James White



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James White

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born
January 01, 1928 in Belfast, Ireland

died
January 01, 1999

genre
Science Fiction & Fantasy


About this author

Librarian Note: There is more than one author in the GoodReads database with this name. See this thread for more information.

James White was a prolific Northern Irish author of science fiction novellas, short stories, and novels. He was born in Belfast and returned there after spending early years in Canada.

He is probably best-known as the author of the Sector General series of novels. The first novels were assembled from strung-together short stories, but later Sector General adventures were written as full-length novels. The first Sector General novel was published in 1962, and the last published posthumously in 1999. The short-story collection The Aliens Among Us (1969) is also related to the Sector General series, since it includes the...more


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Books by James White

Average rating: 3.94 · 1,936 ratings · 147 reviews · 99 distinct works
Hospital Station (Sector Ge...
4.04 of 5 stars 4.04 avg rating — 248 ratings — published 1962 — 13 editions
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Star Surgeon (Sector Genera...
3.98 of 5 stars 3.98 avg rating — 120 ratings — published 1967 — 9 editions
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Ambulance Ship (Sector Gen...
4.0 of 5 stars 4.00 avg rating — 111 ratings — published 1979 — 5 editions
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The Galactic Gourmet (Secto...
4.05 of 5 stars 4.05 avg rating — 104 ratings — published 1996 — 4 editions
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Beginning Operations (Secto...
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4.11 of 5 stars 4.11 avg rating — 102 ratings — 4 editions
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Star Healer (Sector General...
4.11 of 5 stars 4.11 avg rating — 83 ratings — published 1984 — 2 editions
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The Genocidal Healer (Secto...
3.94 of 5 stars 3.94 avg rating — 83 ratings — published 1991 — 3 editions
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Final Diagnosis (Sector Gen...
4.21 of 5 stars 4.21 avg rating — 78 ratings — published 1997 — 3 editions
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Double Contact (Sector Gene...
4.22 of 5 stars 4.22 avg rating — 73 ratings — published 1999 — 3 editions
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Major Operation (Sector Gen...
3.86 of 5 stars 3.86 avg rating — 84 ratings — published 1971 — 6 editions
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Series by James White

Hospital Station Star Surgeon Major Operation Ambulance Ship Star Healer Code Blue: Emergency!
Sector General (12 books)
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