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James White

White, James

April 7, 1928 – August 23, 1999 (aged 71)

Birth place: Belfast, Northern Ireland, UK

162 works in English-language magazines

Date Page Type Title Magazine
January 1953 50 Short Fiction Assisted Passage New Worlds, January 1953
June 1953 102 Short Fiction Crossfire New Worlds Science Fiction, June 1953
October 1953 121 Short Fiction The Scavengers Astounding Science Fiction, October 1953
June 1954 4 Short Fiction The Conspirators New Worlds Science Fiction, June 1954
July 1954 4 Short Fiction Starvation Orbit New Worlds Science Fiction, July 1954
August 1954 19 Short Fiction Curtain Call Nebula Science Fiction, Number 9
September 1954 4 Short Fiction Suicide Mission New Worlds Science Fiction, September 1954
March 1955 5 Short Fiction The Star Walk New Worlds Science Fiction, March 1955
May 1955 4 Short Fiction Outrider New Worlds Science Fiction, May 1955
July 1955 5 Short Fiction Boarding Party New Worlds Science Fiction, July 1955
September 1955 123 Short Fiction Dynasty of One Science Fantasy, September 1955
November 1955 3 Short Fiction Pushover Planet Nebula Science Fiction, Number 14
January 1956 22 Short Fiction In Loving Memory Nebula Science Fiction, Number 15
January 1956 96 Short Fiction Red Alert New Worlds Science Fiction, January 1956
February 1956 54 Short Fiction Question of Cruelty New Worlds Science Fiction, February 1956
October 1956 7 Serial Tourist Planet (Part 1 of 3) New Worlds Science Fiction, October 1956
November 1956 78 Serial Tourist Planet (Part 2 of 3) New Worlds Science Fiction, November 1956
December 1956 79 Serial Tourist Planet (Part 3 of 3) New Worlds Science Fiction, December 1956
January 1957 100 Short Fiction Patrol New Worlds Science Fiction, January 1957
February 1957 100 Short Fiction The Lights Outside the Windows New Worlds Science Fiction, February 1957
April 1957 5 Short Fiction To Kill or Cure New Worlds Science Fiction, April 1957
July 1957 110 Short Fiction False Alarm New Worlds Science Fiction, July 1957
November 1957 4 Short Fiction Sector General New Worlds Science Fiction, November 1957
November 1957 118 Review The Secret Visitors The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction, November 1957
January 1958 122 Review The Secret Visitors Amazing Stories, January 1958
February 1958 94 Review The Secret Visitors Fantastic Universe, February 1958
May 1958 4 Short Fiction Tableau New Worlds Science Fiction, May 1958
August 1958 4 Short Fiction The Ideal Captain New Worlds Science Fiction, August 1958
October 1958 38 Short Fiction Dark Talisman Nebula Science Fiction, Number 35
November 1958 4 Short Fiction Trouble with Emily New Worlds Science Fiction, November 1958
March 1959 100 Short Fiction Dogfight New Worlds Science Fiction, March 1959
March 1959 6 Short Fiction Occupation: Warrior Science Fiction Adventures, No. 7
June 1959 2 Short Fiction Visitor at Large New Worlds Science Fiction, June 1959
October 1959 4 Short Fiction The High Road New Worlds Science Fiction, October 1959
November 1959 2 Short Fiction Grapeliner New Worlds Science Fiction, November 1959
January 1960 4 Short Fiction O'Mara's Orphan New Worlds Science Fiction, January 1960
February 1960 68 Short Fiction Deadly Litter Science Fiction Adventures, No. 13
June 1960 4 Short Fiction Out-Patient New Worlds Science Fiction, June 1960
October 1960 4 Short Fiction The Apprentice New Worlds Science Fiction, October 1960
November 1960 101 Short Fiction Countercharm New Worlds Science Fiction, November 1960
June 1961 6 Serial Second Ending (Part 1 of 2) Fantastic Stories of Imagination, June 1961
July 1961 52 Serial Second Ending (Part 2 of 2) Fantastic Stories of Imagination, July 1961
September 1961 63 Short Fiction Resident Physician New Worlds Science Fiction, September 1961
January 1962 2 Short Fiction Christmas Treason The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction, January 1962
January 1962 4 Serial Field Hospital (Part 1 of 3) New Worlds Science Fiction, January 1962
February 1962 66 Serial Field Hospital (Part 2 of 3) New Worlds Science Fiction, February 1962
March 1962 74 Serial Field Hospital (Part 3 of 3) New Worlds Science Fiction, March 1962
August 1962 69 Review Hospital Station The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction, August 1962
August 1962 112 Review Hospital Station Science Fantasy, August 1962
