HolQeD

Literally language-science, HolQeD (pronunciation:

S) is the name of the quarterly journal of the Klingon Language Institute, ISSN 1061-2327. It has been published continuously since March of 1992 until 2005, and is indexed by the Modern Language Association (1). HolQeD uses blind peer-review and generally high standards of scholarship, and runs articles about the Klingon Language, not standard fan-fiction about Klingon culture. After 14 years of existence in bound paper form, it changed to exclusive electronic distribution in 2005, but this stopped for unknown reason after only two editions. These two which were distributed as PDFs are volume 14 issue 1 and issues 2/3 (one issues for two). That was the last one, published in June 2005.

Name

The word HolQeD was initially an invented word, as a compound noun. It was later canonized by Okrand in a letter he wrote to the editor of HolQeD (2). He acknowledged that this compound meant "language science, or linguistics." It created the base for naming other sciences. (3)

Topics

Several articles about grammar, interpretations of canon information or the Klingon language appear in HolQeD. Also reader's letters, interviews with Marc Okrand and information about qep'a' and qepHom. There are some topics that appear in almost each edition:

Editorial
KLI Round Table
From the Grammarian's Desk by Captain Krankor
Maltz Online / News from Maltz
matlh juppu' mu'mey (Friend of Maltz)
Closed Captions
Beginners' Corner by Robyn Stewart
Wordplay Contests:
- The Great Limerick Contest
- The Great Economical Contest
- The Great Affix Contest
- The Great Palindrome Contest
- The Great Knock-Knock Joke Contest

Cover Artwork

Almost each edition has a cover artwork, usually contributed by members and friends of the KLI. Most contributors of the artwork were Gennie Summers (who also drew the Klingon Shakespeare in the Klingon Hamlet), Gary Nelson and Sam Thorp.

List of Editions

When there is a reference to an edition of HolQeD, this is usually done in the form "Volume":"Number", for instance HQ 10:2 for edition no. 38 of June 2001, which was the 2^nd edition of the 10^th year. Another common way is to write v3n4p12 for "Volume 3 Number 4 page 12".

Issue	Year	Month	Volume	Number	Artwork	Important revelations
1	1992	March	1	1	(none) (4)
2	1992	June	1	2	?
3	1992	September	1	3	(none) (5)
4	1992	December	1	4	(none) (6)
5	1993	March	2	1	Joel Nye
6	1993	June	2	2	Sandy DeLuca	confirmation of the word HolQeD
7	1993	September	2	3	Richard Elkin
8	1993	December	2	4	Merle J. Fager
9	1994	March	3	1	Gennie Summers
10	1994	June	3	2	Christian Matzke
11	1994	September	3	3	Gennie Summers	clarifying the problem of -ghach
12	1994	December	3	4	Gennie Summers
13	1995	March	4	1	?
14	1995	June	4	2	Gennie Summers
15	1995	September	4	3	Kimberly Stubbs-Law	.
16	1995	December	4	4	Kimberly Stubbs-Law
17	1996	March	5	1	Zaquia Tarhuntassa
18	1996	June	5	2	Rod Whitemore	The difference between each and every
19	1996	September	5	3	Gennie Summers
20	1996	December	5	4	?
21	1997	March	6	1	Kimberly Stubbs-Law
22	1997	June	6	2	Janet Hetherington
23	1997	September	6	3	Gennie Summers
24	1997	December	6	4	Gennie Summers
25	1998	March	7	1	Dave Garcia
26	1998	June	7	2	Gary Nelson
27	1998	September	7	3	David T. St. Albans
28	1998	December	7	4	Sam Thorp
29	1999	March	8	1	Valerie Herd	additional colors
30	1999	June	8	2	Gary Nelson
31	1999	September	8	3	Sam Thorp	Several words for the friends om Maltz
32	1999	December	8	4	Gary Nelson	spacial directions in geography, time terms, ST5 notes
33	2000	March	9	1	Kyym Wimpel
34	2000	June	9	2	Kyym Wimpel
35	2000	September	9	3	Gary Nelson	Family terms and mathematics
36	2000	December	9	4	Gennie Summers	The bull-like animal tangqa'
37	2001	March	10	1	Gennie Summers
38	2001	June	10	2	Gary Nelson	the toe and finger names
39	2001	September	10	3	Sam Thorp
40	2001	December	10	4	Ray Ridenour	A list of about 25 birds
41	2002	March	11	1	Gary Nelson
42	2002	June	11	2	Gary Nelson
43	2002	September	11	3	Sam Thorp
44	2002	December	11	4	Sam Thorp
45	2003	March	12	1	Therri Moore
46	2003	June	12	2	Marc McCoy
47	2003	September	12	3	Sam Thorp	The verb ghet, a possible word for "actor"
48	2003	December	12	4	Sam Thorp
49	2004	March	13	1	Frank Wu	Comparatives and superlatives
50	2004	June	13	2	Ray Ridenour
51	2004	September	13	3	?
52	2004	December	13	4	?
53	2005	March	14	1	Todd F. Brugmans
54	2005	June	14	2+3	?

Future

In 2009, a project was initiated to scan all the issues for publishing them as an e-book. That project was not completed. In 2016, Chris Lipscombe restarted the idea of transcribing all the issues for publishing them again as an ebook. That project is still in development (2019).