Beginning Operations (Sector General)
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| Rating | : | 4.12 (728 Votes) |
| Asin | : | B004ULPL86 |
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| Number of Pages | : | 253 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2014-02-17 |
| Language | : | English |
DESCRIPTION:
Sentient viruses, interspecies romances, undreamed-of institutional catering problems--it all lands on Sector General's doorstep. 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. 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).At the Publisher's request, this title is being sold without Digital Rights Management Software (DRM) applied.
Michael Valdivielso said Three books in one.. James White is one of the first sci-fi authors I grew up with and in fact is one of the first authors, right up there with Zane Grey and Robert Heinlein, whose books I learned to read without being pushed into it by parents or teachers.The first book in this omnibus is. netkat said Great to see the beginning. I have read the later James White books and was pleasantly surprised to be able to pick up and read his early writing. You will find that the characters were the same back in the 60's as they are now, but it is wonderful to see how he came up with the "Hospital to Alie. "Think your friends are strange?" according to Grandma Donna. After spending some time at Sector General where the humans and aliens learn to interact with the main purpose being to give health and understanding to all; most of the people we meet on a daily basis here on earth who may have peviously seemed a bit strange are not s
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. "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