- Location
- Teignmouth, Devon
- Pronouns
- She/Her
Based on a True Story
Don't ask me why, but today I've been wondering what stories a shitty science fiction writer from 1969 might glean from a view of my life in the year of our Lord two thousand and twenty-one. Whether he could fill in blanks from my conversations and twitter threads to form a coherent view of the world as it is today, this is his story.
1970-1979: Edward Heath (Conservative)
Edward Heath bought in decimal currency and began the steady reform of the United Kingdom, his anti-immigration policies were the first attempt to deal with over-population and also sought to end the growing support that was going to his rival, Enoch Powell.
1979-1988: Tony Benn (Labour)
The return to a technocratic government seeking to harness "the white heat of technology". London swarmed with new, advanced buildings. The world began to change in this time with the introduction of the first television phones - which combined phone, video technology, and games system. The first ones took up a large amount of space. These were connected through the Post Office's new Network, which, when joined with similar systems around the world would form the International Network - or Inter-Net.
1988-1992: Gordon Campbell (Conservative)
Scottish devolution was bought in and the government that sought to regain control of mass overpopulation in urban areas. Unfortunately, their main priority was to protect those areas that were not yet over populated. They banned building outside of urban areas, such that property prices rocketed. This price rise never stopped, and by 2020 a simple home in rural areas can cost half a million pounds. Gay marriage was legalised in an attempt to encourage couples into non-breeding relationships.
1992-1997: Les Huckfield (Labour)
The Huckfield government sought to head off the rise of homosexuality, however the world was, perhaps, finding another way to deal with the excess human population. At this time toxins in the air and water started to cause people to undergo The Transition, a process that changed a small number of people into the opposite gender.
1997-2001: Alan Haselhurst (Conservative)
The late 90s was a time of massive change, as The Transition started to impact society the middle east fell into chaos. Conservative Islamic governments sought to wipe out the interlopers, earning the ire of an unlikely alliance of Israel with the two more liberal, modern Muslim states - Turkey and Egypt. They fought together against the USSR backed countries of Iran, Iraq and Afghanistan. Under his time in office, TV Phones shrunk to the size of desktop phones and could record data using microfilm cassette tapes.
2001-2004: Boris Johnson (National Government)
The initial contests of the war went badly with the loss of Syria and Palestine to the Islamo-Marxists, and this lead to the formation of a national government, headed by a charismatic young MP. People feared World War III was coming, when it didn't, they lost interest, and the total war government fell.
2004-2014: Michael Gove (Labour)
A somewhat ridiculous leader, Gove is remembered mostly for his gaffes such as a promise to "make every school above average". Mobile TV phones began to appear, although at first were in black and white. They were made possible by Screen Touch Technology which did away with the need for mechanical keyboards.
2014-2019: Matthew Hancock (Conservative)
The Transition Wars began to spread to Britain. Both the transitioned and their enemies had pro-peace factions (the Campaign for an Inborn Sisterhood (CIS) and Pride) - they also had extremist groups (Gender Crisis, The Extinction Rebellion Faction, The Stone Wall, and The Trans Safety Network) conflict was growing in the UK and abroad.
This was not a major issue to Hancock, who is best known for his affairs with models and popular music stars, all of which is largely tolerated in the permissive moral atmosphere of the 2010s.
2019-202X: Matthew Hancock (National Government)
The COVID Virus began to spread, killing millions. In 2021, for the first time, a cure has been found, but people still have to wear masks and submit to a brutal regime that tracks their every step.
In the Middle East, Turkey has some territory left in Afghanistan, but the Caliphate is growing in power, in fact they have forced the allies out of Iraq and in early 2021 they shut down the Suez canal. Few in Europe and America even think about the war anymore.
In Europe, Transitioned terrorists have been blamed for a brutal attack on the Women's Institute Spa resort but are denying involvement, claiming it was carried out by TERF. However violence is growing. As is superstition. Despite marvellous technology such as private spaceflight, colour TV phones and video typewriters, a new Dark Age of superstition and fear seems to be falling on the world - many now believe in witchcraft. The population of the Transitioned is growing year on year and nobody knows if COVID has finally been defeated or if it will come back, worse and stronger than ever.
Can COVID and The Transition be cured? What secrets do The Stone Wall hold? What is the True Purpose of the Mysterious Vaccine? Find out in
No. No. Nope. No. This story is too fantastical and perverted. It would never be publishable anyway. This is one to put in the bottom of the drawer and write this whole experience off as a bad nightmare.