February 1963 11 Short Fiction Counter Security The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction, February 1963
February 1963 2 Essay The Oppressed Minority New Worlds Science Fiction, February 1963
April 1963 5 Short Fiction Fast Trip The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction, April 1963
August 1963 91 Review Second Ending Analog Science Fact -> Science Fiction, August 1963
August 1963 127 Review Star Surgeon New Worlds Science Fiction, August 1963
September 1963 93 Review Star Surgeon Analog Science Fact -> Science Fiction, September 1963
February 1964 4 Serial Open Prison (Part 1 of 3) New Worlds Science Fiction, February 1964
March 1964 70 Serial Open Prison (Part 2 of 3) New Worlds Science Fiction, March 1964
April 1964 72 Serial Open Prison (Part 3 of 3) New Worlds Science Fiction, April 1964
May 1966 42 Review The Watch Below The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction, May 1966
August 1966 190 Review The Watch Below Galaxy Magazine, August 1966
July 1967 164 Review The Watch Below Analog Science Fiction -> Science Fact, July 1967
December 1967 6 Serial All Judgment Fled (Part 1 of 3) If, December 1967
January 1968 115 Serial All Judgment Fled (Part 2 of 3) If, January 1968
February 1968 109 Serial All Judgment Fled (Part 3 of 3) If, February 1968
February 1968 21 Review The Watch Below Vector 48
June 1968 126 Review The Secret Visitors Galaxy Magazine, June 1968
December 1969 168 Review The Watch Below Analog Science Fiction/Science Fact, December 1969
November 1970 37 Review All Judgement Fled Science Fiction Review, November 1970
December 1970 168 Review All Judgment Fled Analog Science Fiction/Science Fact, December 1970
March 1971 116 Review All Judgment Fled Galaxy Magazine, March 1971
September 1971 44 Review Tomorrow is too Far The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction, September 1971
1972 31 Review Tomorrow Is Too Far Vector 59 Spring 1972
January 1972 6 Serial Dark Inferno (Part 1 of 2) Galaxy Magazine, January-February 1972
March 1972 102 Serial Dark Inferno (Part 2 of 2) Galaxy Magazine, March-April 1972
October 1973 6 Serial The Dream Millennium (Part 1 of 3) Galaxy, October 1973
November 1973 110 Serial The Dream Millennium (Part 2 of 3) Galaxy, November 1973
December 1973 130 Serial The Dream Millennium (Part 3 of 3) Galaxy, December 1973
January 1974 68 Short Fiction Answer Came There None Galaxy, January 1974
November 1974 52 Review The Dream Millennium The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction, November 1974
March 1975 194 Review The Dream Millenium Foundation, #7 and 8 March 1975
October 1975 102 Short Fiction Nuisance Value Analog Science Fiction/Science Fact, October 1975
August 1976 36 Review Hospital Station Vector 76 / 77
August 1976 36 Review Star Surgeon Vector 76 / 77
October 1976 52 Short Fiction The Exorcists of IF Algol, Fall 1976-Winter 1977
November 1976 45 Review The Dream Millennium Vector 78
January 1979 91 Review Monsters and Medics Foundation, #15 January 1979
September 1979 100 Review Underkill Foundation, #17 September 1979
December 1979 161 Review All Judgement Fled Science Fiction & Fantasy Book Review, December 1979
January 1980 11 Review Ambulance Ship Isaac Asimov's Science Fiction Magazine, January 1980
February 1980 52 Review Ambulance Ship Heavy Metal, February 1980
August 1980 126 Short Fiction Federation World Analog Science Fiction/Science Fact, August 1980
January 1982 12 Short Fiction The Scourge Analog Science Fiction/Science Fact, January 4, 1982
January 1982 61|61.6 Review Tomorrow Is Too Far The Patchin Review, Number Three, January 1982
April 1982 10 Short Fiction Long Will Live the King Extro Science Fiction, April/May 1982
April 1982 13 Interview The Science Fiction of James White: Stars and Scalpels Extro Science Fiction, April/May 1982
November 1982 25 Review Futures Past Science Fiction & Fantasy Book Review, #9, November 1982
March 1983 15 Review Sector General Locus, #266 March 1983
September 1983 107 Review Sector General Analog Science Fiction/Science Fact, Mid-September 1983
December 1983 6 Interview Snapshot Vector 117
June 1984 4 Interview James White: Back to Sector General Locus, #281 June 1984
January 1985 56 Review Star Healer Locus, #288 January 1985
February 1985 74 Short Fiction Something of Value Analog Science Fiction/Science Fact, February 1985
April 1985 30 Review Star Healer Fantasy Review, April 1985
