Book titles - Stieg Larsson, the man behind Lisbeth Salander Book titles is it just me, or are the “english” titles of these books way, way off the mark…. Posted by Ghess i Madison, Wisconsin , 2 February 2009 Try the German ones: Posted by , 3 februari 2009 I totally agree, the English book titles are ridicule! Posted by Maike in London , 9 februari 2009 for the portuguese version, they are translation from french, and we got the original titles (I think…). The correct english translation for the first one would be “Those men that do not loved women”, right? Posted by barda in são paulo , 12 februari 2009 I have to say that I was a bit disappointed that the books have been given such unoriginal titles in English. Starting every title with “The girl …” seems quite bland compared to the diversity of the original Swedish titles. The German titles look even more boring. 1) Män som hatar kvinnor A literal translation to English would be “Men who hate women”. Not that they dislike women, not that they don’t love women.

It’s hate. (Actually I think that the title sets the tone for the whole series quite well. It’s a lot about men who hate women…) 2) Flickan som lekte med elden Yep, that title is actually translated correctly into English. The girl who played with fire. I guess that’s what gave them the idea for the English titles. 3) Luftslottet som sprängdes This is where it gets complicated. A literal translation would be “The aircastle that was blown up”. The Swedish title is based on the expression “luftslott” which literally means “aircastle”. It doesn’t refer to a castle in the air (or in the sky) but rather to a castle built out of air (or built on air). The meaning is that the castle is a big and complex structure based on nothing, so a “luftslott” is just a big bunch of complicated nothingness. And it gets blown up, so the title does reflect the content of the book very well. The expression is quite well known and it has a definite negative ring to it.

I don’t know if there is a suitable expression in English or German that has more or less the same connotation as “luftslott”. Any ideas? Posted by Micael (an exiled Swede) in the Swedish speaking part of Finland , 16 februari 2009 At least, Micael, we have a suitable expression in Portuguese: ‘castelo de cartas’ which means cards castle. Posted by in são paulo , 10 mars 2009 Yes: “Luftschloss” ist the German expression for “luftslott” and it’s got the same meaning. The Spanish title for the 2nd novel is “la chica que soñaba con una cerilla y un bidón de gasolina”, meaning “The girl who dreamt of a matchstick and a barrell of gasoline”. I don’t know why they chose such a complicated title when they could just have translated it literally to “la chica que jugaba con fuego”.

Posted by Vera in Lanzarote, Canaries , 17 mars 2009 Italian titles are: 1) Uomini che odiano le donne (literally the same of the original one) 2) La ragazza che giocava col fuoco (idem) 3) La regina dei castelli di carta (literally, it’s “The Queen of paper castles”. “Castelli di carta” means to us aircastle, with the same meaning of “luftslott” and “Luftschloss”, so it’s “the queen of aircastles”. It doesn’t make much sense: aircastles gives the idea of something fake and fragile, but what is the “queen” for? Lisbeth is what all aircastles are based on…) Posted by Maria in Pz, Italy , 9 april 2009 Micael, Interestingly, I came up with the same idea that the guy from Portugal did…it seems both English and Portuguese use the same idiom, which is “house of cards.” To express what you have described for Luftslottet som sprängdes I would render the English as: The house of cards exploded.

Posted by Danthrax in Oxnard, CA, USA , 15 april 2009 In Spanish we have both: castillos en el aire (luftslottet) and castillo de naipes (cards), both mean something unsubstantial, one gives the idea of lacking of grounding, the other of gowing down easilly, anyway,I think castillos en el aire is more suitable, just an opinion. And srpängdes, it does mean explosive” or “solid”?. A swedish dictionary gave me “solid”, which looks apropiate as an oximoron. I agree, Spanish translation is awfull, worst than the english one. Saludos y gracias Posted by Miguel in Buenos Aires, argentina , 22 maj 2009 its anything but creative, but its the german translation that must be crowned the worst. Posted by anoud al muhairi in dubai, uae , 21 juli 2009 I read them in French.

