IntroductionI can’t tell you how many questions I get. If it’s not “Please, My Queen, do you prefer to be addressed as ‘Your Highness’ or ‘Your Majesty?’,” it’s “Why are you waking me up in the middle of the night?” or even “I’m deathly allergic to cats – where’s sickbay?” But perhaps the question I’m most often asked is “When are you going to write a book?” I’m sure this universal need for my unique perspective is catalogued in any number of sphere data or Starfleet archives, or buried within any number of Soong or Coppelius-android’s internal systems. So, if for no other reason than to be left alone, I present my first book.
You’re welcome.
I think this will give you an idea of just what I think about everything, and what you should think of me. I’ve also allowed myself to indulge in some poetry, proof that I’ve some artistic muscles to flex beneath this magnificent fur. As I am unwilling to speak directly to anyone, the publisher insisted I work with a writer who holds me in high regard and is committed to telling my side of every story. He was expected to work around my eating and sleeping schedules and did so, without complaining. At least I didn’t hear any complaints, as he often spoke to me, for some idiosyncratic reason, wearing an oxygen mask. I’m big enough to indulge other peoples’ eccentricities, as long as they treat my own with the respect and deference they deserve.
So, I hope you enjoy my book and give it more starred reviews than there are stars in the Alpha Quadrant. And if you don’t, just remember that I have direct access to all of Starfleet’s communications systems and can easily alert every feline on Earth to the fact that you’ve disrespected their queen.
- GrudgeI’d very much like to thank Grudge for the opportunity to work with her on her book, and for committing to a paws-on collaboration by sitting on me while I convalesced from my deathly cat allergy in sickbay.
- Robb Pearlman
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