Talk:West of Eden
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At what level, technologically, would the Yilane be at? It is a hard comparison, but not unattainable. Early mid 1600s?
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In a way, they're less advanced than we are, but considering that everything about their civilization is bioengineered, I'd say they're far, far ahead of us. Willbyr (talk | contribs) 22:07, 3 August 2006 (UTC)
- The Yilane in the books can't be directly compared to modern humans, but in some ways they're considerably more advanced, and in other ways less. Their weapons in some ways are better, they have what are functionally perfect organic robots, their cities are entirely self-sustaining with minimum maintenance, they have extremely functional submarines, etc. They even have what are essentially computers. Of course, some of their ground transport is less efficient, they can't really fly, and they don't have nukes. Lartrak 09:39, 3 May 2007 (UTC)
I think part of the idea of the novels is to challenge the convention that technology starts with the wheel and fire. The Yilané have a hi-tech society without either. Apepper (talk) 11:55, 13 January 2008 (UTC)
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[edit] how many murders
"whose title is itself a play on the concept of the Cain's flight East of Eden after he commits the first murder of his brother Abel." This implies that Cain murdered Abel more than once! Thryduulf (talk) 03:07, 30 March 2008 (UTC)
