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Title: Stardoc: A Novel by S. L. Viehl ISBN: 0-451-45773-0 Publisher: Roc Pub. Date: January, 2000 Format: Mass Market Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $6.99 |
Average Customer Rating: 4.18 (60 reviews)
Rating: 5
Summary: Medical Drama, Science Fiction and Romance with Humor
Comment: Physician Cherijo Grey Veil needs to get off her world and fast. She hops a space freighter and flies into more trouble -- medical, political and romantical -- than you can shake a stethoscope at. The StarDoc gets herself mixed up with an assortment of weird and wonderful aliens, a plethora of medical emergencies reminiscent of a pangalactic ER, and enough problems of the heart to cause ventricular fibrillation. This fast and entertaining read has plenty of laughs(Cherijo's humor is often wry and self-deprecating which makes her a charming hero), action (requisite battles in the Clinic, on a space ship and in the bedroom) and love interests (so many aliens,so little time!) to make a series -- which is good because this StarDoc isn't finished yet. Reactions from others who have read this book have all been positive. The manager of a large chain bookseller says she doesn't usually read Science Fiction (SF) but was drawn by the Catherine Coulter endorsement on the cover (there is also a nice quote from Anne McCaffrey for fantasy fans). The manager liked the book and recommends it to her romance readers. A librarian I know, an avid SF reader, enjoyed the book immensely and has been recommending it to SF fans. If you are looking for interesting, well-drawn and engaging characters,fast and furious medical action, and all the conventions of SF -- faster than light ships, genetic tampering, aliens of every size and hue, blazing weapons and battles of the sexes -- look no farther than STARDOC. S.L. Viehl is a writer worth following into the vast reaches of black space and the inner working of the beating heart. Now I just have to wait until summer for a sequel! Quick, Healer Grey Veil, pass the tranquilizer hypospray and put me in cryosleep until July!
Rating: 5
Summary: You HAVE GOT to read this one!
Comment: To escape her father on Terra (Earth) Dr. Cherijo Grey Veil (a brilliant surgeon) applied for a position on Kevarzangia Two at a FreeClinic. She had never worked on non-humans, but that area was desperate for any medical person able to hold a stethoscope, so she got the job. She must quickly learn to help over 200 different species (some were extremely dangerous just to LOOK at, much less help them when they are in pain)! Humans were looked down upon so that was a problem. Then there was her father. He found her.
Readers, I cannot tell you what was going on there. Only that when Cherijo found out secrets about her father, her choices were run or have guards to keep her in line with a possible mind swipe.
But when her father came to retrieve her, it took a large band of Jorenian Warriors to rescue/kidnap her from Kevarzangia Two AND broke treaties among planets! The secret was huge and could change the future for humanity. Daddy was a genious by Terran standards. Daddy was a monster by human standards though!
***** A KEEPER! David Weber and Anne McCaffrey have competition big time! DO NOT MISS THIS ONE! Awesome!
Rating: 4
Summary: Entertaining
Comment: Viehl is an excellent writer. She creates real worlds, and real characters. Having moved into a new culture to be a teacher, a culture composed of at least 8 different cultures, all evolving rapidly, I easily identified with the primary character, Cherijo, as she pursues a professional career on a new planet, teeming with some 200 different species and cultures. Trying to serve the medical needs of 70,000 beings, ranging in size from a snail to a wooly mammoth, is an incredible challenge. This challenge takes what could be a somewhat boring premise- a novel about medical practice in the future- and turns it into a roller-coaster ride of a book, difficult to put down. Then Viehl adds in a number of suprises, up to the very end, as you try to discover just who Cherijo really is.
I write of the characters as they are human, because Viehl does such a good job of creating her characters. Science Fiction is sometimes accused of being technology driven- you slap a few people (or species) into a standard plot, throw in a few gimmicks, and you get instafiction. But all good science fiction has been character driven- with just a few things changed to help us understand one possible future, and our possible present. Viehl does this excellently, helping us undersand what it means to be human. And in a genre that often downplays the role of women and minorities, Viehl is to be commended for highlighting both- I don't read much science fiction where the hero is a female Native American.
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Title: Stardoc II: Beyond Varallan by S. L. Viehl ISBN: 0451457935 Publisher: Roc Pub. Date: 10 July, 2000 List Price(USD): $6.99 |
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Title: Endurance by S. L. Viehl ISBN: 0451458141 Publisher: Roc Pub. Date: 09 January, 2001 List Price(USD): $6.99 |
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Title: Shockball: A Stardoc Novel by S. L. Viehl ISBN: 0451458559 Publisher: Roc Pub. Date: 07 November, 2001 List Price(USD): $6.99 |
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Title: Eternity Row by S. L. Viehl ISBN: 0451458915 Publisher: Roc Pub. Date: 03 September, 2002 List Price(USD): $6.99 |
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Title: Blade Dancer by S. L. Viehl ISBN: 0451459261 Publisher: New American Library Pub. Date: 05 August, 2003 List Price(USD): $22.95 |
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