There are over 10 artists with the name Eden:

1. Jonathon Ng (born 2… Read Full Bio ↴There are over 10 artists with the name Eden:

1. Jonathon Ng (born 23 December 1995), better known by his stage name EDEN is an Irish electronic music producer and singer-songwriter based in Dublin. He formerly operated as Eden Project, an alias that was discontinued in 2015. Ng's work as Eden Project featured more conventional styles of electronic dance music such as dubstep and drum and bass, while EDEN saw him venturing into a more indie pop style.

Ng released over 40 tracks as The Eden Project including 6 EPs, as well as several remixes. As EDEN, he launched his own record label, known as MCMXCV, on which his debut EP End Credits was released. His second EP, i think you think too much of me, was released in August 2016 and became his first charting music, debuting at No. 43 on the Irish Albums Chart.

http://iameden.eu/

2. Eden Alene, an Israeli singer.

Eden Alene (Hebrew: עדן אלנה‎; Amharic: ኤደን አለነ; born 7 May 2000), often credited as only Eden, is an Israeli singer of Ethiopian-Jewish descent. Having won the seventh season of the singing competition HaKokhav HaBa, she was set to represent Israel in the Eurovision Song Contest 2020, with her song "Feker Libi", planned to be held in Rotterdam, Netherlands. After this edition of the contest had been cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic, she was internally chosen to represent Israel in the Eurovision Song Contest 2021, this time with the song "Set Me Free".

3. - Eden. Producer from North London. Released debut EP 'The Feeling' in 2012. For all enquiries: josh@lilaclondon.com. https://soundcloud.com/edenuk

4. - A metal band from Blackpool, England with evil riffs and a general evil feel. Chaos brews with these chaps.

5. - A South African boy band, singing in both English and Afrikaans.

6. - Australia's Eden charted a territory of gothic lavishly expressive music with dark lyrical content and beautifully constructed instrumentation.
Original member Pieter Bourke has gone on to collaborate with Lisa Gerrard (of Dead Can Dance) on her solo albums, while Eden founder Seán Bowley has embarked on a solo career.

So the Australian band Eden essentially is singer/songwriter Seán Bowley. The band is a vehicle through which he projects his songwriting and exploration of creative visions. Seán says that his songs are his perceptive diary.
"At the end of the day, I would simply like to give something back for all that I've received."

Eden's music is rather atmospheric, and is influenced by a wide variety of styles. Traces of psychedelic rock, Arabic and Indian music form an exotic and moody athmosphere.
More info: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eden_(Australian_band)

7. - German outfit Eden was founded in 1977, when three members of the "Freie christliche Jugendgemeinschaft" decided to form a band; one of the first christian progressive rock bands in Germany.
Their music can be described as an amalgamation of symphonic and folk progressive rock, with Christian overtones and occasional gospel-like sections.
Eden's debut album "Erwartung", released in 1978, is considered a fantastic album by progressive music fans, and an essential album in any symphonic/folk prog fan's collection.
More information on the band can be found here: http://www.progarchives.com/artist.asp?id=2106

8. - A four-member RnB-influenced vocal group who represented Israel in the 1999 Eurovision Song Contest with the song "Yom Huledet" ("Happy Birthday").

9. - A Belgian female rock band, centered around the vocals of Roos Van Acker and Sofie Buyck.
After a few years of rehearsals under the name "The Sugarbrides", their debut single was the well-received song "My Boat" in 1996.
The band Eden broke through after a three-year-long period of deliberation, with the album "Seafood".
This debut album was preceded by the single "Star", which got a lot of attention through the accompanying video, in which the two female singers basically slaughter a Japanese sushi-lady. The music on the album still contained short and catchy pop-rock tunes, although the lyrics were a little more naughty than with The Sugarbrides.

Roos van Acker also got involved in activities as a VJ for the Belgian music channel TMF and radioshowhost on Studio Brussel. In October 2000, she announced herself leaving the band, citing "lack of time" and some differences of opinion about the direction the band was heading in. The other members, however, declared they'll continue with Eden.

Bandmembers :
- Roos Van Acker - Vocals (until October 2000)
- Sofie Buyck - Vocals
- Tyl Dekeyser - Guitar
- Mario Rombaut - Guitar
- Lieven van Hyfte - Bass
- Philip Madou - Drums

10. - A German gothic rock band, formed in 2006.

11. - A Welsh language three-piece female vocal group.

12. - A Spanish power metal band

13. - A modern rock / alternative rock band from Minneapolis, MN.
Band Members:
Chris Clark - Bass, Lead Vocals
Danny Fromm - Guitar, Vocals
Johnny Capello - Guitar, Vocals
Adam Szczepaniak - Drums
Sarah Olson - Keyboard

14. A Christian metal band

See and hear more at:
www.edentheband.com

15. Industrial rock band from Pennsylvania.

Members: Brian Ashland, Brandon Skylar, James Schin, Lisa Mansour, Danielle DuBois.

