Re: Why Space Empires?
- From: zeborah@xxxxxxxxx (Zeborah)
- Date: Thu, 31 Jan 2008 18:47:26 +1300
<CharlesRCaplan@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
Why is the "Space Empire" so popular in SF? It seems that the vast
majority of all "far future" SF (which I suppose most of which is
Space Opera) have some sort of Monarchy and/or Feudalistic system of
government. Is it just a literary crutch or is it more a reasoned
response to the problem of ruling a large geographically
(astrographically) separated polity? Is it just some sort of
(misplaced?) nostalgia for the forms and protocols that attach to such
a system?
My Space Empire is because I wanted a political system in which humans
were Oppressed and Disenfranchised. I was living in Korea at the time
so I made my dominant alien culture very hierarchical and, well, it just
got to the point where it seemed natural to have an Emperor with
thirty-four bodies. It's quite fun to play with both the pros and cons
of the alien culture (for both the humans and the aliens).
Zeborah
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