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Smoke Ring
Author: Larry Niven

In the free-fall environment of the Smoke Ring, the descendants of the crew of the Discipline no longer remembered their Earth roots -- or the existence of Sharls Davis Kendy, the computer-program despot of the ship. Until Kendy initiated contact once more. — Fourteen years later, only Jeffer, the Citizens Tree Scientist, knew that Kendy was stil... more »

ISBN-13: 9780345302571
ISBN-10: 0345302575
Publication Date: 3/12/1988
Pages: 324
Rating:

Currently 3.8/5 Stars.

3.8 stars, based on 54 ratings

Publisher: Del Rey
Book Type: Paperback
Other Versions: Hardcover, Audio Cassette, Audio CD
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Sandy T. reviewed Smoke Ring on 10/31/2006 + 68 more book reviews

Helpful Score: 2

Living in Free-fall - very interestion concept

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CHRIS T. (Defraggler) reviewed Smoke Ring on 10/29/2006 + 13 more book reviews

Helpful Score: 2

Larry Niven never ceases to amaze me.

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Mark M. reviewed Smoke Ring on 12/21/2005 + 87 more book reviews

Helpful Score: 1

Excellent Sci-Fi from Larry Niven

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Jon S. (yazug) reviewed Smoke Ring on 4/19/2006 + 2 more book reviews

Helpful Score: 1

Great Science Fiction book by Larry Niven

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Richard C. reviewed Smoke Ring on 10/22/2012

Enjoyable sequel to "The Integral Trees"

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tubaman-z reviewed Smoke Ring on 11/5/2009 + 3 more book reviews

This is the 2nd of two books (the 1st being "The Integral Trees") written by Larry Niven on life in near-zero gravity. His postulations on how life and social structures would develop are very interesting. This is more hard sci-fi than space opera. While I enjoyed "The Integral Trees" more, this was a good companion piece and got into more detail on interactions between inhabitants of different trees.

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