EDEN began as a story, created by Brian Ashland of Shadow Gallery fame, that depicts a re-imagining of humanity’s origins. The main character of the story, Eden, is a mysterious and alluring entity that helped shape the tides of history.

Eden is embodied in this musical adaption, fronting a group of seasoned musicians whose music can scarcely be described in simple terms. Some buzzwords typically associated with the act include: Industrial, Electronic, Avant-Garde, Atmospheric, etc.

Eden’s live show is one of visual and aural captivation. Participants will find themselves unable to look away and craving more upon its point of departure.

Eden leads the chaos and beauty with her blend of fierce power and magnetism, setting the tone from one entrancing moment to the next. Bewitched and ensnared are those who experience her charisma and the charm of her words.

The tribal-esque rhythms synthesized by drummer James Schin and the electrifying pulse of bassist Lisa Mansour compels the listener into motion and playfully manipulates the ebb and flow of energy in the room.

Marrying to those rhythms, guitarist Brandon Skylar churns out percussive guitar lines to further ignite the auditory intensity. Breathing an atmosphere of wonder is Brian Ashland, who uses all the knowledge and tools a professional guitarist has in his arsenal to color the music with a swatch of ethereal melody. Affectionately referred to as “Beauty and the Beast”, Brian and Brandon play in perfect complement.

The lyrical content of EDEN consists of elements of the story. It tells of the dark side of humanity, their fascination with the spiritual, and their burning desire to know “Why…”

For more details on EDEN, visit her at www.edens.world

16. South Korean producer and singer-songwriter.

EDEN (Hangeul: 이든) is a South Korean producer and singer-songwriter. He made his debut in 2017 with the collaborative single "Urban Hymns" with Kwon Jin Ah and fellow label-mate Babylon. EDEN has worked for KQ Entertainment and as a result, became acquainted with ATEEZ since their pre-debut days (about 2-3 years). EDEN personally produced ATEEZ's debut album's title song himself.
EDEN has started a music activity in hopes of bringing out the charms and talent of the singers he collaborates with. Every month on the 14th (6 PM), a new song is released.

17. Music unit from idol game Ensemble Stars!!

Eden is affiliated with Cosmic Production.

18. Ambient project created by the Trammell Starks, founder/creator/keyboardist of the Taliesin Orchestra (musical group that specializes in remaking famous songs into orchestra-style music). Eden's first album, Return to Innocence, was released in 2008.

Dinosaur
Eden Lyrics

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I'm in love
With a dinosaur
I never felt
This small before
He can take
Me back in time
And make me happy
Like a little child

I'm trying to catch your shadow on the wall
Standing next to you I feel so small

I'm in love
With a dinosaur
Peace in my head
But my heart
Drums below
I'm in love
With a dinosaur
Now I know
What a heart is for

I'm trying to catch your shadow on the wall
Standing next to you I feel so small

I'm trying to catch your shadow on the wall
Standing next to you I feel so small

Ahiha
Ahiha
Ahiha

Yeah
Yeah
Yeah

Hi
Hi
Hi

Ooh
Ooh
Ooh

Ooh
Oohoo
Oohoo

I'm trying to catch your shadow
I'm trying to catch your shadow
I'm trying to catch your shadow
I'm trying to catch your shadow

Standing next to you I feel so small
I feel so small

Overall Meaning

The lyrics of "Dinosaur" by Eden reveal a unique love story, where the singer is in love with a dinosaur. The song carries a whimsical and innocent feel, with the singer explaining that he has never felt so small before. The dinosaur can take him back in time and make him happy like a child, giving a sense of nostalgia and a desire to reconnect with innocence.

The lyrics take on a metaphorical meaning where the dinosaur represents something that brings him peace and happiness, and that he feels a childlike love for it. The dinosaur could be interpreted as a representation of the singer's childhood or innocence that he wishes to recapture. The song also hints at how the person he's in love with makes him feel small, as if he's not up to their standards, but by being in love with the dinosaur, he finds his happy place.

Throughout the song, the repetition of "I'm trying to catch your shadow on the wall" could signify the desire to keep hold of the memory of something that was once there and now seems elusive. In essence, "Dinosaur" is a song about holding onto childhood innocence while growing up and navigating the challenges of adulthood.

Line by Line Meaning

I'm in love
I have fallen deeply in love

With a dinosaur
With a person or thing that is old and outdated

I never felt
I have never experienced

This small before
Feeling insignificant and powerless

He can take
This person or thing has the ability

Me back in time
To transport me to the past

And make me happy
To bring me joy and contentment

Like a little child
Like when I was young and carefree

Peace in my head
My thoughts and mind are calm and peaceful

But my heart
But my emotions and feelings

Drums below
Are beating and pulsating with energy

Now I know
I have finally realized

What a heart is for
The purpose and function of the heart in regards to love

I'm trying to catch your shadow on the wall
I am attempting to hold on to the memory of this person or thing

Standing next to you I feel so small
Being in the presence of this person or thing makes me feel insignificant

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Most interesting comments from YouTube:

