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Alien emergencies : a sector general omnibus
The second of 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 and alien both, have a single mission: To care for all patients, of all species. At Sector General, anything can happen-and frequently does. James White's tales of Sector General are lively, humorous, and humane, at times shot through with a healer's anger at violence and destruction. These are endlessly inventive dramas of civility and spirituality, tempered with White's gently wicked wit and his keen eye for the remarkable in the everyday. Now, in a single omnibus, the second three volumes of the series-Ambulance Ship, Sector General, and Star Healer-return to print in complete and corrected editions, including a sequence ("Spacebird") omitted from previous American editions of Ambulance Ship. The volume is introduced by Hugo-winning SF writer and critic David Langford. At the publisher's request, this title is being sold without Digital Rights Management software (DRM) applied.
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- "The second of 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 and alien both, have a single mission: To care for all patients, of all species. At Sector General, anything can happen-and frequently does. James White's tales of Sector General are lively, humorous, and humane, at times shot through with a healer's anger at violence and destruction. These are endlessly inventive dramas of civility and spirituality, tempered with White's gently wicked wit and his keen eye for the remarkable in the everyday. Now, in a single omnibus, the second three volumes of the series-Ambulance Ship, Sector General, and Star Healer-return to print in complete and corrected editions, including a sequence ("Spacebird") omitted from previous American editions of Ambulance Ship. The volume is introduced by Hugo-winning SF writer and critic David Langford. At the publisher's request, this title is being sold without Digital Rights Management software (DRM) applied."@en
- ""Ambulance Ship"--Senior Physician Conway is assigned medical command of the light cruiser Rhabwar, in charge of treating emergencies too urgent to wait for transport to Sector General. In four stories, he and his crew encounter such medical oddities as diseases that seem to jump species, a huge space-going bird and an extremely violent species that is only intelligent for part of its life."
- ""Star Healer"--Conway is promoted off the ambulance ship to be a Diagnostician. While preparing for his new position, he becomes involved with a newly-contacted alien race - one whose members cannot touch each other without triggering a violent mob-reaction."
- ""Sector General"--Four more trips on Rhabwar, featuring such interesting patients as miles-long worms cut into spaceship-sized segments, giant snails, and comatose cones."