Sector General (novel)

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

Sector General is a 1983 science fiction novel 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.

References

↑ ""James White"", Dictionary of Literary Biography, Vol. 261, British Fantasy and Science-Fiction Writers Since 1960, Gale Research Publications, retrieved 17 December 2008

The Sector General series

Novels	Hospital Station(1962) Star Surgeon (1963) Major Operation (1971) Ambulance Ship (1979) Sector General (1983) Star Healer (1985) Code Blue - Emergency (1987) The Genocidal Healer (1992) The Galactic Gourmet (1996) Final Diagnosis (1997) Mind Changer (1998) Double Contact (1999)

Characters	Dr. Conway O'Mara Dr. Prilicla Murchinson Thornmaster Lonvellin Edalnet Charge Nurse Naydrad

Species	Earth-human (DBDG) Kelgian (DBLF) Melfan (ELNT) Trathlan (FGLI) Hudlar (FROB) Cinruskin (GLNO) Illensan (PVSJ)

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