James White Gallery Part 1

Part 1: the Sector General novels

Hospital Station (New York, Ballantine, 1962)

Corgi GS7651, 1967.

Corgi 0552-10214-8, 1976, 190pp, 65pp.

Futura/Orbit 8181, 1987.

Star Surgeon
New York, Ballantine, 1963.
London, Corgi GS7702, 1967. [not shown]
London, Futura/Orbit 8188, 1986.
London, Macdonald, 1987. [h/c] [not shown]

Major Operation
New York, Ballantine, 1971. [not shown]
London, Futura/Orbit, 1987.

Ambulance Ship
New York, Ballantine, 1979. [not shown]
[expanded] London, Corgi 11511, 1980. Cover by Peter A. Jones.
London, Futura/Orbit 8183, 1986.

Sector General
New York, Ballantine, 1983. [not shown]
London, Futura/Orbit 8186, 1987.

Star Healer
New York, Ballantine, 1985. [not shown]
London, Futura/Orbit 8187, 1987. Cover by John Harris?

Code Blue—Emergency
New York, Ballantine, Jul 1987. Cover by David Mattingly.
London, Macdonald Futura, 1987. [not shown]

The Genocidal Healer
New York, Ballantine, Feb 1992. Cover by Bruce Jensen.

The Galactic Gourmet
New York, Tor, 1996. [h/c] Cover by John Berkey.
New York, Tor, May 1997. [same as above]

Final Diagnosis
New York, Tor, May 1997. [h/c] Cover by John Berkey.
New York, Tor, Jul 1998. [same as above]

Mind Changer
New York, Tor, 1998. [h/c] Cover by John Berkey.
New York, Tor, Sep 1999. [same as above]

Double Contact
New York, Tor, 1999. [h/c] Cover by John Harris.
New York, Tor, Aug 2000. [same as above]

Omnibus

Beginning Operations
(contains: Introduction by Brian Stableford; Hospital Station, Star Surgeon, Major Operation).
New York, Tom Doherty Associates/Orb, 2001. Cover by John Harris.

Alien Emergencies
(contains: Introduction by David Langford; Ambulance Ship, Sector General, Star Healer).
New York, Tom Doherty Associates/Orb, Apr 2002. Cover by John Harris.

General Practice
(contains: Introduction by John Clute; Code Blue—Emergency; The Genocidal Healer).
New York, Tom Doherty Associates/Orb, May 2003. Cover by John Harris.

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James White gallery part 2

Part 2: the non-Sector General novels

The Secret Visitors.
(bound with Master of Life and Death by Robert Silverberg). New York, Ace, 1957. Cover by Schinella.
London, Digit, 1961. [not pictured]
New York, Ace, 1967.
London, NEL, Feb 1971.

Second Ending.
(bound with The Jewels of Aptor by Samuel R. Delany). New York, Ace, 1962. [not pictured]

Deadly Litter.
New York, Ballantine, 1964. [not pictured]
London, Corgi, 1968.
New York, Del Rey, Sep 1981. Cover by Matt Davis.

The Escape Orbit.
New York, Ace, 1965. [not pictured]
[as Open Prison] London, Four Square Books, 1965
[as Open Prison] New York, Ace, 1983. [not pictured]

The Watch Below.
New York, Ballantine, Feb 1966.
London, Whiting & Wheaton, 1966. [h/c] [not pictured]
London, Corgi, 1967.

All Judgment Fled.
London, Rapp & Whiting, 1968. [h/c] [not pictured]
New York, Walker, 1969. [not pictured]
London, Corgi, 1969. London, Corgi.
New York, Del Rey, Apr 1979. Cover by Wayne Barlowe.
[as All Judgement Fled] London, Orbit, 1987.

The Aliens Among Us.
New York, Ballantine, 1969. [not pictured]
London, Corgi, 1970.
London, Futura/Orbit, 1988. Cover by J. David Jackson

Tomorrow Is Too Far.
New York, Ballantine, 1971. [not pictured]
London, Michael Joseph, 1971. [h/c] [not pictured]
London, Corgi, 1973.

