The James White Information Site

Hospital Station

Ballantine Books, New York, May 1962 · Image: ISFDB

The first of twelve books in the Sector General series. This vast sectionalized hospital in space is staffed by almost every species in the galaxy.

"The story of Sector General is told in a series of related, but not connected, episodes, each having to do with the particular problems of one alien creature... while O'Mara, the all-too-human head of a circus with as many rings as it has performers, is surely the most unusual space commander yet conceived -- a far cry from the jut-jawed heroic idiot of conventional space opera" (blurb). 

Contents

  • 'Medic' (aka 'O'Mara's Orphan'); 
  • 'Sector General';
  • Visitor at Large';
  • 'Out-Patient'. 

See under individual titles for story details.

Synopsis by Graham Andrews

Contents

English editions

Publisher Date Format Printing ISBN
Hospital Station, Ballantine, 1962 cover
Ballantine Books, New York May 1962 Paperback
Hospital Station, Corgi, 1967 cover
Corgi, London, UK May 1967 Paperback
Hospital Station, Ballantine Books, 1970 cover
Ballantine Books, New York September 1970 Paperback 9780345020277
Hospital Station, Corgi, 1976 cover
Corgi, London, UK July 1976 Paperback SF Collectors' edition 9780552102148
Hospital Station, Del Rey, 1979 cover
Del Rey 12 August 1979 Paperback Third printing 9780345283535
Hospital Station, Del Rey / Ballantine, 1979 cover
Del Rey September 1979 Paperback 9780345283535
Hospital Station, Del Rey, 1979 cover
Del Rey September 1979 Paperback 9780345283535
Hospital Station, Del Rey, 1984 cover
Del Rey December 1984 Paperback 4th printing 9780345320681
Hospital Station, Macdonald, 1986 cover
Macdonald, UK 1986 Hardback 9780356121499
Hospital Station, Futura/Orbit, 1986 cover
Futura/Orbit, London May 1986 Paperback 9780708881811
Hospital Station, Gateway / Orion, 2026 cover
Gateway / Orion 21 May 2026 Ebook 9781399636230

References

Data sources
James White Information (original site). Synopsis by Graham Andrews.
ISFDB title record (CC BY 4.0).