Andres Rodriguez

1y↑2

For the next video, you could talk about these other books:
A Sound of Thunder
Meg by Steve Alten
Kronos Rising by Max Mawthorne
Age of Monsters by John Lee Schneider
Vengeance from The Deep by Russ Elliot
End of a Era by Robert J. Sawyer
Dinotopia
Bonehunters ny Harry Turtledove
Z-Rex by Steve Cole

Sebastian Gonzalez

1y↑6

I'd be interested to hear from you how do the Jujakè compare with the Quintaglios once you finish reading the trilogy, since they are both fictional sapient saurians with a heavily advanced society that live among regular prehistoric fauna and even use some of said fauna as mounts and other comforts. However, even though their societies, cultures and moral principles heavily differenciate from one another and thus probably wouldnt be that fair to even compare the two, i do find the Quintaglios a fair bit more "approachable" in more aspects than one for better or worse.

Edit: i had a literal shower thought about what i said about the Quintaglios being more "approachable" than the Jujakè (seriously i was literally taking a shower bath when i thought of this). Like, yeah, the Quintaglios are more approachable because that's how they're MEANT to be in a narrative amd story telling sense. Like, Sawyer went out of his way to make the Quintaglios as relatable to audiences as he could because they are meant to be the main protagonists that we as readers are supposed to follow with and empathize (plus they're the only other sapient race in their books for a great majority of them) and even though some people had a bone to pick with Sawyer making the Quintaglios way too human like he himself stood by that choice because he knew making them too alien would, for a lack of a better word ironically, "alienate" the audience from wanting to follow their journey.

The Jujaké on the other hand are not meant to be sympathetic in the slightest since they are the main antagonists of the story (at least most of them) while this is really Kerrick's story told from his persepctive and the author went out of his way to make the Jujakè as unhuman like to make us latch onto better to the already human protagonists (that and making Kerrick a rape victim certainly helps) meanwhile Enge was really the exception to the rule and was there to show that not ALL the Jujakè are as "heartless" as our perspective might want to believe. That said, i do wanna see a version where the Tanu and the Jujakè DO set aside their differences and find out that their respective uniqueness would work even better when they're both on the same side (unless that was already touched upon on the later books)

So yeah, even if taking into account how both races are essentially a bunch of green lizard men that have a lot of behavioral and societal traits deeply rooted in their animalistic/reptilian ancestry and instincts (which could be argued even those are executed very differently from one another) and how both have an equally fascinating natural and cultural history in their own rights, from a story telling perspective, for the most part you're supposed to find one race endearing while you're supposed to be largely repulsed by the other.

All that said and done though, i am extremely intrigued how would an encounter between the Quintaglios and the Jujakès would go down like since they would arguably be about as alien to each other as we would be to either one of them down to the point where the Quintaglios dont even have scales despite also being reptiles. Hell i'd even pay to see the Quintaglios and the Tanu interacting. Would certainly make for an intriguing crossover episode lol.

Project RE RACC CTY

1y↑2

Hint: I know West of Eden is a science fiction novel.

It's not hard to believe that humans could have originated in the Ocean since the early Earth was once toxic to oxygen breathing life and now the oxygen rich world is near the top part of the ocean and on land.

Similar to fish, human embryos have gill arches which are bony loops in the embryo’s neck. In fish, those arches become part of the gill apparatus. But in humans, those gill arches become the bones of our lower jaw, middle ear, and voice box.

The middle ear of humans evolved from fish gills, according to scientists.

The name Tanu is of Hindu origin and Yaleane is a variation of the name Yalena (Russian)

All I could find on the names Yaleane and Yalena mean "shining light" and the Greek goddess Helena also means "shining light"

I wonder if they changed Danu to Tanu

Matsya is the fish avatar of the Hindu god Vishnu. The word Danu described the primeval waters that this deity embodied.

American writer Harry Harrison, born as Henry Maxwell Dempsey.

His mother Ria H. Kirjassoff, was Russian Jewish. She had been born in Riga, Latvia, and grew up in St. Petersburg, Russia.

Angkor Wat is an enormous Buddhist temple complex located in northern Cambodia and it appears to depict a Stegosaurus dinosaur.

Scientists reject the idea that any of the dinosaurs survived up into modern times.

Coelacanths were supposed to have gone extinct about 65 million years ago around the same time as the dinosaurs, today there are two known living species.

All comments from YouTube:

Dino Diego

1y↑121

If you watched this video the whole way through, you are a legend.

I hope you enjoyed this start to what is essentially a miniseries of me covering the West of Eden Trilogy. I'll try to get to the other books soon, but for now, I'm gonna get started on the next episode of the Paleontology Fringe Theories Iceberg, along with some other projects I plan to release next month.

Anyways, I'm writing this comment at like 1am and I'm very tired. Gonna go to sleep now. Thank you all again for watching!

