Since Straight White Eric brought it up in this post, I offer:

Hamlet: The Restored Klingon Version (available from Barnes & Noble)

FROM THE PUBLISHER
For too long, readers throughout the Federation have been exposed to The Tragedy of Khamlet, Son of the Emperor of Qo'nos, that classic work of Klingon™ literature, only through inadequate and misleading English translations. Now at last, thanks to the tireless efforts of the Klingon Language Institute, this powerful drama by the legendary Klingon playwright, Wil'yam Shex'pir, can be appreciated in the elegance and glory of its original tongue.

This invaluable volume contains the complete text of the play, along with an English translation for easy consultation and comparison. In addition, an incisive introduction explains the play's crucial importance in Klingon culture, while copious notes illustrate how the debased English version diverges from the original, often distorting and even reversing the actual meaning of the verses.

Khamlet, the Restored Klingon Version, is a work that belongs in the library of every human who hopes truly to understand what it means to be Klingon.

Also, a list of Star Trek episodes that make Shakespeare references.

And, of course, the Klingon Language Institute home page.

Not to mention an online Klingon Dictionary.

Now get out of here, before I smite thee with my batleth!

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So I'm driving around last night, and I've got Bach's Brandenburg Concertos playing, and it occurred to me - yet again - that a LOT of classical music has the energy, style, and intracacy to be perfectly suited to interpretation through modern instruments.

Yet I've rarely heard it done.

Illustrating my point - Pachelbel's Canon in D Major as arranged for electric guitar, drums, and electric bass, and keyboard - interpreted so passionately as to make me misty with reverence.

If anyone's familar with other modern arrangements of classical music, let me know.

What I wouldn't give for some more Electric Mozart...

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