I liked Cetaganda, but I got the impression that only the author and I found the idea of breeding/genetically engineering people (and other living things) for beauty a tempting form of evil. Was I wrong? I still find myself thinking about poor Ivan and the kitten-tree (which felt very much like an author gently wounding a beloved character). Also, if I were an evil overlord in an alternate universe, I would start with Dayna and Tarrant from Blake's 7 and work towards a strain of long-legged, cheekbony people with taupe skin, teal-blue eyes, and long black eyelashes. Just me, right?