Editing Sector General (section)

==Stories in the series==
The Sector General series began as [[short story|short stories]] published in ''[[New Worlds (magazine)|New Worlds]]'' from 1957 onwards.<ref name="SectorgeneralBiobiblio">{{cite web 
| url=http://www.sectorgeneral.com/biobiblio.html | access-date=2008-12-17 
| title=Dr. Kilcasey in Space: A Bio-bibliography of James White | author=Andrews, G. 
}}</ref><ref name="DictLitBioJames White">{{Cite book 
| contribution=James White 
| title=Dictionary of Literary Biography, Vol. 261, British Fantasy and Science-Fiction Writers Since 1960 
| publisher=Gale Research Publications 
| url=http://www.bookrags.com/biography/james-white-dlb/ | access-date=2008-12-17 
}}</ref> Originally White intended to end the series with ''[[Star Healer]]'' (1985), by which time the central characters had reached the top levels in their careers, but [[Ballantine Books]] persuaded him to continue. He extended the stories' range by introducing new central characters beginning with ''[[Code Blue - Emergency]]'' (1987), and ''[[The Genocidal Healer]]'' (1992) focused on psychological and theological issues of guilt and forgiveness rather than strictly medical ones.<ref name="White1993FullTimeHobbyist">{{Cite news 
| title=Full Time Hobbyist (interview) | author=James White
| newspaper=[[Locus (magazine)|Locus]] | date=March 1993 
| url=http://www.sectorgeneral.com/articleslocusinterview.html | access-date=2008-12-18 
}}</ref>
 
The books in the series are:<ref name="SectorgeneralBiobiblio" />
* ''[[Hospital Station]]'' (1962: stories published in ''New Worlds'' 1957–1960)<ref name="White1962HospitalStation">{{cite book 
| title=Hospital Station | author=James White | publisher=[[Ballantine Books|Ballantine]] | year=1962 
| isbn=0-552-10214-8
}}</ref>
* ''[[Star Surgeon]]'' (1963)<ref name="White1963StarSurgeon">{{cite book | title=Star Surgeon | author=James White | publisher=[[Ballantine Books|Ballantine]] | year=1963 | isbn=0-345-29169-7 | url=https://archive.org/details/starsurgeon00jame }}</ref>
* ''[[Major Operation]]'' (1971: stories published in ''New Worlds'' 1968–1971)<ref name="White1971Major Operation">{{cite book | title=Major Operation | author=James White | publisher=[[Ballantine Books|Ballantine]] | year=1971 | isbn=0-345-29381-9 | url=https://archive.org/details/majoroperation0000whit }}</ref>
* ''[[Ambulance Ship]]'' (1979)<ref name="White1979Ambulance Ship">{{cite book
| title=Ambulance Ship | author=James White | publisher=[[Ballantine Books|Ballantine]] | year=1979
| isbn=0-345-28513-1  
}}</ref> 
* ''[[Sector General (novel)|Sector General]]'' (1983)<ref name="White1983Sector General"/>
* ''[[Star Healer]]'' (1985)<ref name="White1985Star Healer">{{cite book | title=Star Healer | author=James White | publisher=[[Ballantine Books|Ballantine]] | year=1985 | isbn=0-345-32089-1 | url=https://archive.org/details/starhealer0000whit }}</ref> 
* ''[[Code Blue - Emergency]]'' (1987)<ref name="White1987CodeBlue">{{cite book
| title=Code Blue - Emergency | author=James White | publisher=[[Ballantine Books|Ballantine]] | year=1987
| isbn=0-345-34172-4  
}}</ref>  
* ''[[The Genocidal Healer]]'' (1992)<ref name="White1992Genocidal Healer">{{cite book
| title=The Genocidal Healer | author=James White | publisher=[[Ballantine Books|Ballantine]] | year=1992
| isbn=0-345-37109-7  
}}</ref>   
* ''[[The Galactic Gourmet]]'' (1996)<ref name="White1996Galactic Gourmet">{{cite book | title=The Galactic Gourmet | author=James White | publisher=[[Tor Books]] | year=1996 | isbn=0-312-86167-2 | url=https://archive.org/details/isbn_9780312861674 }}</ref>    
*  ''[[Final Diagnosis]]'' (1997)<ref name="White1997FinalDiagnosis">{{cite book | title=Final Diagnosis | author=James White | publisher=[[Tor Books]] | year=1997 | isbn=0-312-86148-6 | url=https://archive.org/details/finaldiagnosisse00whit }}</ref>     
* ''[[Mind Changer]]'' (1998)<ref name="White1998Mind Changer">{{cite book
| title=Mind Changer | url=https://archive.org/details/mindchangersecto00whit | url-access=registration | author=James White | publisher=[[Tor Books]] | year=1998
| isbn=0-8125-4196-0  
}}</ref>      
* ''[[Double Contact]]'' (1999)<ref name="White1999Double Contact">{{cite book
| title=Double Contact | url=https://archive.org/details/doublecontactsec00jame | url-access=registration | author=James White | publisher=[[Tor Books]] | year=1999
| isbn=0-8125-6860-5  
}}</ref>

These were also published as omnibus editions:
* ''Beginning Operations'' (2001) contains ''Hospital Station'', ''Star Surgeon'' and ''Major Operation''.<ref>{{cite book | title=Beginning Operations | author=James White | publisher=[[Tor Books]] | year=2001 | isbn=0-312-87544-4 | url=https://archive.org/details/beginningoperati0000jame }}</ref>
* ''Alien Emergencies'' (2002) contains ''Ambulance Ship'', ''Sector General'' and ''Star Healer''.<ref>{{cite book | title=Beginning Operations | author=James White | publisher=[[Orb Books]] | year=2002 | isbn=0-312-87770-6 | url=https://archive.org/details/alienemergencies00jame }}</ref>
* ''General Practice'' (2003) contains ''Code Blue - Emergency'' and ''The Genocidal Healer''.<ref>{{cite book 
| title=General Practice | author=James White | publisher=[[Orb Books]] | year=2003 | isbn=0-7653-0663-8
}}</ref>
* ''Tales of Sector General'' (1999) contains ''The Galactic Gourmet'', ''Final Diagnosis'', and ''Mind Changer''.<ref>{{cite book 
| title=Tales of Sector General | author=James White | publisher=[[Science Fiction Book Club]] | year=1999 | isbn=0-7394-0159-9
}}</ref>

===Short stories===
*White's short story "Sector General" is included in the book ''Hospital Station''.<ref name="SectorgeneralBiobiblio" />
*In addition to these books, several related short stories ("Countercharm", "Tableau", "Occupation: Warrior", and "Custom Fitting") appear in other collections by White.  The first three appear in ''The Aliens Among Us'', the fourth in ''Futures Past''.<ref name="SectorgeneralBiobiblio" />
*The short story "Custom Fitting" does not mention Sector General, but does describe the Galactic Federation making its first contact with Earth.  "Tableau" also does not mention Sector General but introduces the alien race of the Orligians, who appear in the series.
*The short story "Occupation: Warrior", published in  1959, provides the [[backstory]] of the Monitor Corps' Commander Dermod, who appears in some of the books. However the editor of ''[[Science Fiction Adventures (British magazine)|Science Fiction Adventures]]'' removed all reference to Sector General from ''Occupation: Warrior'' because he thought it was too grim to be treated as part of the series.  "Countercharm" is the only short story actually set in Sector General not included in a Sector General book.<ref name="Langford1983WhiteandSectorGeneral" /><ref>{{Cite news 
| author=James White | title=Occupation: Warrior | magazine=Science Fiction Adventures | issue=7 
|date=February 1959
}}</ref>