 Opinions differ about the quality of the series as a whole . For example Gary Westfahl wrote that " the Sector General stories remained consistently fresh and involving , and they grew in prominence as the series progressed . " On the other hand Todd White wrote that the series declined after Star Healer ( 1985 ) , hitting a low point with 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 . 