Here are the French titles : 1 – Les hommes qui n’aimaient pas les femmes (“Men who didn’t like women” 2 – La fille qui rêvait d’un bidon d’essence et d’une allumette (“The girl who dreamt about an oil tin and a match”, clearly refering to –SPOILERS– Lisbeth when she tries to kill Zalachenko with oil and a match…) This one’s different from the original tittle, but it is OK to me. 3 – La reine dans le palais des courants d’air (“The queen in the palace of drafts”). This seems quite weird, doesn’t it ? I don’t think it has anything to do with the original title… Funny to see how each translation totally changes thoses titles. Is it so hard to keep close to the Swedish version ?? Posted by Lili from France in Paris , 30 juli 2009 In the netherlands the first 2 titles are correctly translated – Mannen die vrouwen haten – De vrouw die met speelde the third is different.

it’s called ‘gerechtigheid’ which is the same as ‘justice’ Posted by ToosI in Utrecht, Netherlands , 23 augusti 2009 I think it’s a pity that the title for the 3rd book is so different from the original one, when book 1 and 2 follow the Swedish title. They could have used something with “Aircastle” in it, like maybe “Het luchtkasteel dat in rook opging” (The aircastle that went up in smoke) instead of “Gerechtheid”. The one more like a normal title, while the ones for book 1 and 2 are quite unusual. Also “Gerechtigheid” (Justice) was already used for 2 other thrillers, one by Ian Rankin and one by Faye Kellerman, so it’s not a unique title. Posted by Momo in Leiden , 12 september 2009 Wow, those are some really bad translations!

I’m so glad that the Danish titles almost identical with the Swedish 😀 Posted by , 17 september 2009 I am really suprised that in Slovak we have all 3 titles translated punctually identical with the Swedish. I think English title of 1st book is borring and 3rd only continues in line… of mystake! Posted by Doky in Zilina, Slovakia , 13 januari 2010 While I don’t like the use of the “The Girl . . .” construct for all 3 titles in English; I think the title of the first book in Swedish is misguided. I am not sure Larsson knew his main character at that point. He buried the lead! A huge error for a journalist. The second book’s title is OK because it actually refers to Lisbeth’s actions as a girl. In the first she is not a girl and I expect the same is true of the third. Maybe an English title truer to the Swedish meaning would be ‘Blow the house down’ – a reference to the straw and stick houses in childhood nursery rhymes.

Posted by MM in Michigan , 11 April 2010 I like the use of ‘the girl’ in the titles. ‘The Girl With The Dragon Tatoo’ tells me something interesting about Lisbeth. ‘The Girl Who Played With Fire’ is a reference to one of Lisbeth’s ‘solutions’. ‘The Girl Who Kicked The Hornets Nest’ refers to her efforts to upset the sattus que and bring the guilty to justice. I fine the titles relevant. Posted by Rob Heidel in Simi Valley, CA. USA , 11 April 2010 I think the title ‘Men Who Hate Women’, while it is inflammatory and speaks to a certain minority, is not consistant with the story. Neither Michale, Henrik, Dragan or Palmgren hate women. Certainly Bublanski does not either. Does anyone know if MWHW is the title Steig actually chose for the first book? Posted by Rob Heidel in Simi Valley, CA. USA , 11 April 2010 Yes Rob, it was the title he chose. And he had to fight for it against the publisher. He insisted.

Posted by John in Sweden , 12 April 2010 Hey John, Thanks for the reply. I’ll rethink my opinion. What was Steig’s rational for the title? Posted by Rob Heidel in Simi Valley , 12 April 2010 most americans would never pick up a book called ‘men who hate women’ because A. sounds like a self help book B. most women dont like to be hated -my mom would never let me have seen the movie with her let alone start reading the books if it was titled that- C. alot of americans are annoyed with hearing about this type of stuff D. would of caused a huge mess with feminist E. there was actually another self help book called that coming out at the time -moms an pychologist, sorry i know i didnt spell that right- F. it says nothing about what the rest of the series is about let alone the main characters, and gives away a huge piece of the plot.

really if i knew that was the title before i got into this series i would of guessed right away who the killer was -spoiler back when i thought there was a killer- so the girl with the dragon tattoo is a much better title for the first book when u really think about it. also the girl who played with fire is a much less compliacted verison of the orignal. and girl who kicked the hornets nest means poticly lisbeth stired up alot of trouble, but i havent read the 3 book yet -not out in the us plus i just got into this series yesterday and am on the second book- Posted by juicy couture girl , 22 April 2010 Reason for the title of the 1st book? Gottfried & Martin, pherhaps. And a bit of Bjurman, to round it up. Finally, take in mind that Larsson was a leftist, communist, anty-nazist, anty-racist, and… women rights activist. He was also a founder of “Expo” magazine, which was aimed to promote “PC” behaviors in the Sweedish society. So his first book was a kind of his manifesto.

