Sector General (collection)

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".