The Klingon Hamlet

Wanted to read this since it's mentioned in Star trek 6. Fun for nerds geeks and people interested in oddball stuff.

When we were told we could bring any old copy of Hamlet in for our dramaturgy class, I took the assignment literally. Needless to say, bringing Khamlet to class made for plenty of textual analysis to go 'round, not just about Hamlet, but about how Hamlet has been produced, performed and interpreted throughout the ages. You'll definately want to work on your pronounciation before showing it off, however, as you'll be asked to read Khamlet's soliloquy aloud in the original tlhIngan Hol. Also, Khamlet brings out the best in people: I discovered that two of my classmates and the professor were Trek-fans! The only thing preventing this from being five stars is that the book doesn't annotate either copy of the play as student copies do. That might not be a big deal for most people, but when I'm reading classic literature, I like having notes to explain some of the more esoteric references and changed meanings.

Wonderful gift for the nerdy English major! This is actually performed by various groups in various settings, though I have never seen it.

Bought this as a gift for a member of the Klingon Assault Group (KAG). They were pleased. Well, as pleased as a Klingon can be.

The nature of this book means that not a lot of "real" use will be had with this book. It's a great translation piece for Start Trek enthusiasts and Klingon lovers, would highly recommend for a number of smiles.

As a long-time Star Trek fan, I had to buy this. It sits on my bookshelf in my classroom as a "conversation starter" I suppose. I only wish I could find a full performance on DVD somewhere - as I have only seen two scenes as bonus material on Star Trek Movie DVD collections. I would purchase other "translated" Shakespeare if it existed...Richard the Third and MacBeth would be obvious choices for this treatment.

A masterpiece of a masterpiece.

A better remastering of hamlet!

This title starts off reasonably well, but after about twenty pages in (not what the navigation system calls "page 20"), page-turns become slower and slower, eventually locking the device up. No other title on my Kindle navigates anything other than flawlessly.After following Support's advice about a corrupted download, I redownloaded the title several times, to no avail.When page-turns do work (at least a minute), the amount moved is not a whole page: several lines from the previous page appear at the top of the "next" one, and text disappears off the bottom. No amount of changing text font/size/style or line spacing works consistently. The concept of a page is arbitrary.The text changes from Klingon to English and back again with no pattern (I expected a grown-up split-screen approach, or at least "Klingon on one page, English on the other"). Sometimes, you get one line of English at the top of a "page" followed by a few pages of Klingon, whereupon it changes abruptly back to English at a non-obvious point in the text with no warning.It is impossible to read this title with any fluidity. Quite apart from the locks-up and glacial page-turns, you have to be prepared to switch languages in your mind with no notice, (or, if you are just following one language, to skip forward a few pages, having to resync your eyes to wherever the text restarts on whatever page you've now landed on).This title is a waste of time.

While trying to read the Klingon can become tiresome and maybe the substitutions should've been included in the side-by-side translations the real great parts of the book is everything else. The level of thought and details that've gone into making this seem like it's been pulled straight from the Star Trek universe is incredible. It's fascinating.

The book is good fun - but the ebook formatting is just atrocious and makes it completely unreadable.

Proper copy, printed well

Great sense of humour, very clever, and a unique interpretation of Shakespeare’s play Hamlet, through the eyes of Star Trek television series’ fictional Klingon culture. You need fluent English to read this. No prior knowledge of Shakespeare is needed to understand or enjoy this book, but it helps with enjoying the funny references to Star Trek. The kindle version is easy to read - you can enlarge or change the size of the letters and make your phone screen lighter or darker for your eyes’ comfort and reading easily. Highly recommended!