Dark Inferno.
London, Michael Joseph, 1972 [h/c] [not pictured]
[as Lifeboat] New York, Ballantine, 1972. [not pictured]
[as Lifeboat] London, Corgi, 1974.
[as Lifeboat] New York, Ballantine, 1980. Cover by John Berkey.

The Dream Millennium.
London, Michael Joseph, 1974. [h/c] [not pictured]
New York, Ballantine, Jun 1974. Cover by John Berkey.
London, Corgi, 1976.

Monsters and Medics.
Corgi 0552-10482-0, 1977, 188pp, 75p.
[expanded edition] New York, Ballantine, Mar 1977. Cover by H. R. Van Dongen

Underkill.
London, Corgi, 1979.

The Interpreters (bound with A Novacon Garland by David Langford).
Birmingham, Birmingham Science Fiction Group, 1985. [not pictured]

Futures Past (New York, Ballantine, Aug 1982. Cover by Rick Sternbach.
Macdonald Futura, 1988. [not pictured]
[revised contents] Orbit 0708-88250-1, 1988, 228pp, £2.50. Cover by J. David Jackson

Federation World.
New York, Ballantine, Jun 1988. Cover by David Mattingly.
London, Orbit, 1990. [not pictured]

The Silent Stars Go By.
New York, Ballantine, Sep 1991. Cover by Vincent Di Fate.

The White Papers, ed. Mark L. Olson & Bruce Pelz.
Framingham, Mass., NESFA, 1996. Cover by Vincent Di Fate.

Gene Roddenberry's Earth: Final Conflict--The First Protector.
New York, Tor, 2000. [not pictured]
London, Ebury Press, 2000.

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James White Bibliography

I have to thank Jeremy Briggs for the pictures from the James White gallery. I'm posting these in reverse order so that they appear correctly when viewed in the future, a cheat I've decided on because I'm not going to be able to post anything for a couple of days. So here's the bibliography (Friday evening), and over Saturday and Sunday the gallery itself will appear, starting with part 2, the non-Sector General novels, followed, finally, by part 1: the Sector General novels.

Sector General
Hospital Station. New York, Ballantine, 1962; London, Corgi, 1967.
__(fixup: Medic; Sector General; Trouble with Emily; Visitor at Large; Out-Patient)
Star Surgeon. New York, Ballantine, 1963; London, Corgi, 1967.
Major Operation. New York, Ballantine, 1971; London, Macdonald Futura, 1987.
__(contains: Invader; Vertigo; Blood Brother; Meatball; Major Operation)
Ambulance Ship. New York, Ballantine, 1979; expanded, London, Corgi, 1980.
__(fixup: Spacebird; Contagion; Quarantine; Recovery. Expanded edition adds The Spacebird)
Sector General. New York, Ballantine, 1983; London, Macdonald Futura, 1987.
__(contains: Accident; Survivor; Investigation; Combined Operation)
Star Healer. New York, Ballantine, 1985; London, Macdonald Futura, 1987.
Code Blue—Emergency!. New York, Ballantine, 1987; London, Macdonald Futura, 1987.
The Genocidal Healer. New York, Ballantine, 1992.
The Galactic Gourmet. New York, Tor, 1996.
Final Diagnosis. New York, Tor, May 1997.
Mind Changer. New York, Tor, 1998.
Double Contact. New York, Tor, 1999.

Omnibus
Beginning Operations (contains: Introduction by Brian Stableford; Hospital Station, Star Surgeon, Major Operation). New York, Tom Doherty Associates/Orb, 2001.
Alien Emergencies (contains: Introduction by David Langford; Ambulance Ship, Sector General, Star Healer). New York, Tom Doherty Associates/Orb, Apr 2002.
General Practice (contains: Introduction by John Clute; Code Blue—Emergency; The Genocidal Healer). New York, Tom Doherty Associates/Orb, May 2003.