Andres Rodriguez

1y↑2

Chubby B

1y↑1

thank you for the video Diego. Already found the audio book; i'm going to listen to it right away (even if the rape scene will no doubt be quite disturbing to listen to)

TerranArt

1y↑1

I think you’d enjoy Tales of Kaimere

Ciaran Eldrett

1y↑3

I love the biological nature of Yilanè technology, sounds like things that the diy biology community might dream of creating.

EMonDaNexxus

No, I have ADHD

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Tyler Rakstis

1y↑262

While this book is definately dark and grim, I still feel this series could have potential to be adapted. Either as a Miniseries or a movie trilogy.

Knightbane

1y↑11

Always felt that way, given how things are going, with mind on content etc think it'll be a better series than a movie trilogy

jared jaguar

1y↑4

ii feel like this could be a real event.. perhaps going on at another part of this terra earth.. beyond the ice walls 😎💯

Viking Spirit

1y↑3

@jaredjaguar maybe the Zuckenbergian people are out there

Mike Snyder

1y↑1

If your care for this IP than a movie adaption is the last thing you want

Tyler Rakstis

@Mike Snyder Why is that? Because with a movie or a show, it could bring this out of obscurity.

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Hagfish

1y↑200

I personally would've preferred the Tanu to physically look distinct from humans and actually share morphological traits with new world monkeys, such as having flat noses with nostrils facing the sides or have a prehensile tail.

Grendel

1y↑12

and the problems start

TopDeckHelix

1y↑3

@Grendelhuh?

Grendel

1y↑15

Also if you want that, go look at the paramutan, they are a basal sister species of the tanu seen in the second and third book

Hagfish

1y↑3

@Grendel oh that's cool

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kade 7263

1y↑109

You know, we always see stories about what life would be like if dinosaurs never went extinct.
But I think the real question we should be asking is,
What if dinosaurs never existed in the first place?

Dino Diego

1y↑47

The world would be a very boring and sad place, that's for sure.

Paulo

1y↑2

@Dino Diego BIG LIZARDS WHATS BORING ABOUT THAT

Swagmund_Freud666

1y↑10

Some other genera would have taken their place as the dominant group, perhaps synapsids/stem mammals.

Hemanth Nair

1y↑6

The Permian Extinction never happens, dinosaurs evolve but never become as dominant as they ended up being would make for an interesting timeline.

Janusz Polak

1y↑8

@Swagmund_Freud666 Pseudosuchians of Triassic convergently evolved the same bodyplans as later dinosaurs like theropod like poposaurs or even ankylosaur like Ornithosuchus. I think its safe to say if Triassic extinction and dinosaurs were not a issue they would not only takeover but evolve in similiar way to dinosaurs we know.

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ChadGorosaurus

1y↑146

Bro this book is so unique.
Intelligent tylosaurs that evolved back to be on land is such a good concept.

TY the Tasmanian Tiger

1y↑14

Much more unique than the generic dromaeosaur.

ChadGorosaurus

1y↑7

@TY the Tasmanian Tiger ikr

Tyrannovenator torvus

1y↑2

Found you

Viking Spirit

1y↑2

In one of the early drafts of Godzilla vs Ghidorah, Godzilla would be some sort of Mosasaur/whale-like creature that got mutated later.

They then changed it to a t-rex like dinosaur.

I'm sure the scrapped concept was taken from this novel.

ChadGorosaurus

1y↑1

@Viking Spirit this novel was made after Godzilla? Or wait did it come before?

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Cameron Jim

1y↑49

Like a weirder, prehistoric themed version of Avatar. In some bizarre alternate history, James Cameron adapted this as his billion dollar earning films.

A Waren

1y↑4

No James Cameron thought he'd try and make this into a movie and failed and called it Avatar well acting like it was totally a unique idea he came up with. Like James Cameron Avatar sucks 🖕

Zelensky Likes to Slobba Zucchini!

@A Waren James Cameron ripped off Pocahontas when he made Avatar. This book would confuse Cameron to the point of mental instability.

Nicolas P. Cage

1y↑29

I read this book 20 years ago while backpacking through Guatemala. I found it in one of those gringo book swaps in a foreign owned cafe. There was an amazing amount of weird and obscure sci fi I read on that trip.

VictorianTimeTraveler

1y↑21

Getting tremendous Lovecraft inspiration vibes, with the biopunk technology and freakish humanoids that originated from the ocean.
I love it

Enshohma

1y↑70

Love your videos: always a good source for obscure / forgotten giant monster fiction, dinosaur or otherwise. AND A FEATURE LENGTH ONE TOO! Is there any chance you might give the 1970s films The Last Dinosaur and Legend of the Dinosaurs and Monster Birds a review?

Dino Diego

1y↑9

Quite possibly. Those two films have been on my radar for a little while now, but at the moment, I've got several other planned projects to get through first.

JoeySullivanTheManヨセフ

1y↑1

Ay it's the man himself

Enshohma

1y↑1

@Dino Diego Cool! Please take you time but looking forward to it regardless!

darryl marbut

1y↑2

Haha I watched that late one Saturday night in early 80s,the last movie of the great Richard Boone aka Paladin amongst others,one of the better stage taught method actors of the golden age.

