The FAQ on The Official Tolkien Website includes "How many languages has LOTR been translated into. After scanning the list to see if Elvish were included, it suddenly hit me: What if Klingon were listed? (it wasn’t)
But, it occured to me, had it been listed, it would have to qualify as one of the singlemost pure expressions of geekdom ever created. Imagine it: A hard- (or soft-) bound tome, the Klingon translation of the Lord of the Rings. The only thing that could surpass that would be if the audio version had all the songs in the text set to music by Tom Lehrer.
But perhaps I’m wrong. Can you think of one object that, were it to exist, would be the ultimate physical representation of the world of nerditude?
Hmm, so Klingon is a firly pure expression of geekdom. I recall working in a bookstore when the Klingon Dictionary was first published, and I haved to admit, few geekier things had crossed my path (barring of course, my copy of “Mr. Spock’s Music from Outer Space”).
But I’d hate to see the thread get stuck in a rut so soon.
How about a car dashboard featuring a full set of six Monty Python bobbleheads?
I think a light sabre version of one of those Klingon Bat-la (whatever) weapons just might be the ultimate geek item. Other than Star Wars expanded universe fanfic written in Quenya. Or Vogon poetry in Vulcan.
A William Shatner tribute album (file under “Various Artists”), featuring a recreation of his “Mr. Tambourine Man” with lead vocals by Peter “Voice of the Guide” Jones, backed up by Rush.
Hmmm. For me, the ultimate in geek artifacts would be a Vulcan IDIC bearing an Elvish inscription that magically appears when you plunge it into a flame, and disappears in the presence of a lightsabre.
How about a Real-Life Hitch-Hiker’s Guide To The Galaxy, which includes Elven and Klingon as languages, as well as complete guides to Middle Earth, the Star Trek and Star Wars Universes, as well as an “Elven & Hungarian Phrasebook”:
I will not buy this Holodisc, it is scratched My K’t’inga is full of Tribbles If I said you had a beautiful Bat’leth, would you hold it against me? He’s not dead, he’s pining for the Canal Systems of Ennor Nobody expects the Elven Council! Our chief weapons are surprise, trees, and ruthless efficiency…
As an alternative…
THE CREST ON BIRDMAN’S HELMET!
You have no idea how long I’ve been waiting to use that in a thread here…
A catalog back in th eighties was selling repilicas of the little black obelisk from Led Zeppelin’s Presence album cover. That would be pretty damned geeky to own.
I bow to your superior geekiness. And here I thought that having every item that Monty Python Ever produced (All the TV shows, Albums, and Books) would put me in the running for supreme geekitude.
I was obviously mistaken.
