Thinking about Bad Guys for future space operas: Nazis are far too 21st century. Space Nazis are therefore out. Lovecraftian horrors: also out, see also Cthulhu plushies. That leads me inevitably to think about the gruesome possibilities inherent in Space Aztecs …
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The British Empire committed atrocities on a mind-boggling scale then swept them under the carpet: cynicism is entirely justified. Put it this way: they're the happy fun folks who invented the terms "political officer" and "concentration camp".
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So did Iain M Banks.
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He had a very dark view of everything.
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The British Empire was very dark. We've been writing, and reading, rose tinted history books for generations, and it's still very dark.
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