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Sector General (Sector General #5)
by
James White
The incredible floating intergalactic hospital, where oxitic beings receive treatment from equally exotic doctors and nurses. Each new species brings new problems, but no case is too big, too small, too hopeless - or too weird - for Sector General.
Accident: A spaceship crashes and two war heroes must decide how many - and which - victims can be saved...
Survivor: A doctor c...more
Accident: A spaceship crashes and two war heroes must decide how many - and which - victims can be saved...
Survivor: A doctor c...more
Mass Market Paperback, 196 pages
Published
March 12th 1986
by Del Rey
(first published 1983)
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Returning to a lovable sci fi series, I picked up this one that I hadn't read yet. I found its four novellas less emotionally involving than most of White's books, but inviting to the intellect. The exception is the first story, which shows the inception of the idea of Sector General, a hospital in space that treats every known sentient species from the galaxy and some from beyond it.
The other three stories all tell adventures on the Rhabwar, an ambulance ship fitted to answer disaster alerts fr...more
The other three stories all tell adventures on the Rhabwar, an ambulance ship fitted to answer disaster alerts fr...more
I enjoyed this one a little more than the last few, for two main reasons.
First, the danger to Senior Physician Prilicla was a more interesting line of approach for the plot than the others have had recently, having a main character in danger obviously increases the tension levels and makes for an enjoyable read. The solution to the ills has a deus ex machina ring to it - but then what in this series doesn't?
I also liked the aside about MacEwan and Grawlya-Ki - more background on the hospital was...more
First, the danger to Senior Physician Prilicla was a more interesting line of approach for the plot than the others have had recently, having a main character in danger obviously increases the tension levels and makes for an enjoyable read. The solution to the ills has a deus ex machina ring to it - but then what in this series doesn't?
I also liked the aside about MacEwan and Grawlya-Ki - more background on the hospital was...more
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Four short stories which focus on the puzzle solving and the medical care of weird aliens. This one is basically "space ambulance".
In the couple of decades between the first books in this series and this one, the author has noticed that women might also be doctors, and there's less painful sexism to wade through. Murchison has been transformed from nurse to pathologist, though a good portion of her involvement in the story still revolves around her appearance.
The final story of the book is ironi...more
In the couple of decades between the first books in this series and this one, the author has noticed that women might also be doctors, and there's less painful sexism to wade through. Murchison has been transformed from nurse to pathologist, though a good portion of her involvement in the story still revolves around her appearance.
The final story of the book is ironi...more
The fifth book in the sector general series shows the impetus behind the creation of the hospital and a few other case studies. Still a fun and light quick read.
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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...more
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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...more
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