Cook, Frederick S

Entry updated 26 January 2026. Tagged: Author, Critic.

(1929-    ) US fan and bibliographer, also known as Fred Cook or Fred S Cook, who began to publish work of genre interest with Fred Cook's Index to the Wonder Group (1966),which indexes the following SF Magazines: Air Wonder Stories, Science Wonder Quarterly (see next item), Wonder Stories Quarterly, Science Wonder Stories (see next item), Wonder Stories, Thrilling Wonder Stories, Wonder Story Annual, Startling Stories, Captain Future, Fantastic Story Quarterly, Fantastic Story Magazine (see previous item) and Space Stories. Another publication, indexing Weird Tales magazine, is The Collector's Index to Weird Tales (1985) with Sheldon Jaffery. [DRL]

Frederick S Cook

born USA: 1929

works

nonfiction

• Fred Cook's Index to the Wonder Group (Grand Haven, Michigan: Frederick S Cook, 1966) [bibliography: pb/nonpictorial]
• The Collector's Index to Weird Tales (Bowling Green, Ohio: Bowling Green University Popular Press, 1985) with Sheldon Jaffery [nonfiction: hb/Greg Budgett and Gary Drumm]

links

• Internet Speculative Fiction Database

previous versions of this entry

• Internet Archive