Belial B'Zarr

1y↑2

I just wanna say thank you so much for introducing me to this, I'm now half way through 3/3 of the Eden trilogy after not having read books for fun in FOREVER and I've fallen so in love with this series. <3

Zinc Chameleon

1y↑8

I always loved how the Y'Lani travelled across oceans by knocking themselves out with drugs to slow their metabolism, and then climbed inside an ichthyosaur.

Duran Garand

1y↑44

I would love to see a video on the short film Prehistoric Beast and the documentary "Dinosaur" that came after it. Both made by special effects legend Phil Tippett.

Dino Diego

1y↑6

I find the story behind Prehistoric Beast and how it led to Dinosaur very fascinating, so it's definitely a possibility. I'll probably get to it at some point when I don't have a lot of planned content stacked up.

Duran Garand

1y↑2

@Dino Diego I also think a video on Disney's Dinosaur would be good. I think the desert migration plot is sort of a callback to the "Rite of Spring" from Fantasia.

Pentultimate Arsehole

1y↑17

I remember reading this series about 25 years ago. One of the things that really stuck with me was the combination of vocal/visual cues for language and as well as the biotechnology used . Great call back;

Graeme

1y↑21

I'm a big HH fan, The Stainless Steel Rat is a great and fun series. Didn't even know he delved into weird Dino alt-history.

Rosie Hawtrey

1y↑3

Stainless Steel Rat for President is a good one. I don't even know how many he did in the series..

Gator Milk Sipper Supreme

1y↑4

HH, brother

Aisha Lotter

1y↑1

@Rosie Hawtrey a lot !!! Good author !

ilomilo

1y↑2

This was an amazing, great job with descriptions too! I hope to see what you come out with next for these books

Cousin_Uli

1y↑1

Glad to see so many people learn about West of Eden through this vid. The more people to be turned onto Harrison the better. The amount of work that went into realizing the Eden trilogy is nothing short of herculean.

Erich Tomanek

1y↑13

I have read the trilogy numerous times and enjoy them immensely.

NTJ1984

1y↑7

OH MY GOD! This is one of my favorite books!!!!! I used to read this just about every six months. Thanks for covering this book!

Ben Templesmith

1y↑6

This was the first proper novel I ever read as a kid and totally shaped me and my career, so learning Harrison was in comics as well just made my day. This was awesome, thankyou.

Zelensky Likes to Slobba Zucchini!

1y↑1

My dad had the first edition hardback of this book when I was very young back in the early 80's. I was too young young to read it then, but I remember being fascinated by the cover art and illustrations. By chance I found an exact copy in a used book store a couple of years ago and finally read it. "Weird" would be an understatement but I really enjoyed the story and world building.

Australian Andrew 🇦🇺

1y↑9

Thank you for covering this. I remember this as one of my earliest reads. I loved Harry Harrison' works and thus drifted onto reading this because of that.

Ronald Keeling

1y↑3

I didn't know about return to Eden so thank you. Have the other two as well as Harrison's wheelworld and deathworld series, stainless steel rat books and the first bill the galactic hero, make room make room (filmed as soylent green) as well as some of his other alternate history novels. His insights into the human condition often seem to be prophetic and horrifically accurate.

Joe Baker

1y↑6

This was friggin awesome. You should definitely do the rest.

Ksennie

1y↑2

loooved this video, and looking forward to you covering the next books!

Chance Givens

1y↑3

Man this story is incredible! I can't wait for you to cover the sequels!

Mr. Kleen

1y↑5

Can't wait for your reading and thoughts on book 2 -3, Great content Sir. Keep up the great work!

blake rayze

1y↑9

Really good Listen, i enjoyed this alot. i would probably never read the trillogy but it nice to have you cover it so I can at least be aware of its existance and content.

Godzilla00X

1y↑20

Love your long uploads. I put them on while I'm doing chores or in bed to fall asleep too. Great content as always

Kenneth Traver

1y↑14

Some elements of this story kinda reminds me of the original Planet of the Apes. Kerrick's initial treatment from the Ylane mirrors Charleton Heston's, the Ylane's arrogance and xenophobia reminds me of Dr. Zaius and the other apes, a sole Ylane being friendly to Kerrick is like Doctors Zira and and Cornelius being supporting to Heston's character, and the basic premise of humans being a "inferior" species to an unconventional "superior" species. I can't be the only one who sees it, right?

PIGLIN 469

1y↑3

PLANET OF THE APES

is a rip off to this

Harldin

1y↑2

@PIGLIN 469 Ahhh no, try the other way around. Apes predates this by 16 years.

PIGLIN 469

1y↑2

@Harldin OHHH I am STUPID

Harldin

1y↑1

@PIGLIN 469 We all make mistakes, Harry probably took some inspiration from Apes

PIGLIN 469

1y↑1

@Harldin Yeah. Imagine if the tanu at least had metalurgy

Andrew Broeker

1y↑13

Had we not figured out that new world monkeys descend from old world monkeys by the 80s? And Tylosaurs are such a bizarre choice. And how did Tylosaurs hibernate?

