Sector General Series by James White

4.09 · 132 ratings
  • Hospital Station (Sector General #1)
    #1

    Hospital Station (Sector General #1)

    James White

    Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings · published 1962

    Sector general is the home of many strange creatures, including humans! it is a vast sectionalized hospital, set up in space to care for all kinds of extra-terrestrials. Each section has a different atmosphere and habitat to cater for the many different species.. all the problems of the staff and patients are in this book.. how to design a spacesuit for a surgeon with eight legs?

  • Star Surgeon (Sector General #2)
    #2

    Star Surgeon (Sector General #2)

    James White

    Rated: 3.98 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings · published 1963

    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... more

  • Major Operation (Sector General #3)
    #3

    Major Operation (Sector General #3)

    James White

    Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings · published 1971

    The five short stories in the book are related to a new world called Meatball. In the first story, Invader, a series of strange accidents at the hospital lead Conway to suspect an alien presence. In the second story, Monitor Corps discovers an alien spinning ship near Meatball and brings it to the hospital in order to rescue the pilot. And finally, Conway joins a Monitor mission to Meatball for a major operation... more

  • Beginning Operations (Sector General #1-3)
    #1-3

    Beginning Operations (Sector General #1-3)

    James White

    Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings · published 2001

    Hospital Station / Star Surgeon / Major Operation"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 the any conceivable alien patient - though that capacity is always being strained as more (and stranger) alien races turn up to join the galactic community... more

  • Ambulance Ship (Sector General #4)
    #4

    Ambulance Ship (Sector General #4)

    James White

    Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings · published 1979

    CALLING DR. CONWAY. . .There was a lot of talk about the vital importance of his new assignment, but it still seemed like a demotion to Senior Physician Conway. After twelve years of outstanding service--and the most incredible experiences imaginable--Conway couldn't quite appreciate the "honor" of becoming an ambulance attendant at this stage of his life.True, the insectile empath, Dr... more

  • Sector General (Sector General #5)
    #5

    Sector General (Sector General #5)

    James White

    Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings · published 1983

    The incredible floating intergalactic hospital, where exotic 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 contracts a fatal illness and his only hope lies in a colleague's courage.. more

  • Star Healer (Sector General #6)
    #6

    Star Healer (Sector General #6)

    James White

    Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings · published 1984

    Sector Twelve General Hospital had a staff of thousands divided among sixty or so intelligent species. Every day it treated alien illnesses of baffling complexity...

  • Alien Emergencies (Sector General #4-6)
    #4-6

    Alien Emergencies (Sector General #4-6)

    James White

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings · published 2002

    The second three volumes of James White's Sector General SF saga, in a single omnibus edition.Sector General: A vast hospital complex in the depths of outer space. The thousands who work there, human and alien both, have a single mission: To care for all patients, of all species. At Sector General, anything can happen-and frequently does.James White's tales of Sector General are lively, humorous, and humane, at times shot through with a healer's anger at violence and destruction... more

  • Code Blue -  Emergency (Sector General #7)
    #7

    Code Blue - Emergency (Sector General #7)

    James White

    Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings · published 1987

    To the doctors and nurses of Sector General Hospital, Cha Thrat was just another trainee, but for Cha Thrat, life at Sector General was a most unnerving experience. Because her world had only recently been discovered by the Galactic Federation, she had never experienced the multiplicity of life-forms that populated Sector General—and no one knew what to expect of her.Cha Thrat was a skilled healer, diligent, careful, and—according to her world's strict medical ethics— very responsible... more

  • The Genocidal Healer (Sector General #8)
    #8

    The Genocidal Healer (Sector General #8)

    James White

    Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings · published 1991

    Physician, heal thyselfSurgeon-Captain Lioren of the Monitor Corps was a hard-driving perfectionist who expected the same high standards to be met by all who worked with him. But while on a First Contact mission on the planet Cromsag, where plague had reduced a peaceful civilization to barbarism and war, Lioren's perfection was his undoing. In his zeal to find a cure for the plague, he inadvertently caused the death of the entire planetary population... more

  • General Practice (Sector General #7-8)
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    General Practice (Sector General #7-8)

    James White

    Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings · published 2003

    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.

  • The Galactic Gourmet (Sector General #9)
    #9

    The Galactic Gourmet (Sector General #9)

    James White

    Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings · published 1996

    In this latest novel of the series, readers meet an alien chef named Gurronsevas who has come to Sector General to face the greatest challenge of his career--making hospital food palatable. His ensuing adventure combines interspecies administrative politics, ingenious science puzzles and a judicious admixture of action and adventure.

  • Final Diagnosis (Sector General #10)
    #10

    Final Diagnosis (Sector General #10)

    James White

    Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings · published 1997

    It's a massive hospital space station on the Galactic rim--384 levels, a staff of thousands--where human and alien medicine meet.But Patient Hewlitt, new to Sector General, doesn't want to meet alien medicine--or alien doctors, or alien nurses, or aliens of any kind. Which is just too bad; he's an interesting case, and he'll have to get used to it... more

  • Mind Changer (Sector General #11)
    #11

    Mind Changer (Sector General #11)

    James White

    Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings · published 1998

    It's where human and alien medicine meet: a massive hospital space station on the Galactic Rim, with 384 levels and a multispecies staff of thousands.In the course of practicing deep-space medicine, that staff has seen more than its share of challenges--from plagues caused by cafeteria food, to cafeteria food that resembles alien species. But now they are facing a disquieting new development: the terrifying Chief Psychologist, Dr. O'Mara, has been promoted to head of the hospital... more

  • Tales of Sector General (Sector General #9-11)
    #9-11

    Tales of Sector General (Sector General #9-11)

    James White

    Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars
    · 2 ratings · published 1999

    Includes the Galactic Gourmet, Final Diagnosis, and Mind Changer.

  • Double Contact (Sector General #12)
    #12

    Double Contact (Sector General #12)

    James White

    Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings · published 1999

    Now, in the latest adventure, the empathic Dr. Prilicla, a veteran of Sector General for years, is put in command of an expedition answering three distress beacons. What he finds is two hitherto-unknown intelligent species, one of which has nearly wiped out the other. And he also finds evidence of a botched first contact--along with a rare opportunity to set matters right.Assuming, as always, that he can make an accurate diagnosis....

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