The Integral Trees (Known Space #1)

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Synopsis
A group of humans settle in The Smoke Ring, which was already home to a variety of plant and animal life-forms evolved to thrive in conditions of continual free-fall.
Copyright:
1987

Book Details

Book Quality:
Excellent
Book Size:
273 Pages
ISBN-13:
9780517649114
Publisher:
Random House
Date of Addition:
Copyrighted By:
Larry Niven
Adult content:
No
Language:
English
Has Image Descriptions:
No
Categories:
Literature and Fiction, Science Fiction and Fantasy
Submitted By:
Dawn Yerton
Proofread By:
Dawn Yerton
Usage Restrictions:
This is a copyrighted book.

Reviews

4 out of 5

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Integral Trees by Larry Niven. This is the work of a true Sci-Fi writer. Niven makes a whole new world that is braced around trees and forests. A ship is orbiting around the planet, waiting for its crew to come back. Kendy is a computer with a human’s mind. The mother ship in orbit around the planet hosts this major computer. Several smaller ships were launched downwards and were lost. In this first book, Kendy is lost and just waking up from his 500-year sleep. I’m very curious about this mammoth computer. What can he do? What is the State now? What other planets are there? I would say any Sci-Fi reader would love this. There is not really any supernatural power, but evolution does play a part in this book. I can’t wait to get into the next book in the series, The Smoke Ring.