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''For the DC Comics super-villain, see Kite Man.'' "The State" is a fictional totalitarian world government in a future history that forms the back-story of three of Larry Niven's novels: ''A World Out of Time'' (1976), ''The Integral Trees'' (1984), and ''The Smoke Ring'' (1987). It is also the setting of two short stories, "Rammer" (which became the first chapter of ''A World Out of Time'') and "The Kiteman" (printed in ''N-Space'') as well as a stalled fourth novel, ''The Ghost Ships''. After several years in development, Niven announced that ''The Ghost Ships'' would never be made, and wrote ''The Ringworld Throne'' instead.〔 Larry Niven, (Larry's Letters ), 16 March 2003 〕 The novel would have focused on a race of self-aware natural ramjets birthed in the supernova that created Levoy's Star and were returning to their place of birth to mate.〔 Larry Niven, (Iuniverse Chat ), 29 May 2000, Kelly Milner 〕 According to ''Playgrounds of the Mind'', Kendy and the kite-fliers from "The Kiteman" would have returned also.〔''Playgrounds of the Mind'', pp. 693-94, Larry Niven〕 ==Bibliography== Works set in the "The State" fictional universe * ''Rammer'' (short story) * ''A World Out of Time'' (1976 novel) 〔 Worlds Without End, (A World Out of Time ) 〕 * ''The Integral Trees'' (1984 novel) 〔 Worlds Without End, (The Integral Trees ) 〕 * ''The Smoke Ring'' (1987 novel) 〔 Worlds Without End, (The Smoke Ring ) 〕 * ''The Kiteman'' (short story) 〔 * ''The Ghost Ships'' (cancelled novel) 〔 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「The State (Larry Niven)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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