THE SMOKE RING-HARDCOVER

Rating:
Summary: Superb
Review: This novel describes the life of human colonists in a very peculiar alien world. They live in the atmosphere of a neutron star that has no habitable planets!!. Although this the sequel to the novel "Integral trees", one does not need to have read it to get a grasp of "The smoke ring". The story has no real plot, but is very gripping nonetheless. The author reveals details of the world and way of life of colonists bit by bit, so one is always finding new concepts in every chapter. It is very good exercise for the imagination. This a mandatory reading for all hardcore SF readers.

Rating:
Summary: The Dope Ring
Review: When I read The Integral Trees I thought that Larry Niven must have been replaced by a pod person. Nonetheless, I bought and read this book hoping that that may have been an abberation. Incredibly, I was wrong. This book, a sequel to a bad book was even worse. Maybe he should give up on science fiction and start writing textbooks.

Rating:
Summary: The Dope Ring
Review: When I read The Integral Trees I thought that Larry Niven must have been replaced by a pod person. Nonetheless, I bought and read this book hoping that that may have been an abberation. Incredibly, I was wrong. This book, a sequel to a bad book was even worse. Maybe he should give up on science fiction and start writing textbooks.