Integral Trees, The (#140) 
| Date | Setting | Type | Published |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1983-10 | The State: The Smoke Ring | Novel | serial, Analog, October 1983, November 1983, December 1983, January 1984 |
| ISBN | Authors | 0-3453-2065-4 | Larry Niven |
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| Reprints | Awards | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| cloth, March 1984, Del Rey (Ballantine); paper. February 1985; paper, Futura Publications, 1985; as De Integraalbomen, paper, from Meulenhoff, Amsterdam, 1985; Audio: Blackstone Audio Books, read by Pat Bottino, May 1996; Integral Trees, The (Omnibus) | Locus winner, Hugo nominee, Nebula nominee | first Smoke Ring novel. See the sequel, Smoke Ring, The |
| Review |
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| This story is set in an incredibly exotic environment, the gaseous envelope of a binary star system in which one of the pair is a neutron star. The bizarre life forms which populate the Smoke Ring, as it is termed, are a tour de force of imagination for Niven. Perhaps the most fascinating aspect of the story is the way that the suvivors of a lost colony ship and their descendants evolved a new physiology to help them exist in the low gravity environment of the Smoke Ring and their symbiosis with the Integral Trees themselves. |
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