Series
Sector General
James White & Stephen Baxter · 10 novels · 4 novellas · 18 novelettes · 4 collections · 1957–2026
Sector General is a series of twelve science fiction novels and various short stories (1957–1999) by the Northern Irish author James White. The series derives its name from the setting of the majority of the books, the Sector 12 General Hospital, a large hospital space station located in deep space, designed to treat a wide variety of life forms with a wide range of ailments and life-support requirements, and to house an equally diverse staff. The Hospital was founded to promote peace after humanity's first interstellar war, and in the fourth book the authorities conclude that its emergency services are the most effective way to make peaceful contact with new species.
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The order the books came out.
Best read in the order they were published.
- Omnibus editions(4 editions)
Map
Sector General at the centre, its books fanned around what holds them. Pick anything for its details, and zoom out for similar series in orbit — the reading order above lists the same books as text.
Stats
By decade
- 1950s5
- 1960s10
- 1970s8
- 1980s7
- 1990s5
- 2000s0
- 2010s0
- 2020s1
Shape
10 novels · 4 novellas · 18 novelettes · 4 collections
2 authors
reads like:science fictionaliensspace stationfar futurehopefuladult
Mood
Bright and intense: 36% of this series' placed works, the catalog's 44%.
this series · the catalog · one dot = one book28 of 36 works carry a tone
Edges of the map
- Vertigodarkest · most intense
- Code Blue — Emergencybrightest
- The Genocidal Healercalmest