Renovation, this year’s World Science Fiction Convention, and the Klingon Language Institute have announced that KLI Director Lawrence M. Schoen “will lead the Klingon Language Institute’s annual summer conference (qep’a’) in Reno this year, just before WorldCon. Klingon speakers from all over the world will show up for three days of intense Klingon wordplay and curse warfare. Participants will start trickling in on Saturday night, but the official verbal battles begin Sunday morning, 14 August, and run through Tuesday evening, 16 August. Advance registration is $35, or $40 at the door.
Commencing at noon on Tuesday, 16 August, the day before the start of Worldcon, the Klingon Language Institute will provide introductory lessons for newbies, beginners, and visitors dressed in Federation pajamas (or other nonwarrior garb). Klingon grammarians will be on hand to help you use Klingon to chat, sing, play games, and insult one another. $10 advance registration fee is required for the introductory workshop, a small price to begin your interstellar linguistic education.”
For more information on the conference, to be held at the Hyatt Place Reno-Tahoe Airport, see this page.
Renovation, the 69th World Science Fiction Convention, will be held in Reno, Nevada, 17-21 August 2011.
qo’mey poSmoH Hol—language opens worlds