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The Smoke Ring

71.4% complete
1987
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Prologue - Discipline
Section One - Citizens Tree
1 - The Pond
2 - Discipline
3 - Refugees
4 - The In Tuft
5 - The Silver Suit
6 - The Appearance of Mutiny
Section Two - The Loggers
7 - The Honey Hornets
8 - The Honey Track
9 - The Rocket
10 - Secrets
11 - Happyfeet
Section Three - Civilization
12 - Customs
13 - The Termite Nest
14 - Docking
15 - Half Hand's
16 - High Finance
17 - Serjent House
18 - Headquarters
Section Four - The Dark and the Light
19 - The Dark
20 - The Library
21 - The Silver Suit
22 - Loop
23 - Beginnings
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 The State Series*
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The State Series*   See series as if on a bookshelf
A series of science fiction books by Larry Niven.  These do not appear to take place in Known Space.

1) A World Out of Time
2) The Integral Trees
3) The Smoke Ring
Copyright © 1987 by Larry Niven
It is reassuring to know that the human
race is still capable of producing big,
roomy minds.  This book is dedicated to
Dan Alderson.
The Planet below him was hidden to Sharl's senses save for the Neutrino Screen, the Neudar.
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Dramatis Personae
Character
Affiliation
Sharls Davis Kendy
Crew of the Discipline
Sharon Levoy
Crew of the Discipline
Sam Goldblatt
Crew of the Discipline
Claire Dalton
Crew of the Discipline
Dennis Quinn
Crew of the Discipline
Capability Jasper Gray
Crew of the Discipline
Carol Burnes
Crew of the Discipline
Michelle Michaels
Crew of the Discipline
Gavving
Citizens Tree
Minya
Citizens Tree
Clave
Citizens Tree
Jayan
Citizens Tree
Jinny
Citizens Tree
Debby
Citizens Tree
Anthon
Citizens Tree
Jeffer the Scientist
Citizens Tree
Lawri the Scientist
Citizens Tree
Mark
Citizens Tree
Rather
Citizens Tree
Jill
Citizens Tree
Harry
Citizens Tree
Qwen
Citizens Tree
Gorey
Citizens Tree
Arth
Citizens Tree
Ryllin
The Refugees
Booce
The Refugees
Mishael
The Refugees
Karilly
The Refugees
Wend
The Refugees
Carlot
The Refugees
Hilar Belmy
Admiralty
Jonveev Belmy
Admiralty
Raff Belmy
Admiralty
Radyo Mattson
Admiralty
Dave Kon
Admiralty
Mand Curts
Admiralty
Raym Wilby
Admiralty
Zakry Bowles
Admiralty
Adjeness Swart
Admiralty
Captain-Guardian Wayne Mickl
Admiralty
John Lockheed
Admiralty
Nurse Lockheed
Admiralty
Sectry Murphy
Admiralty
Grag Maglicco
Admiralty
Half Hand
Admiralty
Doheen
Admiralty
Jonthan
Admiralty

 

Added: 29-Dec-2002
Last Updated: 29-Mar-2023

Publications

 01-Apr-1988
Del Rey
Mass Market Paperback
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Date Issued:
Cir 01-Apr-1988
Format:
Mass Market Paperback
Cover Price:
$4.50
Pages*:
316
Internal ID:
13133
Publisher:
ISBN:
0-345-30257-5
ISBN-13:
978-0-345-30257-1
Country:
United States
Language:
English
Credits:
Shelly Shapiro - Diagrams
Michael Whelan  - Cover Artist
AFTER THE FALL


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 still watching - and waiting.  Then the Citizens Tree people rescued a family of loggers and learned for the first time of the Admiralty, a large society living in free fall amid the floating debris called the Clump.  And it was likely that the Admiralty had maintained, intact, Discipline's original computer library.

Exploration was a temptation neither Jeffer nor Kendy could resist, and neither Citizens Tree nor Sharls Davis Kendy would ever be the same again...

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First Hardcover Edition: May 1987
First Mass Market Edition: April 1988

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Author(s)

Larry Niven  
Birth: 30 Apr 1938 Los Angeles, California, USA
Notes:
Larry Niven is the pen name of Laurence van Cott Niven.  He was born in 1938 in California.  He received a Bachelor's of Science in mathematics from Washburn University in Kansas.  His first publication was "The Coldest Place" for If in 1964.  He has since written many books including those in his Tales of Known Space series which also began in "The Coldest Place".
From Beowulf's Children:

Born April 30, 1938 in Los Angeles, California. Attended California Institute of Technology; flunked out after discovering a book store jammed with used science fiction magazines.  Graduated Washburn University, Kansas, June 1962: BA in Mathematics with a Minor in Psychology, and later received an honorary doctorate in Letters from Washburn. Interests: Science fiction conventions, role playing games, AAAS meetings and other gatherings of people at the cutting edges of science. Comics. Filk singing. Yoga and other approaches to longevity. Moving mankind into space by any means, but particularly by making space endeavors attractive to commercial interests. Several times we’ve hosted The Citizens Advisory Council for a National Space Policy. I grew up with dogs. I live with a cat, and borrow dogs to hike with. I have passing acquaintance with raccoons and ferrets. Associating with nonhumans has certainly gained me insight into alien intelligences.

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