Macdonald, 1984. British hardcover with dustjacket. First published as a serial in Analog in 1983. Novel set in a a gas torus, a ring of air around a neutron star. There is a sequel, "The Smoke Ring" (1987). Nominated for the Nebula and Hugo Awards for Best Novel.
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In this novel, Niven presents a fully-fleshed culture of evolved humans who live without gravity in the gas cloud surrounding a neutron star. In this Smoke Ring, free-floating life forms flourish, and all of them, from fish to fowl, can fly...
About the Author:
LARRY NIVEN is the multiple Hugo and Nebula Award-winning author of the 'Ringworld' series, as well as many other science fiction masterpieces. His Footfall, coauthored with Jerry Pournelle, was a New York Times bestseller. He lives in Chatsworth, California.
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- PublisherMacdonald
- Publication date1984
- ISBN 10 0356103439
- ISBN 13 9780356103433
- BindingHardcover
- Number of pages240
- IllustratorMichael Whelan
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