The Integral Trees
The Integral Trees This is the first Larry Niven book I ever read, and I have to say it was the best. Imagine 2001 meets Lord of the Flies. The decendents of castaways make their way through a world without gravity, the Smoke Ring. In just a few generations humans have already adapted. Without the compression of gravity, their toes stretch out like fingers, and their entire bodies are wispy and elfin. Damn I loved this book. Its sequal, The Smoke Ring is equally rocking. I remember wishing so fervently that I would wake up in the Smoke Ring and my own body would grow out to match that of the locals. Of course now we know that bones need to be compressed in order to stimulate growth, but who knows what happens in microgracity. Perhaps everyone who grows up in space will strectch out and grip with their feet as we once did. One day Ben. One day.