The Galactic Gourmet

ebook / ISBN-13: 9781399636339

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Genre: Classic Science Fiction / Science Fiction

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The great Gurronsevas is universally acclaimed as the galaxy’s greatest chef. But now, at the height of his career, Gurronsevas finds that fame, honour and a staff of minions isn’t enough. He wants a new challenge.

So he comes to Sector General, the massive hospital in space when human and alien medicine meet. There, as Chief Dietician, Gurronsevas tries to do what has never been achieved before: make hospital food palatable. But are the staff – of any species – ready for these culinary delights…?

‘The tales in the Sector General series are consistently entertaining, combining the best features of First Contact SF with the human interest of hospital stories’ Locus

Reviews

Neat, humorous, and humane
The Ultimate Guide to SF
Dry wit and a glimpse into alien psychology ... highly recommended
Library Journal
Humour, ingenuity and an underlying Hippocratic sense of decency
Encyclopedia of Science Fiction
Over the years White has built a large and enthusiastic audience for his Sector General series, which concerns a fully realized interspecies hospital on the rim of the Galaxy. His fascinating cast of characters and his belief in the basic decency of all intelligent life-forms have seen him through six Sector General books over the past quarter century
New Encyclopedia of Science Fiction
Neat, humorous, and humane
The Ultimate Guide to SF
Sector General is one of the few places in SF that one would really, really like to exist
David Langford
Suspenseful [and] imaginative . . . with a wry humour
Starlog
Wit, originality, medical expertise and sheer decency
Publishers Weekly
Over the years White has built a large and enthusiastic audience for his Sector General series, which concerns a fully realized interspecies hospital on the rim of the Galaxy. His fascinating cast of characters and his belief in the basic decency of all intelligent life-forms have seen him through six Sector General books over the past quarter century
New Encylopedia of Science Fiction
The tales in the Sector General series are consistently entertaining, combining the best features of First Contact SF with the human interest of hospital stories
Locus
Sector General is one of the few places in SF that one would really, really like to exist
David Langford
First class . . . thoroughly enjoyable
Kirkus
Marvellously entertaining ... an inventive series
Science Fiction Chronicle
Over the years White has built a large and enthusiastic audience for his Sector General series, which concerns a fully realized interspecies hospital on the rim of the Galaxy. His fascinating cast of characters and his belief in the basic decency of all intelligent life-forms have seen him through six Sector General books over the past quarter century
New Encyclopedia of Science Fiction
Neat, humorous, and humane
The Ultimate Guide to SF
White excites the intellect and the emotions and a sense of compassion is evident throughout his work
Readers Guide to SF
Sector General is one of the few places in SF that one would really, really like to exist
David Langford