June 1985 185 Review Star Healer Isaac Asimov's Science Fiction Magazine, June 1985
July 1985 12 Review Star Healer Amazing Stories, July 1985
August 1985 183 Review Star Healer Analog Science Fiction/Science Fact, August 1985
December 1985 4 Essay At Novacon, the Average Was F-F-Fifteen Matrix, #62
October 1986 Review Ambulance Ship Paperback Inferno, #62
March 1987 77 Short Fiction The Interpreters The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction, March 1987
April 1987 Review Star Surgeon Paperback Inferno, #65
June 1987 Review Major Operation Paperback Inferno, #66
August 1987 Review All Judgement Fled Paperback Inferno, #67
August 1987 15|15.3 Review Code Blue — Emergency! Locus, #319 August 1987
December 1987 183 Review Code Blue: Emergency! Analog Science Fiction/Science Fact, Mid-December 1987
February 1988 Review Sector General Paperback Inferno, #70
April 1988 Review Star Healer Paperback Inferno, #71
May 1988 44|44.02 Review Code Blue — Emergency Science Fiction Chronicle, #104 May 1988
June 1988 21 Review Federation World Locus, #329 June 1988
August 1988 Review The Aliens Among Us Paperback Inferno, #73
November 1988 17 Review Federation World Aboriginal Science Fiction, November-December 1988
December 1988 10 Short Fiction Sanctuary Analog Science Fiction/Science Fact, December 1988
May 1989 53 Short Fiction Type "Genie" & Run The Gate, #1
May 1990 64 Review Code Blue Emergency Interzone, May 1990
October 1990 8 Review Federation World Paperback Inferno, #86
December 1991 16 Interview Encounter in Bewley's: James White Interviewed FTL, Winter 1991
March 1992 34 Review The Genocidal Healer Locus, #374 March 1992
July 1992 34|34.04 Review The Genocidal Healer Science Fiction Chronicle, 153 July/August 1992
July 1992 12 Review The Silent Stars Go By The New York Review of Science Fiction, July 1992
January 1993 68|68.3 Review The Genocidal Healer Interzone, January 1993
March 1993 4 Interview James White: Full-Time Hobbyist Locus, #386 March 1993
February 1996 70 Short Fiction Un-Birthday Boy Analog Science Fiction and Fact, February 1996
July 1996 58 Review The Galactic Gourmet Locus, #426 July 1996
August 1996 Essay Bob Shaw - A Light From Other Days Vector 188
January 1997 144 Review The Galactic Gourmet Analog Science Fiction and Fact, January 1997
February 1997 43 Review The Galactic Gourmet The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction, February 1997
April 1997 48 Review Final Diagnosis Locus, #435 April 1997
April 1997 Review The Galactic Gourmet Science Fiction Chronicle, April/May 1997
June 1997 44|44.06 Review The White Papers Science Fiction Chronicle, #192 June 1997
July 1997 277 Review The White Papers Analog Science Fiction and Fact, July-August 1997
September 1997 41|41.4 Review All Judgment Fled Aboriginal Science Fiction, Winter 1997
September 1997 Review Final Diagnosis Vector 195
September 1997 41|41.5 Review The Watch Below Aboriginal Science Fiction, Winter 1997
September 1997 41|41.3 Review The White Papers Aboriginal Science Fiction, Winter 1997
October 1997 85 Review All Judgement Fled The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction, October-November 1997
October 1997 48 Review Final Diagnosis Science Fiction Chronicle, #193 October 1997
November 1997 149 Review Final Diagnosis Analog Science Fiction and Fact, November 1997
July 1998 42|42.02 Review Mind Changer Science Fiction Chronicle, #198 July-August 1998
September 1998 25 Review Mind Changer Locus, #452 September 1998
November 1998 Review Mind Changer SF Site, Mid-November 1998
November 1998 35 Review Mind Changer Vector 202
February 1999 134 Review Mind Changer Analog Science Fiction and Fact, February 1999
April 1999 22 Review Mind Changer The New York Review of Science Fiction, April 1999
November 1999 57 Review Double Contact Locus, #466 November 1999
January 2000 31 Review Earth Final Conflict: The First Protector Vector 209
May 2000 33 Review Double Contact Vector 211
May 2000 35 Review The First Protector Vector 211
July 2001 36 Review Beginning Operations Vector 218
September 2001 32 Review Beginning Operations Vector 219
March 2002 33|33.3 Review Alien Emergencies Science Fiction Chronicle, #222 March 2002
July 2002 233 Review Alien Emergencies Analog Science Fiction and Fact, July-August 2002
July 2002 35 Review Alien Emergencies Vector 224
June 2004 Review General Practice Strange Horizons, 7 June 2004