Novels
The Secret Visitors (bound with Master of Life and Death by Robert Silverberg). New York, Ace, 1957; published alone, London, Digit, 1961; New York, Ace, 1967.
Second Ending (bound with The Jewels of Aptor by Samuel R. Delany). New York, Ace, 1962.
The Escape Orbit. New York, Ace, 1965; as Open Prison, London, Four Square Books, 1965; New York, Ace, 1983.
The Watch Below. New York, Ballantine, 1966; London, Whiting & Wheaton, 1966.
All Judgment Fled. London, Rapp & Whiting, 1968; New York, Walker, 1969; as All Judgement Fled, London, Macdonald, 1987.
Tomorrow Is Too Far. New York, Ballantine, 1971; London, Michael Joseph, 1971.
Dark Inferno. London, Joseph, 1972; as Lifeboat, New York, Ballantine, 1972.
The Dream Millennium. London, Joseph, 1974; New York, Ballantine, 1974.
Underkill. London, Corgi, 1979.
Federation World. New York, Ballantine, 1988; London, Orbit, 1990.
__(fixup: Federation World; The Scourge; Something of Value)
The Silent Stars Go By. New York, Ballantine, 1991.
Gene Roddenberry's Earth: Final Conflict--The First Protector. New York, Tor, 2000.

Collections
Deadly Litter. New York, Ballantine, 1964; London, Corgi, 1968.
__(contains: Grapeliner; The Ideal Captain; The Lights Outside the Windows; Deadly Litter)
The Aliens Among Us. New York, Ballantine, 1969; London, Corgi, 1970.
__(contains: Countercharm; To Kill Or Cure; Red Alert; Tableau; The Conspirators; The Scavengers; Occupation: Warrior)
Monsters and Medics. London, Corgi, 1977; expanded, New York, Ballantine, 1977.
__(contains: Introduction: Reality in Science Fiction; Second Ending; Counter Security; Dogfight; Nuisance Value; In Loving Memory. Expanded edition adds The Apprentice; Answer Came There None)
The Interpreters (bound with A Novacon Garland by David Langford). Birmingham, Birmingham Science Fiction Group, 1985.
Futures Past. New York, Ballantine, 1982; London, Macdonald Futura, 1988; revised, London, Orbit, 1988.
__(contains: Spacebird; Commuter; Assisted Passage; Curtain Call; Boarding Party; Patrol; Fast Trip; Question of Cruelty; False Alarm; Dynasty of One; Outrider. Revised edition replaces Spacebird with Custom Fitting and adds Outrider)
The White Papers, ed. Mark L. Olson & Bruce Pelz. Framingham, Mass., NESFA, 1996.
__(contains: Introduction by Mike Resnick; James White by Walt Willis; Custom Fitting; Commuter; House Sitter; Sanctuary; Christmas Treason; The Secret History of Sector General (article); Accident; Medic; Countercharm; Visitor at Large; An Introduction to Real Virtuality by Bruce Pelz (interview); The Last Time I Saw Harris (article); The Beacon (article); The Not-So-Hot Gospeller (article); The Long Afternoon of Harrogate (article); The History of IF #3 (article); The Quinze-y Report (article); Fester on the Fringe (article); The Exorcists of IF (article); The Unreal George Affair (article); Sector General Timeline by Gary Louie; Notes on the Classification System (misc.); The Classification System by Gary Louie)

About James White
James White, Doctor to Aliens: A Working Bibliography by Phil Stevenson-Payne & Gordon Benson Jr. Leeds, Galactic Central Publications, 1986; revised, Sep 1989.

Comic Cuts: All Change for Judge Dredd Megazine

Rebellion, who have been publishing 2000AD for the past seven or eight years, have announced some changes to the spin-off titles. The all-reprint 2000AD Extreme Edition comes to an end with issue 30 and, as of issue 275, Judge Dredd Megazine takes a price hike to £4.99 and each new issue will have a reprint collection bagged with the title. The first title is 'Judge Dredd: The Jock Collection', to be followed by reprints of 'Snow/Tiger', 'Dredd: Lawcon', 'Armitage: Flashback', 'Pussyfoot Five', a John Burns Dredd collection and 'Son of Mean Machine'.

