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Integral_Trees [message #114395] Tue, 17 September 2013 15:21
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Originally posted by: @RUTGERS.ARPA:A.ANDY@SU-GSB-HOW.ARPA
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Date: Fri, 1-Feb-85 19:07:56 EST
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From: Andrew"Droid"Gideon

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I read this when it first came out in hard bound.  I am a dedicated
Niven fan, and very impatient. Nowadays, I rarely wait for the
paperback version of ANYTHING (nowadays being out of college, and
having money).

Unfortunately, I must comment about Integral_ Trees that while I DID
enjoy it a good deal, it was not up to the usual Niven story.  The
characters were not solving a puzzle, or dealing with any difficulty.
Rather, they were tossed about on the winds of fate, and given almost no
control of their destiny.  The story was mainly an exploration of the
Smoke Ring, showing the reading how diverse and fascinating this place
is.

So, while I highly recommend it (as I said, it is great fun...it truly is
a strange new world the reader gets to see), I do not feel that it is up to
the standards set by other works from Niven.  I hope that the sequel presents
a more interesting 'story', now that the world has been at least partially
explored.

Query:	What is this new collection of short stories from Niven?  Are
	these new stories?

				-Andy Gideon
				 Gideon@SU-Score.ARPA


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