The State Series by Larry Niven

3.75 · 95 ratings
  • A World Out of Time (The State #1)
    #1

    A World Out of Time (The State #1)

    Larry Niven

    Rated: 3.81 of 5 stars
    · 30 ratings · published 1976

    Jaybee Corbell awoke after more than 200 years as a corpsicle -- in someone else's body, and under sentence of instant annihilation if he made a wrong move while they were training him for a one-way mission to the stars.But Corbell picked his time and made his own move... more

  • The Integral Trees (The State #2)
    #2

    The Integral Trees (The State #2)

    Larry Niven

    Rated: 3.76 of 5 stars
    · 21 ratings · published 1983

    When leaving Earth, the crew of the spaceship Discipline was prepared for a routine assignment. Dispatched by the all-powerful State on a mission of interstellar exploration and colonization, Discipline was aided (and secretly spied upon) by Sharls Davis Kendy, an emotionless computer intelligence programmed to monitor the loyalty and obedience of the crew... more

  • The Smoke Ring (The State #3)
    #3

    The Smoke Ring (The State #3)

    Larry Niven

    Rated: 3.75 of 5 stars
    · 16 ratings · published 1987

    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... more

  • The Integral Trees / The Smoke Ring (The State #2-3)
    #2-3

    The Integral Trees / The Smoke Ring (The State #2-3)

    Larry Niven

    Rated: 3.68 of 5 stars
    · 28 ratings · published 1983

    “Niven has come up with an idea about as far out as one can get. . . . This is certainly classic science fiction–the idea is truly the hero.” –Asimov’s Science Fiction MagazineWhen leaving Earth, the crew of the spaceship Discipline was prepared for a routine assignment... more

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