Note:

This is a "Fix-up" novel.
"Resident Physician"(1961)[1] was an introductory novelette to the novel length work "Field Hospital"(1962)[2]. These two stories were later published together as "Star Surgeon"(1963).

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Year	Language	Title
1965^ⓘTranslated by an unknown hand	German	Der Kampf der Weltraum-Mediziner
1965^ⓘTranslated by an unknown hand	German	Kampf der Weltraum-Mediziner
1975^ⓘTranslated by Eurico Fonseca	Portuguese	Médico espacial
1977^ⓘTranslated by Bert Rozeboom	Dutch	Chirurg Tussen de Sterren
1981^ⓘTranslated by J. P. Pugi	French	Chirurgien galactique
2001^ⓘTranslated by Viviana Viviani	Italian	Ospedale da combattimento

Year	Language	Title
1966^ⓘTranslated by G. Palazzoli	Italian	Ospedale da combattimento (Complete Novel)

Awards

Place	Year and Award	Category
Nominations Below Cutoff	1964 Hugo	Best Novel

Publications

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Title	Date	Author/Editor	Publisher/Pub. Series	ISBN/Catalog ID	Price	Pages	Format	Type	Cover Artist
Star Surgeon	1963-03-00	James White	Ballantine Books	F709	$0.50^?$: US dollar. ISO code: USD	159	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	Richard Powers (artist)
Star Surgeon	1963-05-00	James White	Ballantine Books	F709	C$0.50^?C$: Canadian dollar. ISO code: CAD	159	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	Richard Powers (artist)
Der Kampf der Weltraum-Mediziner (I. Teil)	1965-05-21	James White	Moewig (Terra #398)	398	DM 0.70^?DM: German (Deutsche) mark. ISO code: DEM in 1948-1999	65	digest^?Digest-size magazine, including both standard digest size, at about 7" by 4.5", and also large digest, such as recent issues of Asimov's, which are about 8.25" by 5.125".	novel	Johnny Bruck
Der Kampf der Weltraum-Mediziner (II. Teil)	1965-05-21	James White	Moewig (Terra #399)	399	DM 0.70^?DM: German (Deutsche) mark. ISO code: DEM in 1948-1999	63	digest^?Digest-size magazine, including both standard digest size, at about 7" by 4.5", and also large digest, such as recent issues of Asimov's, which are about 8.25" by 5.125".	novel	Johnny Bruck
Galassia #66	1966-06-01	ed. Ugo Malaguti	Casa Editrice La Tribuna	66	Lit 300^?Lit: Italian lira. ISO code: ITL in 1861-1999	220	digest^?Digest-size magazine, including both standard digest size, at about 7" by 4.5", and also large digest, such as recent issues of Asimov's, which are about 8.25" by 5.125".	mag	Erberto Tealdi
Star Surgeon	1967-00-00	James White	Corgi	GS7702	3/6^?Prior to decimilisation (1968-1971), UK books were priced in shillings, or shillings and pence, where 20 shillings equals one pound and 12 old pence equals one shilling. Shillings were indicated with a variety of suffixes, e.g. 3s, 3', 3", 3/ all mean 3 shillings. Any number after that is additional pence, usually 6 (half a shilling) but sometimes 3 or 9 (a quarter of a shilling or three-quarters of a shilling).	156	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
Star Surgeon	1968-05-00	James White	Ballantine Bal-Hi	U2866	$0.50^?$: US dollar. ISO code: USD	159	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	Richard Powers (artist)
Star Surgeon	1970-09-00	James White	Ballantine Books	0-345-02028-6	$0.75^?$: US dollar. ISO code: USD	159	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	Dean Ellis
Médico espacial	1975-00-00	James White	Livros do Brasil (Argonauta #220)			217	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	Lima de Freitas
Star Surgeon	1976-00-00	James White	Corgi (Corgi SF Collector's Library)	0-552-10213-X	£0.60^?£: UK pound. ISO code: GBP	155+ [1]	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