Posted by Rukasu in Warsaw , 19 July 2010 2 Rukasu: not only Gottfried, Martin, Bjurman, but also Wernstrom. there are Russian titles translation: 1.The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo 2.The Girl Who Played With Fire 3.The Girl Who Was Blowing Up Aircastles Posted by salanderwasp in Russia , 26 July 2010 in English it should have been… 1. Forgotten 2. The Girl who played with fire 3. I will let you know when ive finished the last book. Posted by zala in Goteborg , 14 August 2010 I read the book in English so I do not know how accurate it is when it comes to Polish translation of the content. Titles however are prety same as original with small difference. 1- Men Who Hates Women 2- Girl Who Played with Fire 3- Sand Castle which collapsed – i think its quite good translation as Sand Castle is somewhat Polish equivalent to Aircastle Posted by Cyfra in Krakow , 13 November 2010 I didn’t read the books. I had only seen the movies.

In first movie Mikael describes Lisbeth: “She hates man that hates woman”. She fights against them, and that what first film was about in my opinion. So I think the title is pretty accurate. Posted by Elena in Skelleftehamn , 7 December 2010 In Croatian, it’s: – Mu?karci koji mrze ?ene (literally translated from Swedish) – Djevojka koja se igrala vatrom (also literally translated) – Kula u zraku (Castle in the air) Pretty much the same as the original titles! Posted by SalanderFTW in Somewhere, Croatia , 14 January 2011 I actually liked the titles of the English books. That being sad…after hearing what they were translated from I wondered why these titles were chosen. I think the reason The GIRL who played with fire was chosen by Larsson for the 2nd book had more to do with when she was very young and set her father on fire, at that point just a girl. So, it doesn’t make sense to refer to her as “the girl” in the rest of the books.

Posted by Michaela in USA , 19 April 2011 I think the English book titles are ok for an English-speaking audience, particularly an American audience. It’s a tad corny to have The Girl Who did this or had that but it clearly defines the three books as part of a single story (and, for an audience that needed ‘The Madness of George III’ renamed to ‘The Madness of King George’ so they didn’t avoid it on the basis that they hadn’t seen parts I and II, that kind of simplification is important). ‘The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo’ is a weak title because it conjures up an image of a mysterious, unknown character whose only discernible feature is the dragon tattoo. In fact, Salander is introduced by name quite early and her tattoos are all described at that point. The phrase ‘Män som hatar kvinnor’ might have specific overtones in Swedish that don’t translate into English. ‘Men who hate women’ doesn’t fully convey the horror and abuse that the book rails against. I don’t know quite how ‘Les hommes qui n’aimaient pas les femmes’ reads in French but the English translation of that sounds like it’s a book about gay blokes.

I think Larsson intended ‘Män som hatar kvinnor’ to be a strapline for all the Blomqvist/Salander novels and IMHO it works better that way than as the title of the first novel only, for an English-speaking audience. The third novel is more difficult in English – we don’t have the expression ‘castle in the air’. The nearest equivalent I can imagine would be ‘house of cards’ but I doubt that conveys the meaning of ‘castle in the air’, which I understand is more about being an illusion than a shaky foundation. They could have used the Jimi Hendrix song title ‘Castle Made of Sand’, I suppose, following on from Cyfra in Krakow’s description, but again that sounds more like dodgy foundations than an illusion begat of a conspiracy. Posted by genji in Lisbethtown , 20 April 2011 “House of cards” works. “Paper dragons” could work as well.

