Series
Integral Trees
Larry Niven · 2 novels · 1 novelette · 1984–1990
Larry Niven's The Integral Trees is set inside a 'gas torus' -- a breathable ring of atmosphere encircling a neutron star -- where a marooned human population lives on enormous floating trees shaped by tidal forces rather than gravity. The 1984 novel and its 1987 sequel The Smoke Ring follow descendants of that population as they explore the wider ring and rediscover their own forgotten origins. It's hard science fiction built almost entirely around an exotic setting.
Summary by Loreful, from public sources
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The order the books came out.
Best read in the order they were published.
- Omnibus editions(1 edition)
Map
Integral Trees at the centre, its books fanned around what holds them. Pick anything for its details, and zoom out for similar series in orbit — the reading order above lists the same books as text.
Stats
By decade
- 1980s2
- 1990s1
Shape
2 novels · 1 novelette
1 author
reads like:science fictionsurvivalother star systemsfar futureadventurousadult
Mood
Bright and intense: 100% of this series' placed works, the catalog's 44%.
this series · the catalog · one dot = one book2 of 3 works carry a tone
Edges of the map
- The Smoke Ringdarkest · brightest · calmest · most intense