James White (1) (1928–1999)

The Second Sector General Omnibs. It includes the story collections of Ambulance Ship, Sector General and Star Healer.
these stories are mostly about Conway, a human physician who works in Sector General- a vast space station of 384 levels that is set up to treat any of the 80 different species of the Federation. Each level is designed to accommodate different environmental, gravity, and atmospheric needs. The staff is intentionally mixed between the species to allow for more exposure and understanding.
Ambulance Ship is about the development of Sector General's first ambulance service and their experiences among different, sometimes previously unknown aliens.
In Sector General, Conway has risen to Senior Physician and is in charge of several, very diverse wards.
Star Healer is the only one that presents as one unified novel and it reads as though it is a stitch-up of 3 or 4 different stories. In this one Conway has been accepted as a probationary Diagnostician, the highest rank obtainable in Sector General. He must prove his ability to hold in his mind multiple downloaded alien personalities and still work effectively.

library book read 4/1/2024… (plus d'informations)