readers in the supposedly "translated" English version. The introduction adopts a faux-academic style, explaining that the Klingon origin of the play is evident from the fact that the plot is based on predominantly Klingon themes and motifs as opposed to human themes and motifs. Human culture was too primitive to have produced such a work during the time period in which it is set. A comparison of the "spontaneous, direct and vibrant verse" of the Klingon version with the "flaccid, ponderous convoluted meanderings" of the English version make it obvious that the latter is a derivative work. The introduction also claims that the notion that Shakespeare was a human poet living in the late 16th century was invented after the United Federation of Planets instigated a large propaganda campaign in order to rally the human population against Klingons, "hoping by this falsification of history to discredit the achievements of Klingon culture". Editions The Klingon Language Institute (KLI) published a limited edition of 1000 numbered copies, in 1996, as Hamlet Prince of Denmark: The Restored Klingon Version (). The text is presented in parallel text format with English and Klingon on opposing pages. The translations includes notes detailing particulars of the translation. In 2000, Pocket Books reprinted the translation as a trade paperback (). See also Shakespeare and Star Trek References External links Klingon Language Institute Adapting Shakespeare for "Star Trek" and "Star Trek" for Shakespeare: "The Klingon Hamlet" and the Spaces of Translation by Karolina Kazimierczak, Studies in Popular Culture, 2010 2000 novels Hamlet Books based on Star Trek Klingon Hamlet Novels based on plays Books written in fictional dialects