The Integral Trees
- 240
- Pages
- about 4.5 h
- Reading time
- Locus Award for Best Science Fiction Novel
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Our view
“The Integral Trees” is Larry Niven’s science fiction set in an unusual place, a ring of breathable air around a neutron star. Life there drifts without gravity, and Niven peoples it with the descendants of Earth settlers who live on huge floating trees and have lost their technology, so the adventure often feels closer to fantasy. Some readers feel the careful orbital science does little for the plot. The story continues in “The Smoke Ring”.
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About the book
The Integral Trees is a 1984 science fiction novel by American writer Larry Niven. 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. A sequel, The Smoke Ring, was published in 1987.
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7.67.6 / 10 - The Integral TreesThis book
7.67.6 / 10 - The Smoke Ring
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Where the score comes from
The sources average 7.3 across 51 ratings — not yet many, so the reader vote carries 26% of the weight and the rest pulls toward the Science fiction average of 7.8. That is how 7.6 comes out.
| Source | Average | Ratings | Weight |
|---|---|---|---|
| Open Library | 8.0 | 11 | 22% |
| Hardcover | 7.1 | 40 | 78% |
Frequently asked
How long is The Integral Trees?
It has 240 pages — shorter than 88% of the ranked books in Science fiction.
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