From the Klingon Wikipedia article:

"Other Klingon groups run blood drives, bowling teams, and a golf championship."

--- Philip
"Sir, it says 'Par 4. Dogleg left, minefield right." "Ah what a sense of humor. Well, here goes." "Alas, that is a terrible slice." *BOOM*

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LAST EDITED ON Jun-27-16 AT 01:06 PM (EDT)
 
>"Other Klingon groups run blood drives, bowling teams, and a golf
>championship."
>
>--- Philip
>"Sir, it says 'Par 4. Dogleg left, minefield right." "Ah what a
>sense of humor. Well, here goes." "Alas, that is a terrible slice."
>*BOOM*

"Today is a good day to double bogey."

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I am slightly disappointed, Gryph, that you don't recognize a quote from that classic John M. Ford Trek novel, How Much For Just The Planet?. :)

LAST EDITED ON Jun-27-16 AT 09:33 PM (EDT)
 
>I am slightly disappointed, Gryph, that you don't recognize a quote
>from that classic John M. Ford Trek novel, How Much For Just The
>Planet?. :)

I'm not sure I've actually read all of that one. I couldn't get into it; too much overt slapstick. I never cared that much for the Let's Just Be Whimsical episodes of Star Trek.

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>>I am slightly disappointed, Gryph, that you don't recognize a quote
>>from that classic John M. Ford Trek novel, How Much For Just The
>>Planet?. :)
>
>I'm not sure I've actually read all of that one. I couldn't
>get into it; too much overt slapstick. I never cared that much for
>the Let's Just Be Whimsical episodes of Star Trek.

That's fair. It's definitely slapstick. And a musical. What a lot of people don't know is that it is ALSO a roman à clef, as nearly all of the new characters are based on other writers (including, surprisingly, Neil Gaiman).

But given that it climaxes in a quite literal pie fight, I can see how it might not be everyone's cuppa.

>What a lot of people don't know is that it is ALSO a roman à clef,
>as nearly all of the new characters are based on other writers
>(including, surprisingly, Neil Gaiman).

He was there as well? I knew about the obvious ones (Princess DeeDee, Pete Blackwood, THE BLACK QUEEN JANEKA!!! etc.) but I don't think I've ever seen a complete list of aliases.

And I can't remember where I last saw my copy of the book. Drat. It was right here just a few months ago, I'm sure.

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>>What a lot of people don't know is that it is ALSO a roman à clef,
>>as nearly all of the new characters are based on other writers
>>(including, surprisingly, Neil Gaiman).
>
>He was there as well? I knew about the obvious ones (Princess DeeDee,
>Pete Blackwood, THE BLACK QUEEN JANEKA!!! etc.) but I don't think
>I've ever seen a complete list of aliases.

Gaiman was "Ilen the Magian".

>And I can't remember where I last saw my copy of the book. Drat. It
>was right here just a few months ago, I'm sure.

I have that trouble with my own copy. ^_^;

--- Philip

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>>>What a lot of people don't know is that it is ALSO a roman à clef,
>>>as nearly all of the new characters are based on other writers
>>>(including, surprisingly, Neil Gaiman).
>>
>>He was there as well? I knew about the obvious ones (Princess DeeDee,
>>Pete Blackwood, THE BLACK QUEEN JANEKA!!! etc.) but I don't think
>>I've ever seen a complete list of aliases.
>
>Gaiman was "Ilen the Magian".
>

Correct. The full list, based on a Usenet post by Ford himself:

Deedee and Pete: Diane Duane and Peter Morwood
Davith and Pam: David Dyer-Bennet and Pamela Dean Dyer-Bennet
Janeka and Rik: Janet and Ricky Kagan
Ilen the Magian: Neil Gaiman
Lieutenant "Ann" (walk-on, belowdecks): Ann Crispin
The Stage Manager: Ford, although in the post he said it was "some weird little guy with glasses"

That was one of my favorite ST books. I think I still have it somewhere in the attic.

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