It's been 20 years, and I don't recall the details, so maybe?
I guess that would fit with Watts's idea of humans being a local maxima. IIRC, wasn't the vampires' dominance ended by the invention of architecture, given they had some sort of right-angle-based susceptibility to seizures?
Don't get me wrong, I enjoyed the book, even if there's parts I disagree with. I just think it fell short of being hard SF grounded in what we know already.
I guess that would fit with Watts's idea of humans being a local maxima. IIRC, wasn't the vampires' dominance ended by the invention of architecture, given they had some sort of right-angle-based susceptibility to seizures?
Don't get me wrong, I enjoyed the book, even if there's parts I disagree with. I just think it fell short of being hard SF grounded in what we know already.