{"product_id":"the-integral-trees-and-the-smoke-ring-paperback","title":"The Integral Trees: And the Smoke Ring - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eLarry Niven\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"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.\"--\u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003eAsimov's Science Fiction Magazine \u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e When leaving Earth, the crew of the spaceship \u003ci\u003eDiscipline\u003c\/i\u003e was prepared for a routine assignment. Dispatched by the all-powerful State on a mission of interstellar exploration and colonization, \u003ci\u003eDiscipline\u003c\/i\u003e 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 \u003ci\u003eDiscipline\u003c\/i\u003e encountered it, something went wrong. The crew abandoned ship and fled to the unlikely space oasis. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Five hundred years later, the descendants of the \u003ci\u003eDiscipline\u003c\/i\u003e 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, \u003ci\u003eDiscipline\u003c\/i\u003e waits patiently to make contact with its wayward children. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003ci\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/i\u003e\u003ch3\u003eFront Jacket\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eNiven 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 \u003cbr\u003eWhen 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. \u003cbr\u003eFive 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. \u003cbr\u003e\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eLarry Niven\u003c\/b\u003e was born in 1938 in Los Angeles, California. In 1956, he entered the California Institute of Technology, only to flunk out a year and a half later after discovering a bookstore jammed with used science-fiction magazines. He graduated with a B.A. in mathematics (minor in psychology) from Washburn University, Kansas, in 1962, and completed one year of graduate work before he dropped out to write. His first published story, \"The Coldest Place,\" appeared in the December 1964 issue of \u003ci\u003eWorlds of If\u003c\/i\u003e. He won the Hugo Award for Best Short Story in 1966 for \"Neutron Star\" and in 1974 for \"The Hole Man.\" The 1975 Hugo Award for Best Novelette was given to \u003ci\u003eThe Borderland of Sol\u003c\/i\u003e. His novel \u003ci\u003eRingworld\u003c\/i\u003e won the 1970 Hugo Award for Best Novel, the 1970 Nebula Award for Best Novel, and the 1972 Ditmar, an Australian award for Best International Science Fiction.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 459\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1.2 x 9.2 x 6.1 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eIllustrated:\u003c\/strong\u003e Yes\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e July 29, 2003\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52519720714547,"sku":"9780345460363","price":27.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0300\/5595\/6612\/files\/MkpKQ3R6MGdRV1poS2w2UHNYSWV4QT09.webp?v=1760507599","url":"https:\/\/www.vysn.com\/products\/the-integral-trees-and-the-smoke-ring-paperback","provider":"VYSN","version":"1.0","type":"link"}