Alien Emergencies

by James White

Book Overview

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... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0739425889
• ISBN13: 9780739425886
• Release Date: January 2002
• Publisher: Tom Doherty Associates
• Length: 606 Pages
• Weight: 0.25 lbs.

Customer Reviews

A very entertaining collection of Science Fiction stories

"Alien Emergencies: A Sector General Omnibus" is a very entertaining collection of science fiction stories concerning Sector General, a space hospital invented by the author. I always enjoyed these stories when I could find them. I recommend this book. However, it has been a number of years since these were written and some of our customs and our social values have changed. So, there are areas where the language and behavior may seem quaint or out of date to anyone who is not yet retired. It is worth some effort to let the author take you through his stories. The first reviewer, "A Customer", gave a good review and is correct in suggesting that you pace yourself in reading these stories. Read something else between these stories. These stories are really good science fiction,

Finally, James White is being reprinted.

AMBULANCE SHIP, SECTOR GENERAL, AND STAR HEALER are the three stories in this volume. These are medical s/f stories. I had been trying to track down the Sector General stories that are out of print, when this was published. Unfortunately, quite a few of the stories are out of print. Even the libraries have only a few of the stories. These are books about people/aliens/things and how we may interact on a medical level. Mr. White offers viewpoints and ideas on inter-species relationships and the stories are always nicely done. The only drawback (?) is that you shouldn't read all the stories all at once. I found that if I read something different in between reading each book, the stories read better and had a little more tenseness.