![]() That’s only the beginning of O’Mara’s problems. Hudlarian children are armour-plated and weight half a ton. Already unjustly accused to negligence in the death of the Hudlarians, O’Mara is saddled with the job of caring for their child. The dead Hudlarians were married and leave behind a child. ![]() ![]() This backfires when two aliens are killed constructing Sector General. Trapped in tedious, blue-collar jobs by a hulking exterior that conceals the bright mind inside, O’Mara’s hobby is annoying his co-workers. Even the ones unfamiliar to the Galactic Federation, races about which nothing is known. Not a surprise, since its mission is to provide health care to all beings of all kinds. Strategically located midway between the rim of the parent galaxy and the densely populated systems of the Greater Magellanic Cloud, Sector 12 General Hospital took the resources of hundreds of civilized worlds to create. 1962’s Hospital Station was the very first Sector General fix-up, gathering short works first published in New Worlds. Of the twenty-one novels and nine collections White published, twelve were Sector General books. First published as short stories in New Worlds Magazine, James White’s Sector General was by far his most successful series. ![]()
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