At Sector General, anything can happen-and frequently does. In this vast hospital in the depths of space, the thousands of staff, human and alien both, have a single mission: to care for all patients, of all species. For decades, these dramas of humanity and humor have commanded a following among science fiction readers. Now, in a single omnibus, the seventh and eighth volumes of the series-Code Blue: Emergency and The Genocidal Healer-return to print, along with an introduction by John Clute.
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"Highly recommended!" -Library Journal
"White has been presenting fresh creative aliens for forty years, with gentle humor and kindness." -The Denver Post
"Mr. White is a sure source of high entertainment." -Romantic Times
"Sector General is one of the few places in SF that one would really, really like to exist." -David Langford
"White has been presenting fresh creative aliens for forty years, with gentle humor and kindness." -The Denver Post
"Mr. White is a sure source of high entertainment." -Romantic Times
"Sector General is one of the few places in SF that one would really, really like to exist." -David Langford
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"Highly recommended!" -Library Journal
"White has been presenting fresh creative aliens for forty years, with gentle humor and kindness." -The Denver Post
At Sector General, anything can happen-and frequently does. In this vast hospital in the depths of space, the thousands of staff, human and alien both, have a single mission: to care for all patients, of all species. For decades, these dramas of humanity and humor have commanded a following among science fiction readers. Now, in a single omnibus, the seventh and eighth volumes of the series-Code Blue: Emergency and The Genocidal Healer-return to print, along with an introduction by John Clute.
"Mr. White is a sure source of high entertainment." -Romantic Times
"Sector General is one of the few places in SF that one would really, really like to exist." -David Langford
"White has been presenting fresh creative aliens for forty years, with gentle humor and kindness." -The Denver Post
At Sector General, anything can happen-and frequently does. In this vast hospital in the depths of space, the thousands of staff, human and alien both, have a single mission: to care for all patients, of all species. For decades, these dramas of humanity and humor have commanded a following among science fiction readers. Now, in a single omnibus, the seventh and eighth volumes of the series-Code Blue: Emergency and The Genocidal Healer-return to print, along with an introduction by John Clute.
"Mr. White is a sure source of high entertainment." -Romantic Times
"Sector General is one of the few places in SF that one would really, really like to exist." -David Langford
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By Daniel Frank Aviles (Tegucigalpa, Honduras) - See all my reviews
This review is from: General Practice: A Sector General Omnibus (Paperback)
I've been a raving fan of the Sector General books for many, many years. These novels by James White are so full of fun ideas and quirky plots that I'm sure anyone will be tempted to read them more than once. The human protagonists are likeable and you can't help but enjoy the many different kinds of aliens that are the staff and patients of this incredible hospital.White's stile is light and entertaining. These books run the gamut from xeno-medical problems that are utterly weird and wonderful to much more introspective and thought-provoking explorations of the psychologies of other alien species and societies. This is the kind of story that Star Trek should have been, and the Monitor Corps is a better version of Star Fleet with cool aliens of all sorts. Seriously, how many stories will include aliens that run the gamut from radiation-eaters to telepathic dragonflies to the elephantine Tralthans to the insectile Melfans to chlorine-breathers and gigantic armored sentient fish and many others... the list could go on for pages. Truly worth exploring.
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Weak fiction, fails to hold reader interest,
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I think this is well intentioned fiction, but the problem is it's too bland. The characters, like the insectoid main character are lacking in drive. She (it?) just seems to fret a lot, worry and whine.
Hey, this is a subjective review---as are all reviews. This series either floats your yacht or it doesn't. Just a word to the wise: don't believe all the raves about this series until you've read a few yourself. I like strong characters who are trying to DO something, achieve something. That's why I prefer writers like James Schmitz:Telzey Amberdon (Telzey Amberdon (Baen))
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The ruler of the ship sat beside Cha Thrat at the recreation deck's viewscreen while the fuzzy blob of light that was the space hospital grew into a gigantic, complex structure ablaze with every color and intensity of light that her eyes could detect. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
emotional radiation, casualty deck, lock antechamber, empathic faculty, little empath, speaking membrane, vision pickup, untranslatable sound, ambulance ship, digital clusters, psych file, membrane vibrated, ship ruler, boarding tube, medial limbs, telepathic faculty, recreation level, repeater screen, fur rippling, medial hands, control couch, physiological classification, planetary population, psych profile, suction unit Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Cha Thrat, Sector General, Senior Physician, Monitor Corps, Chief Psychologist, Charge Nurse, One Sixteen, Diagnostician Conway, Cromsag Incident, Surgeon-Captain Lioren, Pathologist Murchison, Major O'Mara, Galactic Federation, Nallajim Senior, Psychology Department, Doctor Prilicla, Doctor Seldal, Maintenance Department, Protectors of the Unborn, Code Blue, Colonel Skempton, Fleet Commander Dermod, Nidian Senior, Captain Fletcher, Dark Devil New!
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The ruler of the ship sat beside Cha Thrat at the recreation deck's viewscreen while the fuzzy blob of light that was the space hospital grew into a gigantic, complex structure ablaze with every color and intensity of light that her eyes could detect. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
emotional radiation, casualty deck, lock antechamber, empathic faculty, little empath, speaking membrane, vision pickup, untranslatable sound, ambulance ship, digital clusters, psych file, membrane vibrated, ship ruler, boarding tube, medial limbs, telepathic faculty, recreation level, repeater screen, fur rippling, medial hands, control couch, physiological classification, planetary population, psych profile, suction unit Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Cha Thrat, Sector General, Senior Physician, Monitor Corps, Chief Psychologist, Charge Nurse, One Sixteen, Diagnostician Conway, Cromsag Incident, Surgeon-Captain Lioren, Pathologist Murchison, Major O'Mara, Galactic Federation, Nallajim Senior, Psychology Department, Doctor Prilicla, Doctor Seldal, Maintenance Department, Protectors of the Unborn, Code Blue, Colonel Skempton, Fleet Commander Dermod, Nidian Senior, Captain Fletcher, Dark Devil New!
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- Sector General by James White on 8 pages
- Code Blue by C. White on 4 pages
- Star Healer by James White in Front Matter (1), Front Matter (2), and Front Matter (3)
- The Genocidal Healer (A Sector General Novel) by James White in Front Matter (1), Front Matter (2), and Front Matter (3)
- The Watch Below by James White in Front Matter (1), and Front Matter (2)
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