Leviathan question

Clanker. Beasties die. Machines just need new parts.

Tough choice but I'd say clanker crush the enemy.

Darwinist. Who would say no to Bovril?

I'd be a clanker. I could trust a machine more than an animal.

I think I might be a Darwinist though I found the ship quite uncomfortable in book one I got used to it by the time I read Behemoth and a ship that can sense danger on its own and react correctly yes please :). Though some of things the Darwinist create are disturbing o.o

Clankers, because, with modern society, aren't there some ethics surrounding manipulation of animals? WALKER FTW!!!

Im a Biologist -- DARWINIST!

Definitely Darwinist.

is it possible to be neutral? i prefer both.

Darwinist, because bioengineered animals are wicked cool.

I'd say Darwinist since I enjoy biology much more than mechanics.

Being that I love motorcycles, and that I work and ride my own all the time I would probably be a Clanker. However; I would probably be a hybrid betweent he two since I can understand the green efficiency of the Darwinist point of view. Life cycles all working in harmony to achieve a goal.

Darwinist!!

Darwinist all the way

Clanker, of course. Who could prefer a soft-meaty beast when you can have a strong, metal, steam powered war machine?? Machines only need new parts and updates, plus, I always loved the idea of super-advanced "tanks" over than godless, unethical, biological abominations.
Trust metal, not flesh

I would rather be a Darwinist. They have an animal hybrid ship for each type of weather condition. They also can heal from injuries if you just feed them.

Elizabeth wrote: "I would be a darwinist the clankers are too bulky and have too much brute force.I rather have a awesome flying whale ship.who could ever pass up a flying whale?"

Right?! That sums it up nicely for my as well.

I would fit into the Clanker camp. I fully understand how people could be Darwinists as for untold ages animals were the tools of mankind before we created machines for specific purposes.

Yes, a machine can break down and animals can get injured but try replacing a lost leg of a horse without it getting angry afterwards.

I would consider myself to be a Darwinist because I see the benefits of genetic modifications (My dad is an AP biology teacher. We discuss stuff like this at the dinner table.) Also, as described while Deryn takes her Huxley flight for the entrance exam, the use of animals greatly reduced pollution in Darwinist Europe.

As far as it goes with combat ability, its either pew pew pew or om nom nom.

Darwinist. Beasties all the way!!!! Creatures > machines

Clanker all the way ( that's because i am in love with Alec). Isn't it weird that we all love the book even though it was so Mulan-ish?

Darwinist all the way

Darwinist. Genetically modified animals rock!

I guess I'm a darwinist :)

für die Liebe Gottes! clankers all the way!!! they ripped the Leviathan to shreds in the first book and the only reason it got back of the ground was with CLANKER engines!

Some combination of both would be cool. Like a cyborg mech-beastie.

That fat piece and blubber and hydrogen can go die! Clankers all the way!!!

I think I would be a Darwinist. Clanker stuff is cool, but I think that the fabricated beasties are cooler. Maybe I would live in Japan, where beasties and Clanker machines work together in harmony. I feel I would be a bit like Mr. Newkirk around some of those kappas though. Those things sound creepy.

clanker because soon they will have flying rail gun battleships (much better then a flying animal)

Darwinist. Despite the fact that messing with life threads is probably not always a good idea, it's good that there are laws that say you can't mix up human DNA, and I think the Darwinists are really on to something. Something as complex and alive as a Darwinist creation can be so much more versatile and powerful than any Clanker machine. And the flying-whale-ship's intelligence actually helps it to survive.

Clanker. No question about it.

Totally Clankwinists. They would own everything.

Well, in the first place, if we humans never thought of war, i think we would all be Darwinist and Clankers. DARCLANKERS?? :D but seriously. The world would have Leviathans or the likes for a ship, transportation, etc. If we didnt think of warships.

but I must admit a flying whale pretty cool :) but it doesn't come close to an 8 legged walker!!!!

If it were possible, I would probably be the mix Clanker-Darwinist from the end of the book.

für die Liebe Gottes! clankers all the way!!! they ripped the Leviathan to shreds in the first book and the only reason it got back of the ground was with CLANKER engines!

Darwinist!
Always been good with living things.
Besides, to many of my encounter with mechanical (or technical) things end with me grimacing.

Darwinist. Largely because that world is so different from ours, which can be closer related to Clankers. The book made biology more interesting than mechanics to me, plus they're more environmental. Finally, they have the coolest non-protagonist character. Brovil!

Darwinist! The Clankers are awesome and all, but the Darwinists have a whale. That flies.... And Bovril:)

Clankers are what we currently are, and that isn't going too well, and I don't get disgusted by animals, so Darwinist.

Clanker,can't stand living inside the beasties, and imagine the poop and all the cleaning up you need when keeping the beasties alive! Can't even deal with a puppy or kitty, just can't imagine being inside a Leviathan!

Darwinist. Totally. I mean, the Clanker tech. is great and advanced and exciting, but Darwinists have a different and more useful type of technology. And being a person interested in biology, I have to say the beasties hold my attention.

I don't know, it's a hard question. I often wonder how no one has written a book about the environmental impacts caused by a steampunk society. I mean both sides are seriously harming the environment with their technology in "Leviathan". I know the story is meant to describe the lives of two characters in an alternate world war one, but I just can't help wondering how damaging making giant mechapedes out of iron and steel, bioengineering new creatures and stuff, how those things do NOT destroy the environment within a few decades. Darwinists certainly sound cooler, but I think the existence of Clankers would have been more likely and a lot more practical.

Clanker :)

Clanker: animals are easier to kill, plus machines can hold, carry, and use heavy weapons that animals can't.

Clanker. Those beasties are not for me.

Clanker. I just think that fabricating beasts is unethical and goes against evolution which I think is not to be messed with

Darwinist, without question. First of all, I'd be English so that should pretty much settle it. Second, I'd much rather deal with beasties than machinery!

darwinist