Star Surgeon
This is the second installment of the Sector General series, about a huge multi-species hospital on the edges of the galaxy.
Sector General is a hospital station - a place where all kinds of patients
and medics from all worlds are welcome. But for the first time, the
hospital is threatened by creatures too different its purpose, and so
powerful that they can cause utter havoc! The book tells the story of
the events that culminated in the Etlan War.
Here are all the
strange and not so strange creatures who inhabit James White's hospital
in space as both doctors and patients: the human doctor ZConway, plus
two-ton doctors with four-ton patients, creatures which are multi-legged and telepathic, gas breathers, underwater behemoths - a wild and wooly
assortment of denizens from all parts of the galaxy.
"Sector
General" is a mercy station - a place where all kinds from all worlds are welcome. But for the first time, the hospital itself is threatened by
creatures too differnet to understand its purpose ans so powerful that
they can cause utter havoc!
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James White
James White, 1928-1999, was the creator of the famed Sector General stories about a huge intergalactic, multi-species hospital. He was born in Belfast, Northern Ireland, and has lived there his entire life. White's writing is particularly noteworthy for endlessly inventive aliens and alien environments. He started writing science fiction in 1953, besides the Sector General stories and novels, perhaps his most famous works are the novel The Watch Below, and the Hugo nominated story "Custom Fitting." In addition to his professional work, James White was a mainstay of Irish Fandom for more than forty years, contributing distinguished and creative essays to fanzines like Slant and Hyphen.
Sector General
Sector General consists of twelve books. The current recommended reading order for the series is provided below.
