MH's Reviews > Beginning Operations

Interesting medical "problem SF", which ages better than most. OTOH, the thing which does not age well is the relentless sexism. All doctors appear to be male; all nurses, even the alien caterpillar ones, appear to be female. Women can't take personality tapes because their brains can't cope. And so on... these stories were initially published from 1957 to 1971, so White's views were outdated even when he was writing. Stableford's introduction talks about how progressive White was in his views on race and religion; his backwardness in other areas really undermines this series.