Need to buy these books.

TheBigGuy

1y↑10

I remember absolutely loving this book when I was younger, and I’m so glad to see it get featured in one of your videos!

Rafael Galvão

1y↑5

This sounds like an interesting series, first contact experiences have really a lot of problems and this book captures well.

Michael Munsey

1y↑6

I read these books when I was growing up and absolutely loved them

A113

1y↑2

Such a cool idea I wouldn’t mind seeing an adaptation of or more fan art of.

Matthew Merritt

1y↑4

Everytime I read these books, the story always seems to hit me like a fever dream.

Aisha Lotter

1y↑4

I’ve only read the first book which I thought was amazing with the geneering nd stuff, I’ve read a few of his other books , also good another from around the same time is Harry turtledove’s world war in the balance trilogy another cool book ! Thank you for the video mate very wel done !!!

James Snyder

50w↑1

For anyone into the sci fi/alternative history genre I would highly recommend the West of Eden trilogy. It's brilliant

mercaius

1y↑3

Ooh, I think I had one of these books as a kid. Real old school sci fi, I remember a glossary devoted to the lizardmen's body language and a scene where two explorers find a tribe of male reptilian "Amazons" when one warrior flashes his genitals at them in a show of force.

SUSBOY

1y↑7

This story would make a one hell of a game

ruben rodriguez

1y↑1

Great video... I loved it. You did an amazing job. I can't wait for your next eden videos.

Broken One

1y↑5

Why has this story never been made into a show? It would make a great Netflix mini series if given a decent budget.

Kathy Jacques

1y↑3

I would love to see a movie also but man, look what they’ve done to our poor super heroes. Injustice indeed

michael tabor

not possible pre CGI.

David Glenn

1y↑6

I honestly forgot this book existed, but it's something I'm adding to my to-read list.

I do have a question: will there be videos on books from Edgar Rice Burroughs like the Caspak Trilogy or the Pellucidar series in the future? I'm not trying to make a request. I was just asking if there were on a list or something.

Dávid Meľoš 𖤓

1y↑1

This was actually pretty cool, looking forward to the next videos.

U Cannot Defeat My Shmeat

1y↑1

38:06 I’ve hear this in a few stories like this, where two primitive but intelligent species see each other and have an almost inherent sense that they are proper threats to one another

Sebastian Gonzalez

1y↑6

Wyoming Vet

1y↑1

I loved these books, surprised to see someone actually feature them.

john pace

1y↑1

I read both of the books. I enjoyed both of them very much.

juan i sol

1y↑10

Surprisingly epic!! 🦖🦕🦎🐊Great introductory data and Thanks for this audionarrative review!! It really gives to be adapted into an animated series, Graphic Novel Comic or movie! It would be Brutal!!👏🤩I can't wait for more!! Thanks a lot!! Splendid work!!😍👍

Ian Isles

1y↑2

Very cool! I read this as a kid, didn't realize it was a trilogy. Also I didn't make the connection between these and the Stainless Steel Rat books.

SHDU Studios

1y↑4

Why isn’t this a movie or TV series? I’d watch the hell out of that.

nom de famille

1y↑1

In my opinion Harrison was an interesting writer in that whilst he certainly had plenty of ideas and, as you mention, placed some humour in to sf it is as if he felt the need to churn follow up books as if he was under some contractual obligation or bet as to which author could produce the longest line of drivel (won I think by hubbard). So I recommend most of the non serial books and normally the first book of each series but not the follow-on books which he squirted out. Then came the Eden series, what a pleasant change.

bokimalou

1y↑20

The organic tools reminds me of the Dolphin humans in All Tomorrows

Viccolas Vic

51w

I was thinking that too!

Jackie Kerner

1y↑2

In the book, Carek and his father killed a bunch of Yilane babies when they first found them in the beach. The war started out as revenge for the murder of helpless fathers and their children. And then it became an excuse for genocide.

Thepollamán

1y↑8

What a piece of Art, this need an adaptation ASAP

Jolly Jake Lovell

1y↑1

The trilogy is an enjoyable read and diversion as all good fiction should be.
I found the living boats, the giant squids that the Yilane use to navigate the oceans the most interesting creation of Harrison's.
If you really want to see a version of Russell and Seguin's dinosaurids in action read 'The Toolmaker Koan' by John Mcloughlin where they're known as the 'Whileelin'.

Dino Diego

1y↑1

It's crazy that you mention that. I literally started that book this month!😆

Jolly Jake Lovell

@Dino Diego Looking forward to your video here about it, that is if that's your inclination. Cheers

Ogaburan

1y↑3

One of the besy books ive ever read!
A hidden gem!

Gojira406

1y↑3

The Yulane? (Hope that's correct spelling) They sound very similar to the Seraphon or "Lizardmen" from Warhammer! Look them up if you haven't already, I'm sure you'd like their lore.

Connor

1y↑4

Well, I definitely didn't expect the lizard-human sex scene to happen.