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Additional site navigation Stieg Larsson | Millenium Trilogy Wiki | Fandom powered by Wikia The Millennium Trilogy Karl Stig-Erland Larsson (known to the world as author Stieg Larsson) was a Swedish journalist and writer, born August 15, 1954 in Skelleftehamn outside Skellefteå in Sweden. He is best known for writing the Millennium Trilogy of crime novels, which was published posthumously. Four years after his death, he was the second best-selling author in the world in 2008, behind Khaled Hosseini, and by March 2010, his Millennium trilogy had sold over 27 million copies in more than 40 different countries. Larsson's first name was actually Stig which is the standard spelling, however in his early twenties, he changed it to avoid confusion with his friend Stig Larsson, who went on to become a famous author many years before Stieg did. At the time, the two friends were amateur photographers and with such similar names, they wished to prevent any misunderstanding. At this point, neither had yet to published a book, but they wished to avoid confusion as they were working in the same field.

Stieg, in later years, would tell the story that the two men had tossed a coin to decide who was to change his name, but this account is disputed by Stig Larsson. Unable to avoid all confusion, the pronunciation of both versions is the same regardless of spelling. Contents Edit Larsson started out as a political activist for the Kommunistiska Arbetareförbundet (Communist Workers League), as well as a photographer, and proclaimed himself one of Sweden's leading science fiction fans. Politically, he was the editor of the Swedish Trotskyist journal Fjärde Internationalen, a journal of the Swedish section of the Fourth International. He was also a regular writer for the weekly Internationalen. In 1977, Larsson spent time training a squad of female Eritrean People's Liberation Front guerrillas in the use of grenade launchers in Eritrea until he was forced to abandon that work dafter having contracted a kidney disease. After his return to Sweden, he found work as a graphic designer at the largest Swedish news agency, Tidningarnas Telegrambyrå (TT) between 1977 and 1999.

Larsson's political convictions and journalistic experiences led him to found the Swedish Expo Foundation, an organization similar to the British Searchlight Foundation. This was established to "counteract the growth of the extreme right and the white power-culture in schools and among young people." He also became the editor of the foundation's magazine, Expo, in 1995. In his off time, he worked on his own independent research project chronicling right-wing extremism in Sweden. His research resulted in his first book Right-wing extremism ("Extremhögern") in 1991. Larsson would quickly become instrumental in the documentation and ultimate exposure of Swedish extreme right and racist organizations. He was also an influential debater and lecturer on the subject, reportedly living for years under death threats from his political enemies. Legacy Edit Upon his unexpected death, Larsson left behind manuscripts of three completed but unpublished novels in an unnamed series. He had written them for his own pleasure in his spare time after returning home from his job in the evenings, and made no attempt to have them published until shortly before his death.

The first was published in Sweden in 2005 as Män som hatar kvinnor ("Men who hate women"), published in English as The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo . It garnered the prestigious "Glass Key" award as the best Nordic crime novel in 2005. Following in suit, his second novel, Flickan som lekte med elden ( The Girl Who Played with Fire by it's English title), won the Best Swedish Crime Novel Award in 2006. The third novel in the Millennium trilogy, Luftslottet som sprängdes ("The air castle that was blown up"), published in English as The Girl Who Kicked the Hornets' Nest , was published in the United States in May of 2010. Larsson left about three quarters of a fourth novel on a notebook computer, now possessed by his partner, Eva Gabrielsson; synopses or manuscripts of the fifth and sixth in the series, which he intended to contain an eventual total of ten books, are also rumored to exist.

The Swedish film production company Yellow Bird has produced film versions of the Millennium Trilogy, co-produced with The Danish film production company Nordisk Film and TV company, which were released in Scandinavia in 2009. Sony Pictures Entertainment has obtained the rights to make its own big-budget English language version of the trilogy, news which has received mixed reactions from fans of the series. Posthumous Fame Death Larsson died in Stockholm November 9, 2004 at the age of 50 of a sudden heart attack. Rumors continue to circulate, because of death threats received as editor of Expo, that his death was in some way induced. These theories have always been denied by Eva Gedin, his Swedish publisher.

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8 it was announced that an alleged will had been found, written in 1977.