40 English-language books

Year Type Title Author(s)
1957 Omnibus Master of Life and Death / The Secret Visitors Robert Silverberg & James White
1961 Novel The Secret Visitors James White
1962 Collection Hospital Station James White
1962 Omnibus The Jewels of Aptor / Second Ending James White & Samuel R. Delany
1963 Novel Star Surgeon James White
1964 Collection Deadly Litter James White
1965 Novel Open Prison James White
1965 Novel The Escape Orbit James White
1966 Novel The Watch Below James White
1968 Novel All Judgment Fled James White
1969 Collection The Aliens Among Us James White
1971 Collection Major Operation James White
1971 Novel Tomorrow Is Too Far James White
1972 Novel Dark Inferno James White
1972 Novel Lifeboat James White
1974 Novel The Dream Millennium James White
1976 Novel The Dream Millenium James White
1977 Collection Monsters and Medics James White
1979 Collection Ambulance Ship James White
1979 Novel Underkill James White
1982 Collection Futures Past James White
1983 Collection Sector General James White
1985 Novel Star Healer James White
1985 Anthology The Interpreters / A Novacon Garland James White & David Langford
1987 Novel All Judgement Fled James White
1987 Novel Code Blue — Emergency James White
1988 Novel Federation World James White
1991 Chapbook Beyond the Enchanted Duplicator... ...To the Enchanted Convention Walt Willis & James White
1991 Novel The Silent Stars Go By James White
1992 Novel The Genocidal Healer James White
1996 Novel The Galactic Gourmet James White
1996 Collection The White Papers James White
1997 Novel Final Diagnosis James White
1998 Novel Mind Changer James White
1999 Novel Double Contact James White
1999 Omnibus Tales of Sector General James White
2000 Novel The First Protector James White
2001 Omnibus Beginning Operations James White
2002 Omnibus Alien Emergencies James White
2003 Omnibus General Practice James White

