The integral trees.

Larry Niven is a genius. I don’t write much sci-fi anymore, but i think this novel made me think about writing. To be honest, writing in school was just boring. My teacher had the best intentions, but you don’t see that when you’re a shitty teenager. Anyway i read a lot of things before, like Dune, or Ringworld, or the foundation. Also read the classics, just as long as it was not curriculum-related. But this baby started me going.

The book is about this nebula of gas and rocks that is suspended in space, though the gas maintains enough pressure to live in. The people that live there are decendants of castaways from a spsceship. They adapted wildly to this strange new existence, mainly by inhabiting giant integral-shaped trees that float around. Just couldn’t stop thinking about that for a while. It led me to try my hand at writing. Plus, there was a girl that was into literature..

There is a sequel , but not as cool.