These aren't truly "graphic novels" as they're 64 pages and stapled, but they're being produced at the same size as recent Rebellion GN reprints and should sit nicely alongside them on your shelf.

There's a big argument going on at the 2000ADonline forum about the move, with many people bemoaning the price rise, many complaining that, whilst they had a choice to buy or not buy the Extreme Edition on an issue-by-issue basis, the bagging of collections with the Megazine gives them no choice, whether they want the story or not.

The other big news for that issue of the Megazine is that it marks the return of Tank Girl to UK comics. The new series by Alan C. Martin & Rufus Dayglo, the new series is called 'Tank Girl: Skidmarks'. Incidentally, there's a new official Tank Girl website under construction, due to open "this summer".

Other new stories beginning in that issue include a new Dredd serial, 'Ratfink', by John Wagner & Peter Doherty, Psi-Judge Anderson in 'WiiERD' by Alan Grant & Boo Cook; 'Black Atlantic: Rig' by Dan Abnett & Steve Roberts; plus the usual interviews and reviews. Enough new material for the price tag? We shall see.

(* Tank Girl: Skidmarks © Alan C. Martin & Rufus Dayglo.)

Comic Cuts: Recently Published

An excuse to relist a couple of items I've previously listed as they're now out and I know some people don't like to order books in advance (especially as the recent Titan listing looked as far forward as March 2009!).

CARLTON

• Low, George (Ed.), Rumble in the Jungle. The 12 best jungle-fighting Commando comic books ever. London, Carlton Books ISBN 978-1844420025, 12 May 2008. Stories set in the jungles of Malay and Burma are, like all other Commando comics, packed with action and adventure. But there is something about these plots that really get the writers in top gear and they pull out all the stops. Who couldn't get enthusiastic about ambushes, impenetrable undergrowth, mysterious caves, deep river gorges flooded by monsoons, samurai swords, slithering snakes, fiendish fevers, strange cries in the night, menacing idols, dangerous insects and animals added to the usual threats from bullets and bombs?Featuring such stories as "Jungle Madness", "Grudge Fight", "The Black Pagoda", "Halt - or Die!", "Danger Everywhere!" and "Jungle Sniper", this carefully selected anthology will transport you into a world of sweat, swamps and where our ever invincible allied heroes battle bravely and honourably to victory.

Actually out in May but I've only recently received a copy.

REBELLION / 2000AD

• Judge Anderson: Shamballa. ISBN 978-1905437672, 15 Jun 2008. Judge Anderson and a team of scientists travel deep beneath the Himalayas to the mysterious city of Shamballah to search for a solution to the cataclysmic events that are threatening to tear the planet apart. This is just one of the exciting stories in this collection, gathering together the very best of the Alan Grant and Arthur Ranson strips. Features the work of 2000AD legend Arthur Ranson and expands on the ever popular Judge Dredd universe.

• Judge Dredd: The Complete Case Files Vol.10. ISBN 978-1905437689, 15 Jun 2008. Mega-City One: the future metropolis bustling with life and every crime imaginable. Keeping order are the Judges, a stern police force acting as judge, jury and executioner. Toughest of all is Judge Dredd. He is the law and these are his stories. Volume 10 in this exciting, best-selling series collects together more classic Dredd from the pages of 2000AD, including "The Art of Kenny Who?" and "Block Rite"!

