Sector General (collection)

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First edition (publ. Del Rey Books)
cover artist: Rick Sternbach

Sector General is a 1983 science fiction story collection by author James White and is part of the Sector General series.[1] The book includes four stories.

Stories

  • "Accident": A major accident at a multi-species spaceport inspires the two heroes who ended the human-Orligian war (MacEwan and Grawlya-Ki) to found Sector General.
  • "Survivor": A giant snail spacewreck survivor transmits pain and fear while unconscious.
  • "Investigation": A spacewreck scene seems to indicate amputations from each victim, causing ambulance commander Fletcher to suspect cannibalism.
  • "Combined Operation": The scene of a spacewreck contains hundreds of pods, which turn out to be a colony ship carrying the last survivors of an alien race.

Reception

Dave Langford reviewed Sector General for White Dwarf #95, and stated that "its foundling, and ever-intuitive Dr Conway struggles with three implausible new varieties of alien patient."[2]

Reviews

  • Review by Dan Chow (1983) in Locus, #266 March 1983[3]
  • Review by Tom Easton (1983) in
    Analog Science Fiction/Science Fact
    , Mid-September 1983
  • Review by Terry Broome (1988) in Paperback Inferno, #70

References

  1. ^ "James White", Dictionary of Literary Biography, Vol. 261, British Fantasy and Science-Fiction Writers Since 1960, Gale Research Publications, retrieved 17 December 2008
  2. ^ Langford, Dave (November 1987). "Critical Mass". White Dwarf. No. 95. Games Workshop. p. 12.
  3. ^ "Title: Sector General".