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Beginning Operations - (Sector General) by James White (Paperback)

Name: Beginning Operations - (Sector General) by James White (Paperback)
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Sector General: A massive deep-space hospital station on the Galactic Rim, where human and alien medicine meet.
About the Author: James White lived in Northern Ireland.
512 Pages
Fiction + Literature Genres, Science Fiction
Series Name: Sector General

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About the Book

White's novels and stories of Sector General, the vast outerspace hospital that treats humans and aliens alike, have entertained generations of SF fans. This omnibus includes the titles "Hospital Station, Star Surgeon", and "Major Operation", along with a new Introduction by Brian Stableford.

Book Synopsis

Sector General: A massive deep-space hospital station on the Galactic Rim, where human and alien medicine meet. Its 384 levels and thousands of staff members are supposedly able to meet the needs of any conceivable alien patient--though that capacity is always being strained as more (and stranger) alien races turn up to join the galactic community. Sentient viruses, interspecies romances, undreamed-of institutional catering problems--it all lands on Sector General's doorstep. And the only thing weirder than a hitherto unknown alien species is having a member of that species turn up in your Emergency Room.

The first of two omnibus volumes reprints the works that began the Sector General series, which were previously published as Hospital Station (1962), Star Surgeon (1963), and Major Operation (1971).

Review Quotes

"Sector General is one of the few places in SF that one would really, really like to exist." --David Langford

"Over the years White has built a large and enthusiastic audience for his Sector General series, which concerns a fully realized interspecies hospital on the rim of the Galaxy. His fascinating cast of characters and his belief in the basic decency of all intelligent life-forms have seen him through six Sector General books over the past quarter century." --James Gunn, The New Encyclopedia of Science Fiction

"Neat, humorous, and humane." --The Ultimate Guide to SF

About the Author

James White lived in Northern Ireland. He was a popular writer of science fiction for over forty years. He died in 1999.

Specifications

Dimensions (Overall): 8.43 Inches (H) x 5.71 Inches (W) x 1.22 Inches (D)

Weight: 1.45 Pounds

Suggested Age: 22 Years and Up

Number of Pages: 512

Genre: Fiction + Literature Genres

Sub-Genre: Science Fiction

Series Title: Sector General

Publisher: St. Martins Press-3PL

Theme: Alien Contact

Format: Paperback

Author: James White

Language: English

Street Date: June 2, 2001

TCIN: 90810170

UPC: 9780312875442

Item Number (DPCI): 247-44-7578

Origin: Made in the USA or Imported

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