Med Ship

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Summary: Med Ship
Review: I found these stories to be poorly written and uninteresting. The author shows no respect for the reader's intelligence by repeating the same information throughout a story, as if we might forget. The protagonist seems to solve each problem halfway through, then we spend the rest of the story watching his predictions come true and his solutions solve the problem like clockwork.

If you're looking for good medical science fiction, seek out James White's fine "Hospital Station" series (recently reprinted) and Jody Lynn Nye's "Taylor's Ark" series.

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Summary: MED SHIP
Review: I loved Med Ship I passed it on rather than turn it in to the used book store. Each story is complete within itself but complemented the other stories.

P.S. It is a book of short stories and novellettes.

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Summary: Reprinted Stories
Review: Med Ship is a collection of stories written by Murray Leinster between 1957 and 1966. They are the continuing adventures of Calhoun, a physician with the Interstellar Medical Service. He travels the galaxy in his own small spaceship with his pet and companion, Murgatroyd, visiting planets to try to solve public health issues. Each story is self-contained, and tells of Calhoun's adventures on a new planet that has a health crisis. Murgatroyd is utterly charming, and steals every scene he appears in. I was a little bit disappointed by the stories, because they were not what I was expecting. I thought that they would be stories of Calhoun trying to find solutions to health problems, but more often they are stories of Calhoun trying to defeat ruthless, greedy people who are using the health crises for their own advantage. I was also a bit put off by the tendency for every epidemic to be called "the plague." Overall, though, they are an enjoyable collection of stories about trying to stamp out ignorance and restore good health and prosperity to the peoples of the galaxy.

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Summary: This one goes back to Borders
Review: This book seems terribly-babyish and boring, as if it is intended for a 10yr old to read.

The worst Sci-Fi I've ever read.