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Original Title:	The Integral Trees
ISBN:	0345460367 (ISBN13: 9780345460363)
Edition Language:	English URL http://www.isfdb.org/cgi-bin/ea.cgi?Larry_Niven
Series:	The State #2-3
Characters:	Sharls Davis Kendy, Clave, Jeffer, Gavving, Rather

The Integral Trees / The Smoke Ring (The State #2-3)

Larry Niven

Paperback | Pages: 459 pages

Rating: 3.71 | 3416 Users | 67 Reviews

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Title	:	The Integral Trees / The Smoke Ring (The State #2-3)
Author	:	Larry Niven
Book Format	:	Paperback
Book Edition	:	Special Edition
Pages	:	Pages: 459 pages
Published	:	July 29th 2003 by Del Rey Books (first published 1983)
Categories	:	Science Fiction. Fiction. Fantasy. Science Fiction Fantasy. Speculative Fiction. Space. Space Opera. Novels

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“Niven has come up with an idea about as far out as one can get. . . . This is certainly classic science fiction–the idea is truly the hero.” –Asimov’s Science Fiction Magazine

When leaving Earth, the crew of the spaceship Discipline was prepared for a routine assignment. Dispatched by the all-powerful State on a mission of interstellar exploration and colonization, Discipline was aided (and secretly spied upon) by Sharls Davis Kendy, an emotionless computer intelligence programmed to monitor the loyalty and obedience of the crew. But what they weren’t prepared for was the smoke ring–an immense gaseous envelope that had formed around a neutron star directly in their path. The Smoke Ring was home to a variety of plant and animal life-forms evolved to thrive in conditions of continual free-fall. When Discipline encountered it, something went wrong. The crew abandoned ship and fled to the unlikely space oasis.

Five hundred years later, the descendants of the Discipline crew living on the Smoke Ring no longer remember their origins. Earth is more myth than memory, and no recollection of the State remains. But Kendy remembers. And just outside the Smoke Ring, Discipline waits patiently to make contact with its wayward children.

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The story starts off well, following the descendants of a group of humans who colonized a gas torus surrounding a former star. The description of the environment is top-notch, complete with wondrous life-forms and its own set of physical laws. But the characters are so totally flat and unbelievable that I still could not remember their names by the end of the book. I found myself becoming increasingly annoyed with Niven's invented swear words and random marriages between his characters.In short,

I love Niven's ability to imagine new worlds, and human societies very different from our own. If you like fun escapist sci-fi, then this should appeal.

Niven's imagination builds a fantastic world, but the characters are forgettable, the plot uninteresting and the end off-putting. It's Ringworld writ small, basically, with its strengths less impressive and its weaknesses more pronounced. Having said that, it's a pretty short read and as such, worth it.

A colony of humans marooned in a free-fall ring of breathable atmosphere surrounding a neutron-star.... As far as imaginative world-building goes, this book tops even Niven's masterpiece, Ringworld. The story and characters aren't half bad either, though I would have liked this novel even if they had been an afterthought.

I might have given it more stars if I could have remembered more about it! I looked it up on Wikipedia. The worlds Niven creates are mind blowing, and this, and the Ringworld, are the two most amazing.

I read this book while I was taking Calculus II. Actually I read it outside of the class in the evenings before class each night. Humorously many people commented on it, some thinking it was some nerdy extra-curricular calculus thing.Integral Trees. I remember a delusional robot and tribes of people crawling all over trees that are falling apart as they fall into the atmosphere of an uninhabitable planet or so. A very neat idea. Niven's books tend to be drawn out but seem to have been so

Another elementary school late night read. I remember there being so many WTF moments in this book that my disbelief simply kicked in and stayed in. Not what I look for from a book. Need to re-read now and see if I was missing some reach of science on Niven's part.