Cameron Jim

1y↑8

Holy shit this is basically a full length feature, awesome!

Kankan Mahadi

1y↑3

"The League of Scientific Fiction"! Also, I vote for the humanoid dinosaurs.

Shade's Main Chamber

1y↑5

Always great to hear 'bout these stories I otherwise would not~

Wasp Ranger

1y↑2

I WAS gonna watch this, but since the topic of the book is very similar to one I'm writing and it sounds rad as fuck, I definitely want to read it first and it's near the top of my backlog now. See you in however many weeks/months it takes me to get around to it and keep finding awesome shit to read!

Dino Diego

Glad to hear that! I'd definitely recommend experiencing it yourself first. Hope you end up enjoying it!

Zinc Chameleon

1y↑2

John W. Campbell's story "Who Goes There?' was also the basis for the Hammer film of 1970, "Horror Express". The special effects are laughable by today's standards, but the story and acting is top-notch, especially Telly Savalas as a Cossack Commander.

Qwellen

1y↑6

Honestly this would make a great Table Top War Game setting.

Starhawk

1y↑1

well done loved the series myself

Jose M

1y↑1

Would love to see a movie adaptation of this… instead of the next 10 Avatar sequels.

AllHailDiskordia

1y↑1

Harrison is one of my favourite authors

deadpoolrlz96

1y↑2

West of eden deserves a good film adaptation

Blair Colquhoun

1y↑2

Back in 1985, CBS had a special about dinosaurs, hosted by the late Christopher Reeve. He said that Canada's Royal Tyrell Museum did a thought experiment about a hypothetical Earth where the dinosaurs never died but evolved into humanlike beings called dinosaureans. At the time, the syndicated cartoon Dino Riders, was on the air, and it was about humans and aliens being taken back in time an Earth of sixty-five million years ago, where the dinosaurs still roamed. More recently, there was a movie called The Good Dinosaur, which asked the question: "What if the asteroid that killed the dinosaurs missed?"

N.B.L.

1y↑10

Quite possible for intelligent dinos to have existed, just havent found their bones or structures...

Taliesin Coleman

1y↑4

the yiane aren't dinosaurs

Sabina Sabino

1y↑3

Well, their structures likely would not have survived. If we barely have anything from a hundred thousand years ago of human culture, I don’t imagine that cultural artifacts or structures would survive millions of years. Bones only survive because they literally become rock under very specific conditions. That said, an industrial society the likes of which we see in our current age would be detectable because a sudden spike in carbon and pollutants would show up in the fossil record. The thing about sapience is that it isn’t the magical adaptation that we often think it is, intelligence isn’t any more special than any other evolutionary adaptation, and it can die out easily. Humans came close to biting the bullet a few times, and we are the only species of human left, partly because we killed off or interbred with the rest, but partly because sapience doesn’t guarantee evolutionary success and in many circumstances may actually hinder survival. Humanity as we understand today might just have been a rare instance of sapience where we actually made it.

Aisha Lotter

1y↑1

They used geneering not machines and grew their buildings sooo ….

N.B.L.

@Aisha Lotter whats geneering? Cool

Aisha Lotter

1y↑1

@N.B.L. genetic engineering!!!

Mike Mealey

1y↑1

My sister in law gave me this book on my 23 bday;) ...I took it to a busy philly laundromat and escaped reality🦖that was a looong time ago♡still special to me 40 years later✌

CandyThePuppy

1y↑7

Bro I just realized I had a dream about me watching this video over a year ago! I remember waking up and telling my parents. "Strange, I had a dream where I was watching a documentary about humanoid dinosaurs fighting humans." And about five minutes in I got flashbacks to that. Funny, right?! 😅

Mat Cheer

52w

Loved this book.

Grendel

1y↑4

i've read the whole trilogy and have been a fan my entire life, while i love that theres a video over this universe now i can't help but be a little worried now. Mostly because i can't wait to just be told to shut up in any online discussion now because of the band wagon thats going to come from this. There are three other races of tanu and one closely related subspecies by the way, for those of you wanting more "new world monkey" looking descendance look up the Paramutan. The paramutan share a lot of their descriptive features with their ancestors, most likely a more basal genus as a whole if not just a basal species.

Justin Etherton

1y↑1

I love dinosaur since I was a kid and I still do.❤

lonl123

1y↑2

Read the trilogy in the 90's...loved them a lot....really wish it got some kind of movie or series....Might dig them up and read them again after watching.

SongofSeikilos8

dinotopia

lonl123

1y↑1

@SongofSeikilos8 Dinotopia is cute, but it's not a serious adult story like Eden is. Eden if made into a series would be absolutely Epic.

Ashton

1y↑1

The way they breed other animals to be their tools reminds me of the tool breeders from All tomorrows in a way.

U Cannot Defeat My Shmeat

1y↑1

13:34 ive never heard of someone being shocked by a book like that

Thomas Diehl

1y↑2

Alright, about Esperanto: Esperanto was made not to make learning othe rlanguages easier (though it can be used that way) but to create a common language that is truly neutral, e.g. no single nation has a linguistic advantage from knowing it since infancy in matters such as contracts, but also no single national culture should dominate others through language.

