- Hardcover: 284 pages
- Publisher: Tor Books (May 1997)
- Language English
- ISBN-10: 0312861486
- ISBN-13: 978-0312861483
- Product Dimensions: 21.3 x 14.2 x 2.8 cm
- Average Customer Review: 4.6 out of 5 stars See all reviews (5 customer reviews)
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 476,002 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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"Wonderful....Suspenseful, imaginative, and humanistic, with a wry humor. Highly recommended."--"Starlog"
"Marvelously entertaining, and the clever medical mystery that underlies everything is nicely done as well. One of the best entries in this popular and inventive series."--"Science Fiction Chronicle"
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"Marvelously entertaining, and the clever medical mystery that underlies everything is nicely done as well. One of the best entries in this popular and inventive series."--"Science Fiction Chronicle"
--This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.
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Sector General. It's the massive hospital space station - 384 levels, with a staff of thousands - on the Galactic Rim, where human and alien medicine meet. Now, in "Final Diagnosis," the multispecies Sector General medical staff rides (so to speak) again. It's always been an article of faith at Sector General that infections can't pass from one alien species to another. But in a season of anomalies, it looks like they may have their first interstellar virus on their hands, their tentacles, their cilia....
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2 of 2 people found the following review helpful
Format:Hardcover
For anyone who has long been a fan of James White's Sector General novels, this is a welcome return to the style of his earlier stories. The protagonist is once again human (though unlike any of White's previous characters), and most of the old favorite characters once again check in, even Diagnostician Conway (although in a limited role). The search for a mystery ailment that breaks all the rules of inter-species immunity leads the medics on a chase for causes and cures. This is more a mystery than a pure science-fiction story, but the solutions to all the questions occur to the reader considerably before they are reached in the story, especially to those familiar with White's earlier work. There is nothing really new here, as this is derived from previous stories, but White's usual crystal-clear easygoing narrative makes this an easy and enjoyable read. Rather than plowing new ground, this book is much like a reunion with cherished old friends, and there's a worthwhile new friend here, too.
3 of 4 people found the following review helpful
Format:Mass Market Paperback
I have not read the rest of James White's Sector General series but I now eagerly anticipate reading them. The humor and mystery of the book were only equalled by White's talent for describing enthralling alien characters. He paints a picture of the future with a different slant than any I have read thus far, an uplifting look at human/life ironies told from a sympathetic point of view, like a Norman Rockwell doctor who routinely treats nitrogen-breathing slime creatures from a planet with five times our gravity!
3 of 4 people found the following review helpful
Format:Mass Market Paperback
*Final Diagnosis* refers back to *Star Surgeon*, which pleased me because that the first Sector General book I ever read [in 1967 or 1968, when paperbacks were only 50 cents]. If you've read that earlier book you'll enjoy reading how things turned out, and you should enjoy the book even if you haven't. Although, as another reviewer mentioned, it's easy to figure out most of what's going on (once Hewlitt remembers his kitten's accident, the incident with Morredeth is inevitable, etc.), that doesn't matter much. Never mind the "mystery", the book is worth reading for the characters alone. I only wish, for new readers' sake, that series remained in print as long now as they did when I was a girl. The internet makes it easier to find out-of-print books than it used to be, but that's no substitute for being able to order all the earlier books from the publisher. Ann E. Nichols
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White is still the best at this style scifi!
As a long time reader of White's Sector General novels i was definitly not disappointed with his newest. I really enjoyed Patient Hewlett's attempts to get over his xenophobia. Read more
Published on 24 Jan 1999
Great medical detetive story with a twist!
A different look at both medicine and culture, and how the two interact, with both interesting charaters and believable situations involing both medicine, patient's rights and how... Read more
Published on 20 July 1998
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