In the will, which surfaced suspiciously soon after Larsson's death, "Larsson" declares that his wish is to leave his assets to the Umeå branch of the Communist Workers League (now the Socialist Party). Since the will was not witnessed, it was not valid under Swedish law, and as a result all of Larsson's estate, including future royalties from book sales and films, go to his father and brother. Larsson's long term lover Eva Gabrielsson (pictured), who found the will, has no legal right to the inheritance, sparking controversy between her, and his father and brother. According to reports, the two never married because it would have been a security risk since, under Swedish law, couples entering into marriage are required to make their current addresses publicly available. Owing to his reporting on extremist groups and the death threats he had received, the couple had obtained legal anonymity in regard to their addresses, personal data and identity numbers from public records, in an attempt make it harder for individuals in the public sector to trace them. This "identity cover" was crucial in his work as a journalist and would have been difficult to bypass if the two had lawfully married or become legally registered partners.

A recent article in Vanity Fair magazine discusses Gabrielsson's dispute with Larsson's relatives, which has also been well covered in the Swedish press. In it, she claims the author had little contact with his father and brother and requests the rights to control his work so it may be presented in the way he would have wanted. Larsson's story was also featured on the October 10, 2010 segment of CBS News Sunday Morning. In this segment Larsson's family claims the fourth and as yet unpublished book is actually the fifth book. Literary Background Edit Throughout his written works, as well as in several interviews, Larsson acknowledged that a significant number of his literary influences were American and British crime/detective fiction authors. Similarities can be drawn between Lisbeth and Carol O'Connell's "Mallory," who first appeared in Mallory's Oracle in 1994. In his own work he made a habit of inserting the names of some of his favorites within the text as an homage, sometimes even by making his characters actually read the works of his own favorite authors. Most notably were Sara Paretsky, Agatha Christie, Val McDermid, Dorothy Sayers and Enid Blyton.

One of the strongest influences originates from his own country: Pippi Longstocking, by Sweden's much-loved children's author Astrid Lindgren. Larsson explained that one of his main recurring characters in the Millennium series, Lisbeth Salander, is actually fashioned on a grown-up Pippi Longstocking as he chose to sketch her. There are also similarities between Larsson's Lisbeth Salander and Peter O'Donnell's Modesty Blaise. Both are women from disastrous childhoods who somehow survive to become adults with notable skills, including fighting, and who accomplish good by operating somewhat outside the law. One of Larsson's villains, Ronald Niedermann (a.k.a. "blond hulk"), has much in common with the invulnerable, sociopathic giant named Simon Delicata in the fourth Modesty Blaise book A Taste for Death. Personal Life Edit As recounted by himself, when Larsson was 15 years old he witnessed the gang rape of a girl, which led to his lifelong abhorrence toward violence and abuse against women. The author never forgave himself for failing to help the girl, whose name was Lisbeth - like the young heroine of his books, who is also a rape victim.

This haunting memory was what inspired the themes of sexual violence against women in his books. Bibliography Stieg Larsson, Anna-Lena Lodenius: Extremhögern, Stockholm, 1991 Stieg Larsson, Mikael Ekman: Sverigedemokraterna: den nationella rörelsen, Stockholm, 2001 Stieg Larsson, Cecilia Englund: Debatten om hedersmord: feminism eller rasism, Stockholm, 2004 Richard Slätt, Maria Blomquist, Stieg Larsson, David Lagerlöf m.fl.: Sverigedemokraterna från insidan, 2004 Fiction Edit The Millennium series: Män som hatar kvinnor ("Men Who Hate Women"), 2005. English translation by Reg Keeland under the title The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo, January 2008. US release September 16, 2008. Flickan som lekte med elden ("The Girl Who Played with Fire"), 2006. English translation by Reg Keeland under the title The Girl Who Played with Fire, January 2009.