A Waren

1y↑1

Good series of books👍

Genus. species

1y↑3

I am a pretty big stickler for accuracy, and i especially don't like excessively edgy and over the top dinosaur designs cough 65 cough. Things like Primal are the very few exceptions.

But for some reason, i can't get enough of the Science Fantasy genre of paleomedia. Particularly in literature. I especially loved The Quintaglio Ascension And this is another really good one.

And in some cases this also extends to other media, Like Lost Eden, the Dinotopia series, Warhammer, DnD etc. I just love this genre in paleomedia despite being heavily stylized.

Fizz Please

1y↑5

Oh wow I read this, but over 20 years ago! I can’t wait to see what I remember and what I forgot.

Gryffin

1y↑10

Truly the Yalanei of our world are Italians, only they know the gesture and sound sets

EgoEroTergum

Gabba-gu!

Alan G. Bandala

1y↑3

I know many books like this in paleomedia that may interest you, but I don't know if you want to hear it knowing that you have to do a whole trilogy.

Dino Diego

1y↑1

I'm open to any suggestions regardless of what I'm currently covering, since I have a list I can just add it to if I find it interesting enough to cover.

Aisha Lotter

1y↑1

@Dino Diego how about the faded sun trilogy by c.j. Cherryh ? One of my all time favourite reads, my paperback is in tatters !!!

Gergő Kun

1y↑3

Man, i used to read these a lot as a kid! Altho i dont think i ever got to the very end, its good to be reminded to it.

Beedo Sookcool

1y↑4

Thanks for covering this. I found the first book at a Walden Books -- remember those? -- and gave it a try, but . . . nah. Not my goblet of mead. There was a scene in there that made me just put it down and never go back to it. Yick.

Dino Diego

1y↑4

Yeah, this story definitely has a moment or two that makes you question your life choices. All questionable scenes aside, I still very much enjoyed every other aspect of this book.

Zekyb0y

1y↑1

Strange how the Yilane can do genetic manipulation, yet they are still live in a pre-industrial society and also as geneticists that should understand evolution, it seems unthinkable to them that another species could develop sapience, they feel like potholes that are there to make the plot work, still the story is interesting enough to let you ignore it and also makes Yilane feel like an enemy that can be weak as "humans".

Marylandbrony

1y↑21

Make Room! Make Room! would also become another movie called "Soylent Green".

Tyler Rakstis

1y↑1

And later influenced Nightmare Cafe, in Treehouse of Horror.

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darryl marbut

1y↑2

We went from chucking spears with rock points to space flight in 10/15 thousand years,there could have been at least several epochs of time where multiple Civilizations thrived,died out or were destroyed by cataclysm's,the latest being the younger dryas period.

Frankenstein’s Monster

1y↑1

“I love dinosaurs.”
I never would have guessed

Cern Stormrunner

1y↑1

I wonder if the writers of the New Jedi Order books took inspiration from the Yilane when they created the Yuuzhan Vong and their Biots

EgoEroTergum

1y↑1

Or Geneforge with the Shapers, Creations, and the Thorn Batons.

Phillip Rhoades

1y↑4

Esperanto was meant to be a "common and shared secondary laguage" for everyone on the planet.

Drowning poor alice

1y↑4

I read this when I was a kid, it made me uncomfortable. The biological aspects of their technology was unnerving. They use these slug things to remove hair, yeah, couldn't put it down.

Memento Terram

1y↑5

I remember reading the books back in college, and really haven't run into anything like them since. Such a fantastic concept! Thanks for the trip down memory lane. On a similar note, anyone intrigued by these works might want to check out the "Silurian Hypothesis", a paper written by some NASA scientists on the possibility of an industrial civilization existing sometime in deep history, and what it would take to detect it. It is surprisingly plausible when one considers just how fast almost everything we have now would be consumed by nature if we weren't around to keep it going, and over geologic time even the more durable things would be weathered or subsumed by geologic processes. Human civilization takes up the barest fraction of the Earth's history, and the ratio of fossils found to creatures that lived is so incredibly low (due to the very unusual circumstances that have to occur to create a fossil). It really is conceivable that intelligent dinosaurs or something else could have existed and had a civilization for a brief few thousand years before wiping themselves out or something, and we would not have detected it yet.

michael tabor

niven's et al Shipstar has this as a plot element

Reece Chapman

1y↑1

This would make an awsome suvival or base building game

URBAN SHAMEN

1y↑1

Great books!

Project RE RACC CTY

1y↑2

Tallacus

1y↑3

well naturally I side with the reptiles, but honestly I see the human Tanu being more like Australopithecus as in being hairy if they came from colder climates

Macrodrachen

1y↑1

listened to the whole thing in one go lol you had me at the thumbnail. some background music would have been nice though, it was the one thing i felt was conspicuously missing tbh