Title: Double Contact
Title Record # 19978
Author: James White
Date: 1999-11-00
Type: NOVEL
Series: Sector General
Series Number: 12
Webpages: Wikipedia-EN
Language: English
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Author: James White
Date: 1999-11-00
Type: NOVEL
Series: Sector General
Series Number: 12
Webpages: Wikipedia-EN
Language: English
Note: The Tor hc and pb have the same cover but different artists credited.
Synopsis: From the front flap of the Tor first edition: Set on the largest interstellar medical installation in the galaxy, replete with engaging human-and-alien interaction and intricate puzzle plots, James White's "Sector General" novels have been a favorite with the SF audience for more than three decades. Now White returns with another entertaining adventure in deep-space medicine.
The empathic Dr. Prilicla, a veteran of Sector General for years, is put in command of an expedition answering three distress beacons. What he finds is two hitherto-unknown intelligent species - one of which has nearly wiped out the other - and a revelation of a botched first contact, along with a rare opportunity to set matters right...
Assuming, as always, that he can make an accurate diagnosis...
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Publications
Title | Date | Author/Editor | Publisher/Pub. Series | ISBN/Catalog ID | Price | Pages | Format | Type | Cover Artist | Verif |
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Double Contact | 1999-11-00 | James White | Tor | 0-312-87041-8 | $24.95?$: US dollar |
300 | hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size. |
novel | John Harris | |
Double Contact | 2000-08-00 | James White | Tor | 0-812-56860-5 | $6.99?$: US dollar |
311 | pb?Paperback. Typically 7" by 4.25" (18 cm by 11 cm) or smaller, though trimming errors can cause them to sometimes be slightly (less than 1/4 extra inch) taller or wider/deeper. |
novel | John Harris | |
Double Contact | 2015-10-00 | James White | Tor | 978-0-7653-8986-2 | $7.99?$: US dollar |
ebook?Used for all electronic formats, including but not limited to EPUB, eReader, HTML, iBook, Mobipocket, and PDF. |
novel | John Harris | ||
Double Contact | 2015-11-24 | James White | Tor | 978-0-7653-8986-2 | $6.99?$: US dollar |
ebook?Used for all electronic formats, including but not limited to EPUB, eReader, HTML, iBook, Mobipocket, and PDF. |
novel | John Harris |
Reviews
- Review by Carolyn Cushman (1999) in Locus, #466 November 1999
- Review by John Newsinger (2000) in Vector 211