James White (1928–1999) - one of the most famous English science fiction writers - was the author of many wonderful books. But it was the series of works about Space Hospital that brought him particular popularity all over the world. “Space Hospital” by James White is not just one of the most famous series in the history of science fiction, not just the most original of the “space operas” of our time, but a true PHENOMENON in GENRE! This collection includes novels and short stories from different years, not included in the series about the Space Hospital. (Unofficial electronic publication)

A disaster occurred in the spaceport of the planet Nydia. A passenger transporter carrying chlorine-breathing Ylencians from the ship to the spaceport building lost control and crashed into the waiting room at high speed. Leak started poisonous chlorine, part of the structures collapsed, and oxygen began to flow into the Ilencian car. In addition, the security system went off and tightly blocked the waiting room. To add insult to injury, the system can only be turned off from the inside with a special key, and the employee who was now buried under the Ylencian transporter had it. Luckily for many passengers, there were two veterans of a recently defunct war in the hall...

The war memorial in the capital of the planet Orligia is unique, but it certainly cannot be called either beautiful or attractive. Many very sensitive and intelligent beings tried in vain to describe the feeling of shock, horror and anger that overwhelmed them at the sight of this monument. For he is by no means a pathetic poem immortalized in marble, where beautiful demigods proudly pose a final challenge to the enemy or they die heroically on the battlefield, with their arms outstretched picturesquely. Instead, you saw in front of you a huge cube made of transparent plastic, and inside it - the destroyed cabin of an ancient spaceship and two astronauts - an earthling and an Orligian.

Eleven years ago, the Sunflower crew, trying to save the ship after a meteorite hit, threw so much debris into space that the passenger ship Santa Isabella perished in the flow. And now only mechanic Caulfield, the only surviving member of the Sunflower crew, can help determine the coordinates of the deadly debris. However, Captain Gregory, who arrested the former mechanic, suspects that he is not reporting all the information he knows.

Earthling lands on a planet whose inhabitants do not take a single word on faith alien. What is the reason for the total suspicion?

An investigation is underway: how does Santa Claus manage to deliver Christmas gifts to children? An investigative commission of six people - the eldest Richard is six years old - using teleportation and deduction, establishes that the dungeons with toys for children have been robbed, leaving only unnecessary toys for adults - rockets. We urgently need to help Santa Claus!

A real tailor can sew decent clothes for anyone, be it a human or a Dafian. Old Hewlitt turned out to be truly a master, and humanity was able to complete the necessary formalities at the first contact with aliens.