US release July 28, 2009. Luftslottet som sprängdes ("The Air Castle that was Blown up"), 2007. English translation by Reg Keeland under the title The Girl Who Kicked the Hornets' Nest, October 2009 (UK release). US release date May, 2010. Periodicals edited Stieg Larsson, Signed - AbeBooks Stieg Larsson, Signed Results (1 - 21) of 21 Sort By Published by Columna Edicions, Barcelona (2008) Used Encuadernaciï¿½n de tapa blanda First Edition Signed Quantity Available: 1 Destination, Rates & Speeds Item Description: Columna Edicions, Barcelona, 2008. Encuadernación de tapa blanda. Book Condition: Aceptable. Dust Jacket Condition: Aceptable. Novela (illustrator). 1ª Edición. Traducció d'Alexandre Gombau Arnau i Núria Vives. El servei de contra reemborsament té un cost addicional de 3 euros. Sello del anterior propietario.

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Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. 1st Edition. Knopf, New York, 2010. Hardcover. First Edition. Signed. Book Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. First U. S. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. A Very Good condition, with minor slant in spine, and notes from prior owner on half-title page and promotional page. SIGNED by the translator, Reg Keeland, on the half title page. Bubble wrapped and shipped in a well padded, sturdy box. Satisfaction guaranteed. Third and final novel in the trilogy featuring Lisbeth Salander and Mikael Blomkvist, a most unusual pair of heroes. Signed by Author(s). Bookseller Inventory # ABE-18861336438 Published by Knopf, NY (2010) Used Hardcover First Edition Signed Quantity Available: 1 Destination, Rates & Speeds Item Description: Knopf, NY, 2010. Hardcovers. Book Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. First Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

First US edition, first prnt. Translated by Reg Keeland. Signed by Keeland on the title page. Book a little shaken, spine ends pushed with tiny bottom edge tear; foil dustjacket rubbed. Very Good conditiuon in a Very Good dustjacket with an archival cover. Signed by Translator. Bookseller Inventory # 7125 ISBN 10: 1847245560 ISBN 13: 9781847245564 Used Hardcover First Edition Signed Quantity Available: 1 Destination, Rates & Speeds Item Description: Maclehose Press, 2009. Hardcover. Book Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. First Edition. 2009. Hardback. Fine. First UK Edition. First Print. Book is signed, on the title page, by the Translator, Reg Keeland. This is the Second book in the Millennium Trilogy. Dust jacket is protected with a Mylar cover. Books are packed and shipped in boxes. Signed by Author. Hardback.

Bookseller Inventory # 3112 ISBN 10: 030726999X ISBN 13: 9780307269997 Used Hardcover First Edition Signed Quantity Available: 1 Destination, Rates & Speeds Item Description: KNOPF, New York, 2010. Hardcover. Book Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. First Edition/First Printing. A square solid tight clean un -read as new copy. Book three of the Dragon Tattoo trilogy. Great book, great series, great author. This copy has been signed by the translator Reg Keeland. The purchase includes a copy of my ticket to the event and a picture of Reg signing books. THIS COPY IS IN MY POSSESSION AND NORMALLY SHIPS NEXT DAY. Signed Copy. Book. Bookseller Inventory # 027117 ISBN 10: 0307269981 ISBN 13: 9780307269980 Used Hardcover First Edition Signed Quantity Available: 1 Destination, Rates & Speeds Item Description: KNOPF, New, 2009.

Hardcover. Book Condition: Very Good +. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. First Edition/First Printing. A square solid tight carefully read copy. This copy has some light pagedge soil, several pages that have a short light edge crimp, a bubble in the middle of the orange paper covering the rear board which looks like someone got into a hurry during the binding process and didn't spread glue evenly. The 25.95 jacket has some light rubbing wear, minor edgewear. With all of the above still a nice first printing of the sequel to The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo and the second of a trilogy by the late author. His 2nd book. This copy has been signed by the translator, Reg Keeland. The purchase of this copy will include a copy of my ticket to the signing event and a picture of Reg signing books. THIS COPY IS IN MY POSSESSION AND NORMALLY SHIPS NEXT DAY. Signed Copy. Book. Bookseller Inventory # 026812 Destination, Rates & Speeds Item Description: Knopf, New York, 2009. Hardcover. Book Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine.

