Robin Cook — #100FavouriteAuthors
The Medical Mastermind
I could have never become a doctor.
No, it’s not the blood. It’s just the mind-boggling amount of study. To remember the names of all the 206 bones in our body, for instance. The different parts of the heart. Our neurons. It’s just a mind-boggling amount to remember.
Robin Cook did all that and more.
He combined his medical studies with literature, and gave the world a series of brilliant medical mysteries. His most famous book, Coma, was even made into a film, directed by another of my favourite authors (Michael Crichton). After reading Coma, I have been terrified to even enter a hospital, let alone the ICU. A few more stories of his I absolutely adore (and am terrified of) are as follows:
- Brain
- Fever
- Outbreak
- Terminal
- Shock
- Seizure
Although I may not understand medicine after reading his books, I understand the consequences of toying with the medical field. The thing about Robin Cook’s books are that you feel like you’re reading non-fiction, although his stories are fictional.
That’s it, I guess, for favourite author #19.
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