The Smoke Ring Audiobook

" An excellent sequel to 'The Integral Trees', picking up the story about 15 years later. More of the smoke ring ecology is described and Kendy learns the truth about the mutiny that he had deleted from his memory banks. "

" While not quite as good as, and a bit more confusing than, The Integral Trees, this was still quite enjoyable. It was good to pick up the characters where the story left off and get a bit more of the backstory, especially on the mysterious Kendy. It would be even better if Niven ever decides to wrap up the remaining loose ends, perhaps showing what the Smoke Ring civilization might look like a generation or two down the line, but I would bet against him picking the thread back up again twenty years after the last installment. "

" Just started. For now it seems very typical of Larry Niven's hard scifi. It's very enjoyable to enter the physically strange worlds that he cooks up. "

" This is another book in the author's Ringworld series. As with the other books it is very helpful if the reader has at least some understanding of astronomy, physics, chemistry and biology as the author refers to various terms and situations that are scientific in nature without any real explanation of what it means. It is not intended to be a stand alone book. One needs to read the previous ones in the series before reading this one or the reader will be challenged to adequately follow the plot. "

" I started listening to this one and just couldn't get into it. There was a little too much technical and not enough people development for my liking and there are just too many books out there to spend time on the ones that I am reading strictly for pleasure, but not enjoying. "

" Sequel to The Integral Trees. Classic Niven--intriguing astrophysics situation with a story wrapped around it. "

" The end of this book was set up for a sequel but none was ever written. Kind of annoying if you ask me. "

" The sequel to the Integral Trees. Although it had some of the same characters as before, the main character from the first book didn't star in this one. Again, it had some cool science fiction stuff in it, but it was also a little hokey, too. Not a bad read, but not a great one, either. "

" I feel like there is still room for another in the series. "

" The second story of the most fantastic of Niven Worlds. The story is much smaller than the setting. "

" A fun read, not as good as the ringworld buck I have read. But worth the time. "

" Read this originally while in the Navy. Fantasy world where existence is within a small halo of atmosphere. Adaptive human life lives within fauna of this halo. Pure fantasy. "

" great old fashioned sci fi with a great whalen cover "

" Niven's worldbuilding at its best! Great Read! "

" Just started. For now it seems very typical of Larry Niven's hard scifi. It's very enjoyable to enter the physically strange worlds that he cooks up. "

" The sequel to the Integral Trees. Although it had some of the same characters as before, the main character from the first book didn't star in this one. Again, it had some cool science fiction stuff in it, but it was also a little hokey, too. Not a bad read, but not a great one, either. "

" Read this originally while in the Navy. Fantasy world where existence is within a small halo of atmosphere. Adaptive human life lives within fauna of this halo. Pure fantasy. "

" Sequel to The Integral Trees. Classic Niven--intriguing astrophysics situation with a story wrapped around it. "

" He's great at creating very imaginative alien environments, but not so good at creating realistic characters. At the end of the book, I still felt like the characters were shallow sketches. But, at least I did make it to the end of the book. "

" The end of this book was set up for a sequel but none was ever written. Kind of annoying if you ask me. "