@RUTGERS.ARPA:SUTHERLAND@TL-20A.ARPA (01/09/85)
From: Dean Sutherland <Sutherland@TL-20A.ARPA> I read this when in Junior High, so i'm fuzzy on details. If anyone can identify the author/title/publisher etc. I would appreciate it. The book is set in a far future Earth whose sole export to the rest of the (non-human) galaxy is its medical technology. The hero is the first non-human medical student sent to earth. The book covers his training, and some of his early career. I believe that this is not part of the "Med Series" by Leinster (sp?) or of the "Sector General" series by White. I think it may have been by Alan E. Nourse, but I'm not at all sure. Dean F. Sutherland
chenr@tilt.FUN (Ray Chen) (01/12/85)
> The book is set in a far future Earth whose sole export to the rest of the > (non-human) galaxy is its medical technology. The hero is the first non-human > medical student sent to earth. The book covers his training, and some of his > early career. > I (read the book a LONG time ago) think that the book was called Star Surgeon and was definitely written by Alan E. Nourse. Ray Chen princeton!tilt!chenr
andrew@orca.UUCP (Andrew Klossner) (01/13/85)
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"I read this when in Junior High, so i'm fuzzy on details. If
anyone can identify the author/title/publisher etc. I would
appreciate it ... The book is set in a far future Earth whose
sole export to the rest of the (non-human) galaxy is its
medical technology. The hero is the first non-human medical
student sent to earth. The book covers his training, and some
of his early career."
The book is "Star Surgeon" by Alan Nourse. My copy was published by
Scholastic Book Services, which means I bought it back in grade school.
This is a great juvenile. It gently teaches that racial discrimination
is bad by showing humans dumping on the first alien to enroll in an
Earth medical school. This is also the book where I first encountered
the concept of a colony of unicellular organisms with a single
intelligence.
-- Andrew Klossner (decvax!tektronix!orca!andrew) [UUCP]
(orca!andrew.tektronix@csnet-relay) [ARPA]djl@ptsfb.UUCP (Dave Lampe) (01/13/85)
> From: Dean Sutherland <Sutherland@TL-20A.ARPA> > > > The book is set in a far future Earth whose sole export to the rest of the > (non-human) galaxy is its medical technology. The hero is the first non-human > medical student sent to earth. The book covers his training, and some of his > early career. > > I believe that this is not part of the "Med Series" by Leinster or of the > "Sector General" series by White. I think it may have been by Alan E. Nourse, > but I'm not at all sure. > > Dean F. Sutherland The name of the book is "Star Surgeon" by Alan E. Nourse, copyright 1959,1960. Dave Lampe @ Pacific Bell ..!dual!ptsfa!djl (415) 774-9917
msj@gitpyr.UUCP (Mike St. Johns) (01/13/85)
In article <196@topaz.ARPA> @RUTGERS.ARPA:SUTHERLAND@TL-20A.ARPA writes: >From: Dean Sutherland <Sutherland@TL-20A.ARPA> > > >The book is set in a far future Earth whose sole export to the rest of the >(non-human) galaxy is its medical technology. The hero is the first non-human >medical student sent to earth. The book covers his training, and some of his >early career. > >I believe that this is not part of the "Med Series" by Leinster (sp?) or of the >"Sector General" series by White. I think it may have been by Alan E. Nourse, >but I'm not at all sure. The book is by Alan E Nourse and is entitled "Star Surgeon" (I think that's the title.) Further details, the protagonist is the first non-terran to go through the program. Each of the various branches are color coded with Red being surgeons, Blue being diagnosticians, and Green being medicine (pharmacy) The hero is also accompanied by a little pink blob which saves the day from time to time by being a projecting empath. Mike -- Mike St. Johns Georgia Insitute of Technology, Atlanta Georgia, 30332 ...!{akgua,allegra,amd,hplabs,ihnp4,seismo,ut-ngp}!gatech!gitpyr!msj StJohns@MIT-Multics.ARPA (404) 982-0035
@RUTGERS.ARPA,@MIT-MC:LS.SRB@MIT-EECS (01/15/85)
From: "Stephen R. Balzac" <LS.SRB%MIT-EECS@MIT-MC.ARPA> I believe the book is "Doctor to the Stars" by Alan E. Nourse
@RUTGERS.ARPA:LECIN@RU-BLUE.ARPA (01/20/85)
From: Mijjil <LECIN@RU-BLUE.ARPA>
Date: 15 Jan 1985 13:57 EST (Tue)
From: "Stephen R. Balzac" <LS.SRB%MIT-EECS at MIT-MC.ARPA>
To: SF-LOVERS at MIT-MC
Re: Name the Book...
I believe the book is "Doctor to the Stars" by Alan E. Nourse
Nope - "Doctor to the Stars" is by Murray Leinster.
{Mijjil}