Don't ask me why, but today I've been wondering what stories a shitty science fiction writer from 1969 might glean from a view of my life in the year of our Lord two thousand and twenty-one. Whether he could fill in blanks from my conversations and twitter threads to form a coherent view of the world as it is today, this is his story.
1970-1979: Edward Heath (Conservative)
Edward Heath bought in decimal currency and began the steady reform of the United Kingdom, his anti-immigration policies were the first attempt to deal with over-population and also sought to end the growing support that was going to his rival, Enoch Powell.
1979-1988: Tony Benn (Labour)
The return to a technocratic government seeking to harness "the white heat of technology". London swarmed with new, advanced buildings. The world began to change in this time with the introduction of the first television phones - which combined phone, video technology, and games system. The first ones took up a large amount of space. These were connected through the Post Office's new Network, which, when joined with similar systems around the world would form the International Network - or Inter-Net.
1988-1992: Gordon Campbell (Conservative)
Scottish devolution was bought in and the government that sought to regain control of mass overpopulation in urban areas. Unfortunately, their main priority was to protect those areas that were not yet over populated. They banned building outside of urban areas, such that property prices rocketed. This price rise never stopped, and by 2020 a simple home in rural areas can cost half a million pounds. Gay marriage was legalised in an attempt to encourage couples into non-breeding relationships.
1992-1997: Les Huckfield (Labour)
The Huckfield government sought to head off the rise of homosexuality, however the world was, perhaps, finding another way to deal with the excess human population. At this time toxins in the air and water started to cause people to undergo The Transition, a process that changed a small number of people into the opposite gender.
1997-2001: Alan Haselhurst (Conservative)
The late 90s was a time of massive change, as The Transition started to impact society the middle east fell into chaos. Conservative Islamic governments sought to wipe out the interlopers, earning the ire of an unlikely alliance of Israel with the two more liberal, modern Muslim states - Turkey and Egypt. They fought together against the USSR backed countries of Iran, Iraq and Afghanistan. Under his time in office, TV Phones shrunk to the size of desktop phones and could record data using microfilm cassette tapes.
2001-2004: Boris Johnson (National Government)
The initial contests of the war went badly with the loss of Syria and Palestine to the Islamo-Marxists, and this lead to the formation of a national government, headed by a charismatic young MP. People feared World War III was coming, when it didn't, they lost interest, and the total war government fell.
2004-2014: Michael Gove (Labour)
A somewhat ridiculous leader, Gove is remembered mostly for his gaffes such as a promise to "make every school above average". Mobile TV phones began to appear, although at first were in black and white. They were made possible by Screen Touch Technology which did away with the need for mechanical keyboards.
2014-2019: Matthew Hancock (Conservative)
The Transition Wars began to spread to Britain. Both the transitioned and their enemies had pro-peace factions (the Campaign for an Inborn Sisterhood (CIS) and Pride) - they also had extremist groups (Gender Crisis, The Extinction Rebellion Faction, The Stone Wall, and The Trans Safety Network) conflict was growing in the UK and abroad.
This was not a major issue to Hancock, who is best known for his affairs with models and popular music stars, all of which is largely tolerated in the permissive moral atmosphere of the 2010s.
2019-202X: Matthew Hancock (National Government)
The COVID Virus began to spread, killing millions. In 2021, for the first time, a cure has been found, but people still have to wear masks and submit to a brutal regime that tracks their every step.
In the Middle East, Turkey has some territory left in Afghanistan, but the Caliphate is growing in power, in fact they have forced the allies out of Iraq and in early 2021 they shut down the Suez canal. Few in Europe and America even think about the war anymore.
In Europe, Transitioned terrorists have been blamed for a brutal attack on the Women's Institute Spa resort but are denying involvement, claiming it was carried out by TERF. However violence is growing. As is superstition. Despite marvellous technology such as private spaceflight, colour TV phones and video typewriters, a new Dark Age of superstition and fear seems to be falling on the world - many now believe in witchcraft. The population of the Transitioned is growing year on year and nobody knows if COVID has finally been defeated or if it will come back, worse and stronger than ever.
Can COVID and The Transition be cured? What secrets do The Stone Wall hold? What is the True Purpose of the Mysterious Vaccine? Find out in
No. No. Nope. No. This story is too fantastical and perverted. It would never be publishable anyway. This is one to put in the bottom of the drawer and write this whole experience off as a bad nightmare.
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