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Summary: It's A Stotter!
Review: Grrrrrrrrreat! James White does it again with another interesting story. I like the humour that runs through it.
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Summary: More About O'Mara
Review: Until *Mind Changer* came along, I hadn't realized how much I'd missed by not knowing more about the "nasty" Major O'Mara, even though I liked him. It's time for Major O'Mara to retire, and this book, like O'Mara himself, moves from the present to the past, and back. We learn more about the early days of Sector General and O'Mara's role in bringing about many items that are familiar to the series. Although the final revelation was obvious before chapter 15, that didn't spoil the book. Everything leading up to the end was interesting. I think anyone who cares about O'Mara will be pleased at his fate. [Note to the publisher: On p.217, full paragraph one, Padre Lorien is named, but the context makes it obvious that Padre Carmody is meant. If that IS an error, you may wish to correct it for the paperback.] Ann E. Nichols
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Summary: More About O'Mara
Review: Until *Mind Changer* came along, I hadn't realized how much I'd missed by not knowing more about the "nasty" Major O'Mara, even though I liked him. It's time for Major O'Mara to retire, and this book, like O'Mara himself, moves from the present to the past, and back. We learn more about the early days of Sector General and O'Mara's role in bringing about many items that are familiar to the series. Although the final revelation was obvious before chapter 15, that didn't spoil the book. Everything leading up to the end was interesting. I think anyone who cares about O'Mara will be pleased at his fate. [Note to the publisher: On p.217, full paragraph one, Padre Lorien is named, but the context makes it obvious that Padre Carmody is meant. If that IS an error, you may wish to correct it for the paperback.] Ann E. Nichols
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Summary: Even A Lesser Sector General Novel Gets 5 Stars
Review: When I finished this book, I knew that it rated five stars, even though I like "The Genocidal Healer" better. I guess that speaks to how good the "Sector General" series is; they all earn 4.8 to 5 stars.O'Mara, the Chief Psychologist on a hospital ship/space station called "Sector General", has been a major background player in many previous Sector General novels. Now, he is retiring and, in flashbacks, we get his reminiscences as he prepares to leave a long career. We learn how he became a psychologist, how he became Chief Psychologist, where his gruff demeanor comes from, and many other tidbits that fill in gaps in the Sector General saga. As with all Sector General novels, this is a fast-paced, well-written book, although there is a confusion of names at one point - Padre Carmody gets called Padre Lioren, or vice-versa. Most of the other Sector General novels proceed in a very linear progression, but this one does not. Going along with its reminiscence style, it jumps around chronologically quite a bit. I still think "The Genocidal Healer" is the best of the series, but "Mind Changer" is still a good, fun book.
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Summary: Even A Lesser Sector General Novel Gets 5 Stars
Review: When I finished this book, I knew that it rated five stars, even though I like "The Genocidal Healer" better. I guess that speaks to how good the "Sector General" series is; they all earn 4.8 to 5 stars. O'Mara, the Chief Psychologist on a hospital ship/space station called "Sector General", has been a major background player in many previous Sector General novels. Now, he is retiring and, in flashbacks, we get his reminiscences as he prepares to leave a long career. We learn how he became a psychologist, how he became Chief Psychologist, where his gruff demeanor comes from, and many other tidbits that fill in gaps in the Sector General saga. As with all Sector General novels, this is a fast-paced, well-written book, although there is a confusion of names at one point - Padre Carmody gets called Padre Lioren, or vice-versa. Most of the other Sector General novels proceed in a very linear progression, but this one does not. Going along with its reminiscence style, it jumps around chronologically quite a bit. I still think "The Genocidal Healer" is the best of the series, but "Mind Changer" is still a good, fun book.
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