Star Trek Klingon: A Warrior's Guide = Tlhingan Ghobmey Paq

by Marc Okrand

Book Overview

"Revenge is a dish best served cold". For many years, the Klingons have been the fiercest fighters in the galaxy, universally regarded with fear and awe. Few beings have dared to explore the Klingons'... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0671537555
• ISBN13: 9780671537555
• Release Date: May 1996
• Publisher: Pocket Books
• Length: 224 Pages
• Weight: 0.68 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 5.3" x 8.2"

Customer Reviews

A book for a warrior!

I bought "The Klingon Way" some years ago and was really impressed with it because it not only expresses the heart of the fictional Klingon culture but it's a book I've actually used in a men's group I led at a church I used to belong to because a lot of what's in the book are things men can really relate to, a book for a warrior!

Klingons at the best!

This is the ultimate Klingon book! It brilliantly weaves the tapestry of Star Trek's Klingon history, through its publication date in May of 1996. It is written both in English & Klingon. The photos are black & white. Each page contains a quote in both languages and a detailed explanation of the Klingon terminology. If you have not picked this up for your Star Trek collection, let me quote a Klingon phrase for you, "qoH vuvbe' SuS" ("The wind does not respect a fool"). If you can still find a copy of this, enjoy it.

irrestible

Astounding. This is one of the books a Klingon fan would love to read. Trust me, you'll be intrigued.The Klingon proverbs and their meanings in the book will help us understand Klingon culture and society.

Klingons are misunderstood

If I had to be reincarnated, I would be reincarnated as a Klingon. Even though Klingons take no prisoners, they have a few smooth edges. Some how I do think that the whole Klingon race and Klingons in general are misunderstood. This book gives some virtues and good says that can be applied today. My favorite saying is "Revenge is a dish best served cold." and this saying can apply to anybody, even ex-fiances.

Enjoyable for any Trek fan, Klingon expert or not.

In the quest for more and more spin offs in the Star Trek market, this book stands out. Rather than another novel, or nitpicking reference volume culled from the shows - this presents authentic alien literature: the proverbs of the Warrior Race! Providing insight into tlhIngan (thats Klingon: think Bejing versus Peking. The standard English term is a corruption of the correct pronounciation, just as the old name for China's capital city was) culture, this book cleverly draws from the film and video incarnations for pithy Klingon phrases. The author (compiler), Marc Okrand created the language and clearly knows his Trek. Illustrating almost every proverb is a relevant black and white. The proverbs are presented in tlhIngan Hol and DIvI' Hol (Klingon and English), along with a paragraph or two discussing the cultural background, and occasional grammatical tips. The book is well organized, so that you don't really NEED the The Klingon Dictionary (also by Okrand), the authorative guide on the language. However, it makes a great companion to it. Someone seeking to learn and use the language would do well to buy both books and use The Klingon Way as a workbook of phrases to study with the vocabulary and grammar provided by the Klingon Dictionary.