The history of the Republic of Haven should serve as a warning for a number of reasons. Well-meaning attempts at ending or mitigating poverty were mismanaged and handled by corrupt politicians, leading to a collapsed economy and a regime built upon conquest. It did not start out that way. Haven itself was settled a century […]
For many years the single-system star nation of Grayson was a minor, virtually unknown player in galactic affairs. Following encounters with both the Star Kingdom of Manticore and the People’s Republic of Haven, Grayson would take on a more important position. The Yeltsin system (in which Grayson is located) was first colonised in 988 PD, […]
Within the Honorverse there is arguably no more important empire than the Star Kingdom. Much of the story takes place within the Kingdom or concerns the Kingdom’s activities. The Kingdom was not unique in being a single-system government (at first), however it had an unusually large navy and economic and political clout, which was due […]
For ages I’ve been meaning to build a set of pages that explore one of the most developed sci-fi universes I’ve ever come across – the Honorverse. There are 14 books in the main series, plus numerous spin-offs and non-fiction material to flesh out the universe. I have only read the main series, though perhaps […]
It’s back! It’s time to continue musing. What have I been up to over the past two weeks? Dreams Where do I begin with this one?! There was the raunchy BDSM dream, involving swings and cuffs… but enough of that. I had an odd, and somewhat distressing dream about being back at an old workplace, […]
Well, it’s happened. Something astonishing, brilliant and exciting and unexpected and I’m super-pumped! On the 9th of August I received an offer letter from Jumpmaster Press, asking if I wanted to pursue a contract to publish The Awakening. Naturally I said yes! A few weeks later I received a contract, in effect a publishing agreement, […]
Welcome back to the Meerkat Muse! Climate Change July began with the promise of gloriously hot weather – after the first week or so. Initially July followed the pattern of overcast and gloomy, continuing June’s miserable end. Loitering within the lure of nicer, brighter skies was a potential trap. The much-desired heatwave that summer should […]
Following on from yesterday’s post, whereby certain Fandom Menace supporters were making highly spurious and completely unsubstantiated claims about Star Trek producer Alex Kurtzman, we have a breakdown of the alleged toxic nature of Star Trek Discovery’s production, written by one Jack Beers, aka @waytoomuchbeer on Twitter. I will preface with the point that Jack […]
Remember Oliver Franke, aka Divine Guardian? You know, the guy who claimed inside knowledge of the demise of Star Trek Discovery, over and over again… only to be wrong, on every occasion? Well he’s sharing some stuff from Bounding into Clickbait (sorry, that’s Bounding into Comics), concerning claims of bullying behind the scenes of DSC. […]
We’re back on the subject of gatekeepers, who in this instance manage to deny they’re gatekeepers whilst doing absolutely everything a gatekeeper does. The gatekeeper-who-isn’t-but-really-is is Timelord2112, who popped up on my radar a while back, blocked me on Twitter in a fit of pique, and is now back, mixing it up with a bunch […]
Breached the 70K mark on my wip! Aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaah!
This is just sheer absolute, exquisite beauty.
I have eaten too much pizza.
I don't think it's up to you to decide what's best for women, nor whether or not men can find them attractive...
Ever since I was a cub, I have generally speaking been fond of swimming. I don’t do it often, but when I do, I enjoy it. I consider myself a reasonably confident swimmer, and I have few qualms about going out into the sea when at the beach (well, when I’m somewhere warm, with clear […]
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