Klingon "Hamlet" (Star Trek)
by The Klingon Language Institute
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Binding: Paperback
Dewey Decimal Number: 499.99
EAN: 9780671035785
ISBN: 0671035789
Label: Star Trek
Number Of Items: 1
Number Of Pages: 240
Publication Date: 2000-03-06
Publisher: Star Trek
Studio: Star Trek
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Summary: For Trekkies and those interested in Shakespeare alike
Comment: One may wonder why any Terran without the slightest interest in Klingon or Star Trek would search out this book. Gentle reader, I can only recommend you to persevere. 'Khamlet,' by that well-known dramatist Wil'yam Shex'pir, is worth your attention. Forget that the plot is well-known and the Klingon language obtuse, the introduction and appendices are fascinating.
As a somewhat closet Trekkie, I bought this book out of curiousity, unable to resist the appeal of the phrase "You have not experienced Shakespeare, until you have read him in the original Klingon," as in the film Star Trek VI. Yet, I confess that with my first degree in English Literature from the University of Cambridge, I was most intrigued by the literary criticism provided. I enjoy those books that allow new insight into classics. To quote from the Introduction: "In effect, Khamlet, with its fawning courtiers, its insistence on ceremony, its healthy Realpolitik, and its underhand dealing... is nothing less than a nightmare scenario, a chilling portrayal of a malaise and decay so pervasive that it infects the hero himself."
Brief as the notes maybe in comparison to the length of the play, I feel this is what should attract the mainstream audience. All those who are interested in Shakespeare as a living playwright should consider reading this book. It is its audacity that attracts.
I can best compare this book with another reinterpretation of Star Trek, namely 'Leadership Lessons from Star Trek the Next Generation, Make it So' by Wess Roberts and Bill Ross. In this book episodes were analysed for management theories relating to leadership. This was less earnest than 'Khamlet' but no less learned.
Unusual this version of Shakespeare maybe, but I can guarantee it will be a talking point. After all, have you ever tried to say "taH pagh taH'be'!" instead of "To be or not to be"?
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Summary: For Trekkies and those interested in Shakespeare alike
Comment: One may wonder why any Terran without the slightest interest in Klingon or Star Trek would search out this book. Gentle reader, I can only recommend you to persevere. 'Khamlet,' by that well-known dramatist Wil'yam Shex'pir, is worth your attention. Forget that the plot is well-known and the Klingon language obtuse, the introduction and appendices are fascinating.
As a somewhat closet Trekkie, I bought this book out of curiousity, unable to resist the appeal of the phrase "You have not experienced Shakespeare, until you have read him in the original Klingon," as in the film Star Trek VI. Yet, I confess that with my first degree in English Literature from the University of Cambridge, I was most intrigued by the literary criticism provided. I enjoy those books that allow new insight into classics. To quote from the Introduction: "In effect, Khamlet, with its fawning courtiers, its insistence on ceremony, its healthy Realpolitik, and its underhand dealing... is nothing less than a nightmare scenario, a chilling portrayal of a malaise and decay so pervasive that it infects the hero himself."
Brief as the notes maybe in comparison to the length of the play, I feel this is what should attract the mainstream audience. All those who are interested in Shakespeare as a living playwright should consider reading this book. It is its audacity that attracts.
I can best compare this book with another reinterpretation of Star Trek, namely 'Leadership Lessons from Star Trek the Next Generation, Make it So' by Wess Roberts and Bill Ross. In this book episodes were analysed for management theories relating to leadership. This was less earnest than 'Khamlet' but no less learned.
Unusual this version of Shakespeare maybe, but I can guarantee it will be a talking point. After all, have you ever tried to say "taH pagh taH'be'!" instead of "To be or not to be"?
Prepared by the Klingon Language Institute, The Klingon Hamlet presents full English and Klingon versions of Shakespeare's play side by side. Only experienced Klingon speakers will be able to fully appreciate the nuances of the Klingon-language version, but for anyone who has dabbled in the language, this is an excellent opportunity to acquire large chunks of authentic text to practise on. Most of the vocabulary used can be found in either The Klingon Dictionary or Klingon for the Galactic Traveler. For non-Klingon speakers, as well as Shakespeare's original text there is an English-language introduction and detailed end notes, very wittily presented. These put forward the case that Shakespeare himself was a Klingon, and underline the essentially Klingon nature of this famous play, with its themes of honour and revenge. In creating the tragic figure of Hamlet, with his very un-Klingon propensity for brooding and procrastination, Shakespeare is believed to have been commenting on a culture becoming alienated from its traditional war-like virtues, and we are told that most Klingons find it a deeply disturbing play. All in all, this is a very clever, well-presented interpretation of one of the world's most famous plays. The Klingon translation, in all the glory of its iambic pentameter, has been lovingly constructed, and is well worth the effort of reading at least a few favourite passages aloud. --Elizabeth Sourbut
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