Novels and Klingon Culture

[Starfleet Engineer]

Has a novel ever told a story about Klingons who are not warrior or military types? For example, has a novel ever told a story about Klingon scientists or addressed the idea that there's probably a significant segment of Klingon culture that isn't engaged in the warrior lifestyle? There's plenty of jobs that have to be done that don't include glory in battle in order to keep the society, world, and empire going. I think a novel about how those two groups bump heads in Klingon society could be interesting.

 

[Bibliomike]

Doesn't The Final Reflection, while primarily about Klingon military, have non-military types in it? And the first two Seekers novels contain some material about Klingon scientists.

 

[Idran]

If I remember right, Klingon Art of War addresses this as well, providing examples of how the non-warrior segment of society follows Kahless's teachings outside the context of battle.

 

[Christopher]

Klingon Empire: A Burning House offers a look at various non-military aspects of Klingon life. And I think Pawns and Symbols did too, although its version of the Klingons was very different from what we know today.

 

[Kilana2]

Klingon Empire: A Burning House offers a look at various non-military aspects of Klingon life. And I think Pawns and Symbols did too, although its version of the Klingons was very different from what we know today.

A Burning House is great. We see a Klingon Opera in detail.....and many other non-military things. I don't want to spoil further....

 

[KeepOnTrekking]

"A Flag Full of Stars" by Brad Ferguson had a Klingon scientist, G'Dath.

 

[Kilana2]

One of the A time to.... novels feature Alexander as Federation Ambassador to the Klingon Empire. So more politics than military, if you want.

 

[David cgc]

If I remember right, Klingon Art of War addresses this as well, providing examples of how the non-warrior segment of society follows Kahless's teachings outside the context of battle.

Though a surprising amount of otherwise non-violent historic situations were ultimately resolved by a murder followed by a ritual suicide.

Or maybe not surprising, considering.

 

[Tracy Trek]

"A Flag Full of Stars" by Brad Ferguson had a Klingon scientist, G'Dath.

That was one I was thinking of. Also, there is a Klingon civilian engineer, in the original series novel The IDIC Epidemic. I think his name might have been Korsal.

Also, I think there is a Klingon historian mentioned in the novel Ishmael. He worked with a Vulcan historian. Never seen, but spoken of with respect by his Vulcan collegue (I didn't spell that right).

 

[Leto_II]

The TNG episode "Suspicions" prominently features a female Klingon scientist (played by Tricia O'Neil, previously Capt. Rachel Garrett in "Yesterday's Enterprise,"), although we don't really get to see her interact with any other typical military-type Klingons in the story.

Plus, there's also John Schuck's scientist-character on ENT (and hell -- his "diplomat" character from The Voyage Home and The Undiscovered Country, too). Admittedly, most of those onscreen tales don't go into nearly the depth that a novel could achieve, but we've gotten tastes of this over the years.

 

[Christopher]

The TNG episode "Suspicions" prominently features a female Klingon scientist (played by Tricia O'Neil, previously Capt. Rachel Garrett in "Yesterday's Enterprise,"), although we don't really get to see her interact with any other typical military-type Klingons in the story.

She appears as the Gorkon's chief engineer in Keith DeCandido's IKS Gorkon novels, so there's plenty of such interaction there.

Plus, there's also John Schuck's scientist-character on ENT (and hell -- his "diplomat" character from The Voyage Home and The Undiscovered Country, too). Admittedly, most of those onscreen tales don't go into nearly the depth that a novel could achieve, but we've gotten tastes of this over the years.

Dr. Antaak reappears in Excelsior: Forged in Fire and Rise of the Federation: Live by the Code. Ambassador Kamarag is featured in several novels, though the only one I remember at the moment (aside from movie novelizations) is A.C. Crispin's Sarek.

 

[Mage]

Didn't one of the Day Of Honor novels feature Klingons farmers??