cure for degenerative disease.
Release Date:2001-03-01
Department:Writing
Job:Novel
Vote Count:6
Invasion
Small rocks fall from the sky which, when touched, trigger a latent virus that has always existed in humans and begins mutating them into an alien species. Taking advantage of its hive mentality, the aliens are absolutely dedicated to transforming every human on Earth and do so with alarming swiftness. Only a small group of humans remain who have the medical knowledge to devise antibodies to reverse the effects of the virus.
Release Date:1997-05-04
Department:Writing
Job:Story
Episode Count:2
Vote Count:19
Terminal
A hospital in need of funds announces a cure for a form of brain cancer, having saved several wealthy men's lives. When a young girl with the cancer dies, one doctor notices that she and all the cured men had been treated with exactly the same medicine. Investigating further, she uncovers a plot by the administration to locate wealthy men already suffering from a serious condition, and give them the cancer, which can then be treated successfully.
Release Date:1996-02-12
Department:Writing
Job:Novel
Vote Count:5
Virus
Who could have deliberately released a rare and deadly African plague that is now spreading uncontrollably throughout America's largest urban areas? A lone determined doctor desperately and fearlessly searches for the truth, but she soon finds herself targeted for death as well. With time running out to save human kind, Dr. Marissa Blumenthal discovers that the strange disease may have actually been unleashed by the medical establishment itself.
Release Date:1995-05-08
Department:Writing
Job:Novel
Vote Count:9
Your Studio and You
A parody of 1950s corporate/industrial films, commissioned by Universal Pictures executives after the studio's purchase by Seagrams, and featuring cameos by many stars and directors.
Release Date:1995-02-01
Character:Robin Cook
Vote Count:29
Mortal Fear
Based on the provocative best-selling novel, a brilliant scientist finds the hidden link that can save countless lives, but when a crazed killer uses the same information to play God, millions are at risk. Dr. Jennifer Kessler is the one person who stands in the way of ultimate medical disaster. After witnessing one, then dozens of patients at her hospital mysteriously and unexpectedly die, her search for the truth leads her through a bizarre world of intrigue, passion and controversial secret medical research. As Dr. Kessler races against the clock to find a way to stop catastrophe, she finds herself up against an imposing and terrifying conspiracy implicating the entire U.S. insurance and medical system in the process.
Release Date:1994-11-20
Department:Writing
Job:Novel
Vote Count:4
Harmful Intent
An anaesthesiologist is accused of causing a young women's death during childbirth.
Release Date:1993-12-04
Department:Writing
Job:Book
He Died with His Eyes Open
Police Inspector Staniland is investigating the death of a pianist. While conducting his investigation and looking through the victim's apartment, he meets Barbara, the mistress of the murder victim. Barbara confesses to the crime, but Staniland, based on his observations and experience, does not believe her. He then sets out to find the truth.
Release Date:1985-10-09
Department:Writing
Job:Novel
Vote Count:29
Sphinx
Egyptologist Erica Baron finds more than she bargained for during her long-planned trip to The Land of the Pharoahs - murder, theft, betrayal, love, and a mummy's curse!
Release Date:1981-02-11
Department:Writing
Job:Novel
Vote Count:22
Coma
A young female doctor discovers something sinister going on in her hospital. Relatively healthy patients are having 'complications' during simple operations and ending up in comas. The patients are then shipped off to an institute that looks after them. The young doctor suspects there is more to this than meets the eye.
Release Date:1978-01-06
Department:Writing
Job:Novel
Vote Count:414