Help me, Obi-Wan Livejournal...

[hawkwing_lb]

...Although I can't honestly say you're my only hope.

Fantasy empires. What's the first one that leaps to mind?

(Or two.)

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[etumukutenyak.livejournal.com]

The Empire of the Sun? Cetaganda? Melnibone?

I'm sure there are more that I'm forgetting...

[hawkwing-lb.livejournal.com]

Cetaganda I know. The other two - one is Wolfe, yes? But who is Melnibone?

[etumukutenyak.livejournal.com]

Michael Moorcock, the Elric series. You've never read any Elric? Last Lord of Melnibone', the albino sorcerer with the demon sword that steals souls? Hm.

[hawkwing-lb.livejournal.com]

I have never read any Moorcock. Though I have Gloriana upon my over-stocked TBR shelf.

[etumukutenyak.livejournal.com]

Well. It's probably best described as your typical overblown 70s Grand High Alternative SF, with dark moody self-flagellating characters in a post-apocalyptic setting. Oh, and the protagonist is reborn as different characters in other series, so you could go on Forever.