[bksvol-discuss] Re: [sfclub] Next Meeting of the Science Fiction Club, Thursday, June 12, 2014
- From: Lelia <leliastruve@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: For members of the science fiction club that meets in the AccessibleWorld book nook <sfclub@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Wed, 11 Jun 2014 14:36:07 -0600
Hello all, well, it is that time again, tomorrow is our next science fiction
book club meeting. Look at Evans email below. This is a wonderful book. The
whole thing
Lelia
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> On May 10, 2014, at 11:15 AM, "Evan Reese" <mentat1@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> Hello Folks,
>
> We had a good showing at our most recent meeting, with decidedly mixed
> reviews of our book, The High Crusade by Poul Anderson. For this month, we
> take on another classic, the first book in James White’s famous Sector
> General series, Hospital Station.
>
> The next meeting of the Science Fiction club will be on Thursday, June 12,
> 2014.
>
> Time: 9 PM Eastern, 8 PM Central, 7 PM Mountain, 6 PM Pacific, and 01:00 UTC.]
>
> Place, Book Nook at:
>
> http://conference321.com/masteradmin/room.asp?id=rs7867a2369e0e
>
> Our book, Hospital Station, is available as a digital download from BARD. It
> is the first novel in the book, Beginning Operations: A Sector General
> Omnibus Volume 1. The download link is at:
>
> http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.nls/db.63073
>
> Here is the NLS annotation for the omnibus:
>
> Contains the first three volumes in the Sector General series written between
> 1957 and 1971: Hospital Station (a novel originally written as five separate
> stories), Star Surgeon (a novel originally written as one novelette and one
> novella), and Major Operation (a novel originally written as five
> novelettes). Follows young Dr. Conway's adventures as he treats alien
> patients aboard the galaxy's largest multienvironment, interplanetary
> hospital.
>
> And here’s a bit about Hospital Station in particular from Wikipedia:
>
> Hospital Station is a 1962 science fiction book by author James White and is
> the first volume in the Sector General series.
> The book collects together a series of five short stories previously
> published in New Worlds magazine between 1957 and 1960.
> Stories
> "Medic" – During the construction of Sector 12 General Hospital, construction
> worker O'Mara is suspected of negligently causing the death of two alien
> workers. Pending an investigation he is restricted to quarters and given the
> aliens' child to care for.
> "Sector General" – The first story of the main series' narrative. Doctor
> Conway has spent two months on the station and is about to be confronted with
> several emergencies as well as his first educator tape.
> "Trouble with Emily" – Conway is ordered to assist with a project involving a
> large dinosaur-like alien.
> "Visitor at Large" – A SRTT shape-changing alien runs amok in the hospital.
> Conway and a newly arrived Prilicla are enlisted to capture it.
> "Out-Patient" – Following the recovery of a badly injured alien from a
> wrecked ship, Conway must pursue a radical treatment.
>
> Come join us next month to talk about this classic book.
>
> Evan
>
>
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