Merciless

The 1980 film with Max von Sydow as Ming the Merciless is also good, in an intentionally-camp way.

Bright of the Sky: PW's Best Books of the Year 2007 Lou Anders 2007

Darth Vader and the Emperor from Star Wars, Ming the Merciless from the Flash Gordon serials (and features made from the serials), Killer Kane from Buck Rogers, various and sundry from the Star Trek franchise (and more often than not a collective, unknowable force - Borg, V-ger).

MIND MELD: Bad Guys We Love to Hate: The Best Film Villains in SF/F/H (with Various Videos of Villainy) 2009

I had horrible pictures of Ming the Merciless from the 1984 Flash Gordon running through my head!

Mine to Possess Spoiler Thread Nalini Singh 2008

And Ming The Merciless is a blonde bureaucrat with a thing for water rights.

Two days of not so bad mariness 2007

Judging by David Walter's Pravda-like account of the South-West hustings on the Campbell people's blog, Ming the Merciless is now making this opposition central to his campaign:

You're gonna find Ming way out in the country 2006

Merciless is out in mid-September, and will be available here in the US via our friends at Forced Exposure, or in the UK via Boomkat (obvs).

Manc. (Music (For Robots)) 2006

Merciless is out in mid-September, and will be available here in the US via our friends at Forced Exposure, or in the UK via Boomkat (obvs).

Music (For Robots): August 2006 Archives 2006

Mine is titled Merciless and it is based on the true story of two teenage girls who were abducted in California back in 2002.

Brandon Ford Interview Paul 2009

Mine is titled Merciless and it is based on the true story of two teenage girls who were abducted in California back in 2002.

Archive 2009-01-01 Paul 2009

That's why Ushara, the goddess of love, death, and desire, was known as the Merciless One.

Spirit Gate 2006