Chirurg Tussen de Sterren	1977-00-00	James White	Scala (Scala SF)	90-6221-561-0		261	tp^?Trade paperback. Any softcover book which is at least 7.25" (or 19 cm) tall, or at least 4.5" (11.5 cm) wide/deep.	novel	Vicente Segrelles
Kampf der Weltraum-Mediziner	1978-02-00	James White	Ullstein (Ullstein 2000 #137 (3396))	3-548-03396-2	DM 3.80^?DM: German (Deutsche) mark. ISO code: DEM in 1948-1999	159	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	Paul Lehr
Star Surgeon	1981-01-00	James White	Del Rey / Ballantine	0-345-29169-7	$1.95^?$: US dollar. ISO code: USD	159	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	Dean Ellis
Star Surgeon	1981-01-00	James White	Del Rey / Ballantine	0-345-29169-7	C$2.50^?C$: Canadian dollar. ISO code: CAD	159	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	Dean Ellis
Chirurgien galactique	1981-04-08	James White	Librairie des Champs-Élysées^?Librairie des Champs-Elysees (Le Masque - Science Fiction #116)	2-7024-1228-9		285	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	Philippe Caza
Star Surgeon	1986-12-00	James White	Orbit / Futura	0-7088-8188-2	£1.95^?£: UK pound. ISO code: GBP	156	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
Star Surgeon	1987-11-00	James White	Macdonald	0-356-14794-0	£10.95^?£: UK pound. ISO code: GBP	160	hc^?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	novel
Beginning Operations	2001-06-00	James White	Orb	0-312-87544-4	$19.95^?$: US dollar. ISO code: USD	511	tp^?Trade paperback. Any softcover book which is at least 7.25" (or 19 cm) tall, or at least 4.5" (11.5 cm) wide/deep.	omni	John Harris
Beginning Operations	2001-11-00	James White	Orb / SFBC	0-7394-2246-4 / 10835	$14.99^?$: US dollar. ISO code: USD	511	hc^?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	omni	John Harris
Ospedale da combattimento	2001-11-00	James White	Editrice Nord (Cosmo Serie Oro. Classici della Narrativa di Fantascienza #192)	88-429-1191-7	Lit 24,000^?Lit: Italian lira. ISO code: ITL in 1861-1999	vi+ 254	tp^?Trade paperback. Any softcover book which is at least 7.25" (or 19 cm) tall, or at least 4.5" (11.5 cm) wide/deep.	novel
Beginning Operations	2011-04-00	James White	Orb	978-1-4299-8229-0	$7.99^?$: US dollar. ISO code: USD		ebook^?Used for all electronic formats, including but not limited to EPUB, eReader, HTML, iBook, Mobipocket, and PDF.	omni	John Harris
Beginning Operations	date unknown	James White	Orb	0-312-87544-4	$19.95^?$: US dollar. ISO code: USD	511	tp^?Trade paperback. Any softcover book which is at least 7.25" (or 19 cm) tall, or at least 4.5" (11.5 cm) wide/deep.	omni	John Harris
Beginning Operations	date unknown	James White	Orb	0-312-87544-4	$19.95^?$: US dollar. ISO code: USD	511	tp^?Trade paperback. Any softcover book which is at least 7.25" (or 19 cm) tall, or at least 4.5" (11.5 cm) wide/deep.	omni	John Harris
Beginning Operations	date unknown	James White	Orb	0-312-87544-4	$19.95^?$: US dollar. ISO code: USD	511	tp^?Trade paperback. Any softcover book which is at least 7.25" (or 19 cm) tall, or at least 4.5" (11.5 cm) wide/deep.	omni	John Harris

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Reviews

Review by Leslie Flood (1963) in New Worlds Science Fiction, #133 August
Review by P. Schuyler Miller (1963) in Analog Science Fact -> Science Fiction, September 1963
Review by John Clute (1976) in Vector 76 / 77
Review by Alex Brown (1987) in Paperback Inferno, #65
Review by Jack Fennell (unknown) in A Short Guide to Irish Science Fiction

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