Klingon Language Institute - Publications

Publications

• HolQeD

The quarterly journal of the KLI containing grammatical discussions, new Klingon words, Klingon literature as well as internal information for the members.

• A Pictorial Guide to the Verbal Suffixes of tlhIngan Hol (1995, ISBN 0-9644345-0-4) no longer available

A book with drawings explaining the use of different suffixes.

• ghIlghameS (2000, ISBN 1-58715-338-6).

The Klingon version of the Epic of Gilgamesh, translated by Roger Cheesbro, with an introduction of Lawrence M. Schoen.

• The Klingon Hamlet (full title: The Tragedy of Khamlet, Son of the Emperor of Qo'noS)

The Klingon translation of Shakespeare's most famous work, translated by Nick Nicholas and Andrew Strader supported by the KLI. This project was initiated after the Klingon Chancellor Gorkon (David Warner) stated in Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country: »You have not experienced Shakespeare until you have read him in the original Klingon«.

The KLI printed and published a limited edition hardback version in 1996, entitled Hamlet Prince of Denmark: The Restored Klingon Version (ISBN 0-9644345-1-2)

Star Trek publisher Pocket Books published the work as a trade paperback (ISBN 0-671-03578-9) in 2000.

• Much Ado about Nothing in Klingon (2003, ISBN 1-58715-501-X)

The next project of the KLI, also translated by Nick Nicholas.

• From the Grammarian's Desk (ISBN 0-9644345-3-9) no longer available

A collection of grammatical wisdom from the HolQeD-column by Captain Krankor, one of the first grammarians of the KLI.

• Tao Te Ching (2008)

A Klingon translation and a new English translation of Lao Tzu's classic, by Agnieszka Solska, published as a trade paperback (ISBN 978-09644345-5-4) and a hardcover version (ISBN 978-09644345-2-3).