YearAwardCategoryTitleStatus
1962 Hugo Award Best Novel Second Ending Nominee
1964 Hugo Award Best Novel Star Surgeon Nominee
1966 Nebula Award Novel Open Prison Nominee
1975 Locus Poll Award Best SF Novel The Dream Millennium Nominee
1977 Hugo Award Best Short Story Custom Fitting Nominee
1977 Locus Poll Award Best Short Story Custom Fitting Finalist
1982 Analog Award Best Novella/Novelette The Scourge Finalist
1983 Locus Poll Award Best Short Story The Scourge Nominee
1984 Locus Poll Award Best Collection Sector General Nominee
1988 Analog Award Best Novella/Novelette Sanctuary Winner
1988 Locus Poll Award Best SF Novel Code Blue — Emergency Nominee
1989 Locus Poll Award Best Novelette Sanctuary Nominee
1997 Hugo Award Best Short Story Un-Birthday Boy Runner-up
1997 Locus Poll Award Best Short Story Un-Birthday Boy Nominee
1997 SF Chronicle Award Short Story Un-Birthday Boy Winner
2000 Kurd-Laßwitz-Preis Bestes ausländisches Werk Die letzte Diagnose Nominee

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Year Publication Title
Cover November 1948 Slant, November 1948 Slant, November 1948
Cover 1949 Slant, Summer 1949 Slant, Summer 1949
Cover 1950 Slant, Autumn 1950 Slant, Autumn 1950
Cover 1950 Slant, Spring 1950 Slant, Spring 1950
Cover 1951 Slant, Spring 1951 Slant, Spring 1951
Cover December 1951 Slant, Winter 1951 Slant, Winter 1951
Cover 1952 Slant, Winter 1952 - 1953 Slant, Winter 1952 - 1953

Year Publication Title
November 1948 Slant, November 1948 Cartoon: no caption
November 1948 Slant, November 1948 Contact with Earth
November 1948 Slant, November 1948 Off Course
1949 Slant, Summer 1949 Outcast
1949 Slant, Summer 1949 Slant, Summer 1949
1950 Slant, Spring 1950 Last Wish
1950 Slant, Autumn 1950 Official Report
1950 Slant, Spring 1950 Revenge
1950 Slant, Spring 1950 Slant, Spring 1950
1950 Slant, Autumn 1950 Spacemate
1950 Slant, Spring 1950 Strictly Logical
1950 Slant, Autumn 1950 The 'Good Old Days'
1950 Slant, Spring 1950 The Case for Shaverism
1950 Slant, Autumn 1950 The Enemy
1950 Slant, Autumn 1950 The Last Word
1950 Slant, Spring 1950 The Swordsmen of Varnis
1950 Slant, Spring 1950 These Things Shall Be
1951 Slant, Spring 1951 Choose Your Weapons
1951 Slant, Spring 1951 Clive Jackson
1951 Slant, Spring 1951 Counter Charm
1951 Slant, Spring 1951 Eve of To-morrow
1951 Slant, Spring 1951 Inclinations
1951 Slant, Spring 1951 Such Stuff as Dreams
1951 Slant, Spring 1951 The Gatecrashers
1951 Slant, Spring 1951 The History Maker
1951 Slant, Spring 1951 The Stranger
December 1951 Slant, Winter 1951 Slant, Winter 1951
December 1951 Slant, Winter 1951 Test Case
1952 Slant, Winter 1952 - 1953 Path of Glory
2016 Then: A History of Science Fiction Fandom in the UK: 1930-1980 Slant, Spring 1950 (cover)