So, Two Dudes in an Attic recently posted SF Villains (and idea sparked by the Fantasy Review Barn‘s Dark Lord’s of Fantasy posting).  Anyway, SF isn’t my forte but I decided to find 10 Sci-fi villains that everyone will (more than likely) have heard of – even if they’re like me and have barely skimmed the genre:

1. Don’t laugh now, but, the Daleks from Dr Who.  Come on, everyone knows them and they were scary.  Need to confess: not read any Dr Who novels *hangs head in shame*.  But, I have seen plenty of the tv series!

1. Baron Vladimir Harkonnen from The Dune Trilogy by Frank Herbert – grossness!
   

   Kenneth McMillan’s portrayal of Harkonnen

2. Emperor Palpatine – Star Wars – couldn’t leave him off here although again I’ve not read any Star Wars books – he’s just too good a baddie!
3. The Vogons (or could it be the mice?) from The Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy by Douglas Adams.
4. The Morlocks from The Time Machine by H G Wells.  Scary monsters who live underground and dine on human flesh.
5. Dr Frankenstein from Shelly’s Frankenstein – at the end of the day he created the monster and then abandoned it setting off a string of events that he later regretted!
6. 101 – the large corporation from Ernie Cline’s Ready Player One.
7. The Triffids – from The Day of the Triffids by John Wyndham – large, venomous plants that can communicate, move about and attack and eat humans!
8. I am Legend by Richard Matheson – who is really the villain in this book, I think it’s debatable!!
9. The Mule from Asimov’s Foundation Series – bends people’s minds to his will!

Like I said, easy sci fi!  I think that anybody who reads this list will know at least five of my baddies!!!  That’s my challenge for you all – come up with a list of at least five baddies that everyone knows.  It can be done!!

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