The Integral Trees
by Larry Niven
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- very good
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Very Good/Good
- ISBN 10
- 0345312708
- ISBN 13
- 9780345312709
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DJ edges & corners worn. Boards slightly faded at edges.
The crew of an interstellar expedition abandoned the main spacecraft, which housed an AI who monitored the crew for the all-powerful State. The "mutineers", as the AI calls them, made a new home in a gas torus that rotates around a neutron star, rich in trees, animals, sufficient water, but no real gravity. Five hundred years later, their descendants live in various, sometimes waring, clans.
A scouting expedition by men and women from one of these groups meets with hardships and enforced servitude. A revolt ensues. And all the time, the AI of the original ship, observes and waits…
The crew of an interstellar expedition abandoned the main spacecraft, which housed an AI who monitored the crew for the all-powerful State. The "mutineers", as the AI calls them, made a new home in a gas torus that rotates around a neutron star, rich in trees, animals, sufficient water, but no real gravity. Five hundred years later, their descendants live in various, sometimes waring, clans.
A scouting expedition by men and women from one of these groups meets with hardships and enforced servitude. A revolt ensues. And all the time, the AI of the original ship, observes and waits…
Synopsis
The Integral Trees is a 1984 science fiction novel by Larry Niven (first published as a serial in Analog in 1983). Like much of Niven's work, the story is heavily influenced by the setting: a gas torus, a ring of air around a neutron star. Its sequel is The Smoke Ring. It was nominated for the Nebula Award for Best Novel in 1984 and the Hugo Award for Best Novel in 1985.
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- UniqReads (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 2437
- Title
- The Integral Trees
- Author
- Larry Niven
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Binding
- Hardcover
- ISBN 10
- 0345312708
- ISBN 13
- 9780345312709
- Publisher
- Ballantine / Del Rey
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1984
- Keywords
- Science Fiction
- Bookseller catalogs
- Science Fiction;
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