Sector General (collection)

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Sector General is a 1983 science fiction story collection by author James White and is part of the Sector General series.{{citation

| contribution=James White

| title=Dictionary of Literary Biography, Vol. 261, British Fantasy and Science-Fiction Writers Since 1960

| publisher=Gale Research Publications

| url=http://www.bookrags.com/biography/james-white-dlb/ | access-date=17 December 2008

}} 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."{{cite magazine | last =Langford | first =Dave | author-link =David Langford | title =Critical Mass | magazine =White Dwarf | issue =95 | pages =12 | publisher =Games Workshop | date = November 1987 }}

Reviews

Review by Dan Chow (1983) in Locus, #266 March 1983{{Cite web|url=http://www.isfdb.org/cgi-bin/title.cgi?4235|title = Title: Sector General}}
Review by Tom Easton (1983) in Analog Science Fiction/Science Fact, Mid-September 1983
Review by Terry Broome (1988) in Paperback Inferno, #70

References

Category:1983 short story collections

Category:1980s science fiction works

Category:Science fiction short story collections

Category:Short story collections by James White (author)

Category:Sector General

Category:Del Rey books