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"There cannot be many heads of state who have not looked at maps and wondered
if these were the best borders possible. Nations as vast as Canada could always
be a bit vaster (here a Detroit, there a Maine). This applies to space empires
as well: even a polity that spans a considerable fraction of the galaxy might
believe it deserves to be even larger.
Such expansion is often unwelcome and resisted with force by governments and
citizens alike. When SF authors write about wars of conquest and the resistance
thereunto on galactic scales, the resulting works are generally considered to
be part of the space opera genre. If by some odd chance you have not read any
such space operas, you might want to sample the following five classics…"
These really are classics and I recommend them all.
Share and enjoy,
*** Xanni ***
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mailto:xanni@xanadu.net Andrew Pam
http://xanadu.com.au/ Chief Scientist, Xanadu
https://glasswings.com.au/ Partner, Glass Wings
https://sericyb.com.au/ Manager, Serious Cybernetics
