# Mind Changer

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{{Short description|1998 novel by James White}}
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[[File:MindChanger.jpg|thumb|First edition, published by [Tor Books](/source/Tor_Books). Cover art by [John Berkey](/source/John_Berkey).]]
'''''Mind Changer''''' is a 1998 science fiction book by Northern Irish author [James White](/source/James_White_(author)), part of his [Sector General](/source/Sector_General) series.<ref name="SectorgeneralBiobiblio">{{cite web | url=http://www.sectorgeneral.com/biobiblio.html | accessdate=17 December 2008 | title=A Bio-bibliography of James White | author=Andrews, G. | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120207013020/http://www.sectorgeneral.com/biobiblio.html | archive-date=7 February 2012 | url-status=dead }}</ref><ref name="Stableford2004HistDictJamesWhite">{{Cite book
| author=Brian M. Stableford | contribution=James White | pages=385–386
| title=Historical Dictionary of Science Fiction Literature
| publisher=Scarecrow Press| date=2004 | isbn=0-8108-4938-0
| url=https://books.google.com/books?id=nzmIPZg5xicC&dq=%22james+white%22+biography+science+fiction&pg=PA386
| accessdate=18 December 2008
}}</ref>

''[Publishers Weekly](/source/Publishers_Weekly)'' described ''Mind Changer'' as "White's finest performance, replete with wit, originality, medical expertise and sheer decency" and commented that the series shows no signs of aging,<ref>{{Cite news | newspaper=[Publishers Weekly](/source/Publishers_Weekly) | title=Review | isbn=0812541960 | last1=White | first1=James | date=15 September 1999 }} Summarized at {{cite web | url=http://boukephalos.com/Singularity/Dec_1999.htm | accessdate=18 December 2008 | title=Singularity: An Online Review of Books: December 1999 / January 2000 | url-status=dead | archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20110708085524/http://boukephalos.com/Singularity/Dec_1999.htm | archivedate=8 July 2011 | df=dmy-all }}</ref> and [Booklist](/source/Booklist) described the book as an "enjoyable, witty resumé" of Chief Psychologist O'Mara's career.<ref>{{Cite news | newspaper=[Booklist](/source/Booklist) | title=Review | isbn=0812541960 | last1=White | first1=James | date=15 September 1999 }} Summarized at {{cite web | url=http://boukephalos.com/Singularity/Dec_1999.htm | accessdate=18 December 2008 | title=Singularity: An Online Review of Books: December 1999 / January 2000 | url-status=dead | archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20110708085524/http://boukephalos.com/Singularity/Dec_1999.htm | archivedate=8 July 2011 | df=dmy-all }}
</ref> Todd Richmond wrote that the Sector General series declined after ''[Star Healer](/source/Star_Healer)'' (1985), hitting a low point with ''[The Galactic Gourmet](/source/The_Galactic_Gourmet)'' (1996), and that the later books tended to stretch a short story's worth of content to the length of a novel. However he thought that ''Mind Changer'' (1998) represented an improvement.<ref>{{cite web
| title=Mind Changer (review) | author=Todd Richmond
| url=http://www.sfsite.com/11b/mind45.htm | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/19990506231648/http://www.sfsite.com/11b/mind45.htm | url-status=dead | archive-date=6 May 1999 | accessdate=18 December 2008
}}</ref>

==Plot summary==
Sector General's director O'Mara is headed for retirement. His memories of life at the hospital are shown through flashbacks, while in the book's 'present' time he goes through the process of selecting his own replacement.<ref name="White1998Mind Changer">{{cite book
| title=Mind Changer | url=https://archive.org/details/mindchangersecto00whit | url-access=registration | author=James White | publisher=[Tor Books](/source/Tor_Books) | date=1998
| isbn=0-8125-4196-0
}}</ref>

==References==
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{{Sector General}}

Category:1998 British novels
Category:1998 English-language novels
Category:1998 science fiction novels
Category:Novels by James White (author)
Category:Tor Books books

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