JAMES WHITE (AUTHOR)

'James White' (April 7, 1928 - August 23, 1999) was a prolific Northern Irish author of science fiction novellas, short stories, and novels.
He is probably best-known as the author of the Sector General series of novels. The first novels were assembled from strung-together short stories, but later Sector General adventures were written as full-length novels. The first Sector General novel was published in 1962, and the last published posthumously in 1999. The short-story collection ''The Aliens Among Us'' (1969) is also related to the Sector General series, since it includes the Sector General story "Countercharm" and the quasi-Sector General story "Occupation: Warrior".
His novel ''The Watch Below'' is considered by some aficionados to be his finest work - a claustrophobic book describing the travails of parallel survivors of war (human) and accident (alien).
"The Silent Stars Go By" is an excellent example of alternative history. A Gaelic visitor to Alexandria, Egypt, realizes the industrial potential of a primitive steam engine constructed by Hero. The resulting society launches a starship in the year 1492.

Contents

Published works

Sector General

Other novels

Collections

See also

External links

Published works

Sector General

★ ''Hospital Station'' (1962: collection of stories from New Worlds science fiction ca. 1958-1961)

★ ''Star Surgeon'' (1963)

★ ''Major Operation'' (1971)

★ ''Ambulance Ship'' (1979)

★ ''Sector General'' (1983)

★ ''Star Healer'' (1985)

★ ''Code Blue - Emergency'' (1987)

★ ''The Genocidal Healer'' (1991)

★ ''The Galactic Gourmet'' (1996)

★ ''Final Diagnosis'' (1997)

★ ''Mind Changer'' (1998)

★ ''Double Contact'' (1999)
Note that there is also a novel named ''Star Surgeon'' by Alan E. Nourse.
'Omnibus editions:'

★ ''Beginning Operations'' (2001) contains Hospital Station, Star Surgeon and Major Operation.

★ ''Alien Emergencies'' (2002) contains Ambulance Ship, Sector General and Star Healer.

★ ''General Practice'' (2003) contains Code Blue - Emergency and The Genocidal Healer.

Other novels

★ ''The Secret Visitors'' (1957)

★ ''Second Ending'' (1962)

★ ''The Escape Orbit'' (1965) (alternate title: ''Open Prison'')

★ ''The Watch Below'' (1966)

★ ''All Judgment Fled'' (1968)

★ ''Tomorrow is Too Far'' (1971)

★ ''Dark Inferno'' (1972) (alternate title: ''Lifeboat'')

★ ''The Dream Millennium'' (1974)

★ ''Underkill'' (1979)

★ ''Federation World'' (1988)

★ ''The Silent Stars Go By'' (1991)

★ ''Earth:Final Conflict:First Protector'' (1999)

Collections

★ ''Deadly Litter'' (1964)

★ ''The Aliens Among Us'' (1969)

★ ''Monsters and Medics'' (1977) (includes ''Second Ending'')

★ ''Futures Past'' (1982) (includes the Sector General story "Spacebird")

★ ''The White Papers'' (1996)

See also

★ List of Northern Irish writers

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External links

★ Official home page

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★ Bibliography on SciFan