Re: Re: Speaking of book sellers...

From: Michael Marinacci <mikalm_at_ix.netcom.com_at_hypermail.org>
Date: Wed, 3 Aug 2005 23:43:55 -0700

John,

How pathetic.

You'd think the Klingonistas were political radicals or
organized-religionists.

M

> Indeed.
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> And nobody puts down Klingonists better than other Klingonists. Around
> 1996 there was a major effort put underway to translate all of
> Shakespeare's works into the "original" Klingon. (You must see one of
> the Star Trek movies to get the reference...)
>
> This was a major undertaking, of course. Imagine: All this translating
> done by a bunch of super-intelligent geeky people in their spare time,
> working on different paragraphs apiece, mostly on Apple computers...
> The finished products are rendered into beautiful leather-bound books
> and sold to eager fans.
>
> Um, well, this is what I heard, anyway. ;-)
>
> About the same time a splinter group of Rogue Klingonists had a rather
> different interpretation of the Klingon language. This group decided
> to make their own translations of the Bard's plays. The "Standard
> Group" was absolutely *furious* when they found out that the "Rogue
> Group" were starting with Hamlet!!
>
> I received a letter from the "Standard Group" telling me how upset
> they were, and how I must never buy any of these books. I still have
> this letter!
>
> John
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> --- In OliveStarlightOrchestra_at_yahoogroups.com, "Elena Dent"
> <debadger_at_p...> wrote:
> > Guffaw! No one puts down revolutionaries quite so severely as similar
> > revolutionaries.
> >
> > Elena
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: OliveStarlightOrchestra_at_yahoogroups.com
> > [mailto:OliveStarlightOrchestra_at_yahoogroups.com]On Behalf Of tschibasch
> > Sent: Monday, August 01, 2005 5:46 PM
> > To: OliveStarlightOrchestra_at_yahoogroups.com
> > Subject: [OliveStarlightOrchestra] Speaking of book sellers...
> >
> >
> > You might sometime consider visiting "Libros Revolucion", located at
> > 312 W. 8th St., in downtown Los Angeles.
> >
> > They have great books by and about the following historical figures:
> >
> > 1) Lenin
> > 2) Vladimir Lenin
> > 3) Vladimir Ilych Ulianov (otherwise known as "Lenin")
> > 4) Joseph ("Uncle Joe") Stalin
> > 5) Mao Zhe Dong
> > 6) Enver Hoxha (dictator of Albania, a personal favorite of mine)
> > 7) Kim Il Sung
> >
> > They are exceptionally friendly until you ask them if they carry any
> > books by Leon Trotsky. I did that, and they got rather upset. ;-)
> >
> > John
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> > Yahoo! Groups Links
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Received on 2005-08-03 23:43:38