Is there a resident Klingon bibliophile?

[KQuita]

Hello, I just completed KRADS writings about the adventures of the crew of the I.K.S. Gorkon.  They were very enjoyable. Alas that run has ended, at least until paraborg loosens there purse strings, like the Ferengi they are.  What I am looking for is a list of novels featuring the evolution of Klingons in print, from Enterprise through Gorkon , From A Final Reflection through House Burning and beyfond, from the series series through the movies.  I have alot of time to read but not particulary fond of bouncing around time wise.  All help would be greatly appreciated.

Lt Commander KQuita vestai-Qantoy'HoH
Captain I.K.V. Guardians of Sto-Vo-Kor
Epetai, House Qantoy'HoH

[Kesvirit]

There are many, but no two have the same tastes, and I doubt anyone has read all the books featuring Klingons. At some future date I hope to make a comprehensive list of all such books, but then my aspirations toward glory tend to be derailed by reality.

The Memory Beta wiki used to have synapses of the Trek novels in the order in which they were published, but apparently it has been pulled in their attempts to keep up with Abramson’s retconning. To my surprise I was unable to find any traces of it using The Wayback Machine.

I recommend you get your eyes on anything listed in the Resources for Klingon Culture thread. To it I would add:
 * Dwellers in the Crucible   (Warning: this book portrays Klingons as the enemies they were originally intended to be)
 * Star Trek Log Seven   Though Enterprise-heavy, this book gives us some interesting early insights into Klingon military sociology, and introduces us to the concept of the Surgeon-in-Battle eight years before John M. Ford brought the positions of Battle Surgeon and Surgeon Specialist to TFR. It also gives us a brief but tantalizing glimpse of the nada, a healing spirit and “patron saint” of the medical profession.
 * Doctor’s Orders   Towards the end, McCoy is forced to face down a Klingon squadron. He may be a weak Human who could not fight his way out of a cellulose pouch, but there are few better when it comes to doing battle using what Thought Mistress Weatherwax would call “headology”. Also Enterprise-heavy, this book gives us a few too-brief insights as to how various Klingon individuals feel about aliens.

[qoSagh]

I would add to that Pawns & Symbols, a work that some see as contradictory to TFR. I do not see it that way. I see it as showing that like pref federation earth, the Klingons had many different cultural backgrounds. Although they do get into some concepts of how the government is run, it really does show allot of what drives the Klingons as a people.

After that I would add both of Kevin Ryans trilogies (perhaps leaving off the last book, if you have read Star Trek 12 or seen Errand of Mercy in more than passing). They are set in the time leading up to the Organian interference, when the cold war was indeed cold. It deals extensively with the spy network that Arne Darvin was a part of, but also ties in some concepts from FASA and current Paraborg Canon. This is a time when the cult of Kahless has not taken the grip that it has in TNG, so there are Klingon belief's that are almost at war with each other. 

[Kesvirit]

(Pawns and Symbols is mentioned in the "Resources for Klingon Culture" thread linked to a few posts up.)

I've never heard anyone claim P&S contradicts TFR. If anything, those with whom I've discussed the matter in meatspace agree that it compliments TFR by both building upon it and emphasizing social customs over the big picture of the Imperial structure established by TFR. Also bear in mind that the books are set about 40 years apart. A week is a long time in politics, and a lot can change over 2080 weeks.

Do you remember who claimed P&S contradicted TFR, and what those contradictions were?

-=- Kesvirit

[qoSagh]

I will have to check, I came across the reference to the conflict recently. I think it was something I was reading in a non-internet (GASP) format.