ROBINSON

• Mammoth Book of Best Crime Comics, edited by Paul Gravett. ISBN 978-1845297107, 26 June 2008. Here is the first ever popular collection of crime comics - the 25 best graphic short stories in the crime genre, spanning all the colours of noir, from classic American newspaper strip serials and notorious uncensored comic books to today's global graphic novel masterpieces. This must-have collection is fully loaded with some of the greatest writers and artists in comics publishing, including Frank Miller, Alan Moore, Neil Gaiman, Will Eisner, Max Allan Collins, Johnny Craig, Alex Toth, Joe Kubert, Bernie Krigstein - plus adaptations of/collaborations by famous crime writers, such as Dashiel Hammett, Mickey Spillane, Lesley Charteris and Raymond Chandler.Meet a gallery of hard-boiled, iconic heroes and killers inside including: Dashiell Hammett's smooth operator Secret Agent X-9, Will Eisner's masked mystery man The Spirit, Mickey Spillane's heavyweight tough-guy Mike Hammer, Frank Miller's scarred and brutal Marvin from Sin City, Munoz and Sampayo's brooding ex-cop Alack Sinner, Abuli and Bernet's venal hitman-for-hire Torpedo 1936, Max Allan Collins and Terry Beatty's femme fatale investigator Ms. Tree, and Charles Burns' Mexican wrestler and defective detective El Borbah. Reviewed here.

TITAN BOOKS

• James Bond: The Paradise Plot. ISBN 978-1845767167, 27 Jun 2008. The legend continues! Stand by for more adventures with the world's greatest and most famous secret agent, James Bond, as some of his most thrilling missions are collected for the first time ever in a deluxe collectors' library edition!In this latest action-packed volume, Bond teams up with fellow 00 agent Suzi Kew once again on another sun-soaked escapade, "The Paradise Plot". Not seen since its original publication in a British newspaper, this ultra rare adventure finally returns to print! This new, never-before-collected edition also features Lawrence and McLusky's rarely seen story "Death Mask!", plus a new introduction by one of the Bond girls and an exclusive feature on rare and unusual James Bond comics from around the world!

• The Best of Roy of the Rovers: The 1980s, edited by David Leach. ISBN 978-1845769482, 13 June 2008. He's back! Britain's most famous fantasy footballer, Roy Race, makes his long-awaited return, in this first bumper volume collecting the very best of Roy's thrilling escapades! Featuring the cream of Roy's matches and adventures from the '70s and '80s, this incredible collection will be a must-have for footie fans of all ages! Thrill once more to the roar of the crowd, as Roy and Melchester Rovers face trials and tribulations on and off the pitch!As featured in the recent BBC 'Comics Britannia' documentaries, these are the tales that endeared "Roy of the Rovers" to a generation, and provide the ultimate introduction to the best football comic ever created! Reviewed here.

Catch the rainbow...

Seven photos, half an hour in Photoshop and it still doesn't look anything like as spectacular as it did in real life.

Comic Cuts

And the good news (for me) is... the main text for the Sci-Fi Art book went off to the editor at Ilex today. The last chunk was over 6,000 words long bringing the total to 16,500 words for my bits (roughly a quarter) of the book. I still have quite a few pictures and captions to sort out, plus the introduction, but I feel like I've crossed a milestone on the book.

Good, because on Saturday morning we're having half the contents of the house put into storage so that workmen can rip the place apart.

I've already got the next two (three really) books lined up, namely Frank Bellamy's King Arthur and volumes 8 and 9 of Storm—The Collection which should keep me busy for a while. The Bellamy book we're hoping to have out for the next ABC Show on Sunday, 21st September where we'll be having the usual signing session. I'm not sure if we'll have printed copies of the Karl the Viking box-set but we should have a few of this year's Carlton books to offer you.

Unbelievable to think that it's July already. Six months ago I was working for Look and Learn (still am in a very minor capacity). Since then I've worked on half a dozen different book projects, all of which seem to be lining up to appear later this year, and various other bits and bobs to try and put bread on the table. I imagine that July is going to be a write-off as far as work is concerned; my output collapsed while the windows were being done and the upcoming work is going to be even more of a strain as it's likely to run on into August and involves far more shuffling of stuff around the house. I imagine I'll try to concentrate on things that don't have a deadline, although that all depends on when other projects (like the last of the Trigan Empire Collection books) come to the boil.

Oddly enough, I've just heard that the interview I did on Arthur Mee for BBC4 isn't to be broadcast in July. It's now scheduled for 25 September. What the heck is it about September?

(* Today's gallery images: three covers from Amazing Stories, 1931 vintage, by Leo Morey. These are the ones that didn't make the cut... but we've hopefully included two even better Morey illustrations in the book.)