![]() James White always maintained close links with the sci-fi fandom he loved, and who loved him back. Underkill, his sideways sequel to Millennium, describes the devastated Andersonstown left behind by the cryonic colonists. ![]() The Dream Millennium, a cold-sleep starship novel, is also concerned with the Troubles in Northern Ireland. In The Genocidal Healer, White used the Sector General setting to consider terminal illness and euthanasia. ![]() Its 384 levels accurately reproduce the varied environments of all life forms currently known to the Galactic Federation. Sector 12 General Hospital is a multi-environmental big smart object situated far out on the galactic rim. His personal favourite, The Silent Stars Go By, was laughingly blurbed: "When Irish Spies Are Smiling".īut James White will be best remembered for his Sector General series, which began in book form with Hospital Station (1962). All Judgement Fled runs it a close second: in it, earthmen have to differentiate between the "people" and "animals" aboard an alien spaceship. ![]() ![]() The Watch Below is probably his most accomplished novel, with two seemingly separate storylines which intertwine neatly at the dramatic climax. ![]()
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