FIRST PRINTING, FIRST UNITED STATES EDITION (stated on copyright page, no other printings indicated) Knopf 2009. SIGNED by the TRANSLATOR (Reg Keeland) directly on the Title Page in red ink to match the jacket. Dust Jacket Bright, Clean, no wear, no stickers, not price clipped ($25.95), now protected in Brodart cover. Text Clean, no marks. No remainder mark. Binding Tight and Square. Small dent on top of front board. Not ex-library. Not book club. Fast shipping from Dry, Smoke-Free home, carefully packed in bubble-wrap and shipped in a box. Email Confirmation with Tracking Number. First US Edition, First Printing, Signed by Translator. Bookseller Inventory # B373 L111 Destination, Rates & Speeds Item Description: Maclehose Press, London, 2009. Hardcover. Book Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. FIRST UK EDITION, FIRST PRINTING (full number line to 1) Maclehose Press, London, 2009. SIGNED by the TRANSLATOR (Reg Keeland) directly on Title Page in blue ink to match the cover.

FINE/FINE. Dust Jacket Bright in Brodart protective cover, Clean, not price clipped (ï¿½16.99). Text Clean, no marks. No remainder mark. Binding Tight and Square. Not ex-library. Not book club. Carefully packed and shipped in a Box from Dry, Smoke-Free home. Email Confirmation with Tracking Number. International ships Global Priority (Air). First UK Edition, First Printing, Signed by Translator. Bookseller Inventory # B311 L106 Destination, Rates & Speeds Item Description: Alfred a Knopf Inc, Westminister, Maryland, U.S.A., 2009. Hardcover. Book Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. 1st Edition. Binding is clean, tight and straight w/ sharp corners; bumped at the tail and lightly bumped at the head of the spine; dust jkt is clean and bright w/ no tears or stains; light wrinkle at head of spine; not price clipped or remaindered. Wrapped in Brodart mylar. The second book in internationally acclaimed crime fiction trilogy featuring Lisbeth Salander. This copy is SIGNED BY TRANSLATOR REG KEELAND in orange ink, matching the cover.

A truly unique collectors item. Signed by Translator. Book. Bookseller Inventory # 000840 Destination, Rates & Speeds Item Description: Alfred a Knopf Inc, Westminister, Maryland, U.S.A., 2010. Hardcover. Book Condition: New. Dust Jacket Condition: New. 1st Edition. Brand New - Unread - Binding is clean, tight and straight; light smudge on bottom page edges; light bump at head of spine; dust jkt is clean, tight and straight w/ no tears or stains; light riffle along top edge at head of spine. Wrapped in Brodart mylar. The third and final installment of one of the greatest series and greatest characters in modern crime fiction. This copy is SIGNED BY TRANSLATOR REG KEELAND in silver ink, matching the cover. a truly unique collectors item. Signed by Translator. Book. Bookseller Inventory # 000839 Destination, Rates & Speeds Item Description: KNOPF, New York, 2008. Hardcover. Book Condition: N-Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. First Edition/First Printing. A square solid tight carefully read copy.

This copy has some light pagedge soil, some light board edgewear. Any other questions about this copy give me a call. The 24.95 jacket has a short nearly invisible scratch on the rear panel. A pretty nice over-all copy of the First US edition, a First Printing of a novel that has been re-printed so many times in hardcover that I have lost count. First novel, first book of a trilogy from the now dead author. Great read as is book two and three. We lost a great talent when this man died. This copy has been signed by the translator, Reg Keeland. The purchase of this copy will include a copy of my ticket to the signing, a picture of Reg signing books, a new DVD of the movie, a copy of the book Steig Larsson Our Days in Stockholm by a close friend Kurdo Baksi and a previewed copy of the audiobook in CD format.THIS COPY IS IN MY POSSESSION AND NORMALLY SHIPS NEXT DAY. Signed Copy. Book. Bookseller Inventory # 027363 Destination, Rates & Speeds Item Description: Maclehose Press, London, 2009. Book Condition: Fine.

Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. FIRST UK EDITION, FIRST PRINTING (complete number line to 1) Maclehose Press, London, 2009. SIGNED by the TRANSLATOR (Reg Keeland) directly on Title Page in green ink to match the cover. FINE/FINE. Dust Jacket Bright in Brodart protective cover, Clean, no wear, no tears, not price clipped (Â£18.99). Text Clean, no marks. No remainder mark. Binding Tight and Square. Not ex-library. Not book club. Books are Carefully Packed and Shipped Daily with Delivery Confirmation from Dry, Smoke-Free shop. Complete Satisfaction Guaranteed. First UK Edition, First Printing, Signed by Translator. Bookseller Inventory # 374 L117 Destination, Rates & Speeds Item Description: Maclehose Press, UK, 2010. Hardcover. Book Condition: New. Dust Jacket Condition: None issued. 1st Edition. This is the limited boxed set of the Millennium Trilogy, with a 4th volume, "Afterword", with translated e-mail exchanges with the author regarding the Millennium books.

The highly-acclaimed "Millennium Trilogy" by Stieg Larsson, comprising "The Girl With The Dragon tattoo", "The Girl Who Played With Fire" and "The Girl Who Kicked the Hornet's Nest", as well as an additional volume of supplementary essays and ephemera. These 4 books, presented in a slipcase, are (unlike the general release of this 1st edition boxed set*) all signed - the novels by Reg Keeland (translator), with the fourth volume being signed and dated by Christoffer Petterson (the artist of the drawing of Stieg in this volume). Synopsis for "The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo" : Forty years ago, Harriet Vanger disappeared from a family gathering on the island owned and inhabited by the powerful Vanger clan. Her body was never found, yet her uncle is convinced it was murder - and that the killer is a member of his own tightly knit but dysfunctional family. He employs disgraced financial journalist Mikael Blomkvist and the tattooed, truculent computer hacker Lisbeth Salander to investigate. When the pair link Harriet's disappearance to a number of grotesque murders from forty years ago, they begin to unravel a dark and appalling family history.

But the Vangers are a secretive clan, and Blomkvist and Salander are about to find out just how far they are prepared to go to protect themselves. Synopsis for "The Girl Who Played With Fire" : Lisbeth Salander is a wanted woman. Two Millennium journalists about to expose the truth about sex trafficking in Sweden are murdered, and Salander's prints are on the weapon. Her history of unpredictable and vengeful behaviour makes her an official danger to society - but no-one can find her. Mikael Blomkvist, editor-in-chief of Millennium, does not believe the police. Using all his magazine staff and resources to prove Salander's innocence, Blomkvist also uncovers her terrible past, spent in criminally corrupt institutions. Yet Salander is more avenging angel than helpless victim. She may be an expert at staying out of sight - but she has ways of tracking down her most elusive enemies. Synopsis for "The Girl Who Kicked the Hornet's Nest" : Salander is plotting her revenge - against the man who tried to kill her, and against the government institutions that very nearly destroyed her life. But it is not going to be a straightforward campaign.

After taking a bullet to the head, Salander is under close supervision in Intensive Care, and is set to face trial for three murders and one attempted murder on her eventual release. With the help of journalist Mikael Blomkvist and his researchers at Millennium magazine, Salander must not only prove her innocence, but identify and denounce the corrupt politicians that have allowed the vulnerable to become victims of abuse and violence. Once a victim herself, Salander is now ready to fight back. Product details : Boxed set comprising revised hardback editions, with maps, of The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo, The Girl Who Played with Fire and The Girl Who Kicked the Hornets' Nest, plus a fourth volume containing essays by those who knew and worked with the author, as well as other original material. Extra material in the fourth volume includes an essay by Eva Gedin, Larsson's publisher, on working with the author; an email correspondence between Larsson and Eva Gedin; an essay by John-Henri Holmberg, placing Stieg Larsson in the context of the resurgence of Scandinavian crime writing; maps and photographs. Signed by Translator.

Bookseller Inventory # 000522 Destination, Rates & Speeds Item Description: Maclehose Press, London, 2010. Boxed Set. Book Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: None, as issued. DELUXE UK BOXED EDITION, FIRST PRINTING (stated) Maclehose Press, London, 2010. All 3 SGNED BY THE TRANSLATOR (Reg Keeland) on the Title Pages in colored pens to match the covers. NEW, Unread. Shrink-wrap opened for the signing and to verify First Printings. Slipcase Like New, no damage. Boards Like New (no dust jackets, as issued). Text Clean, no marks. Includes 4th volume of essays and poster. All in mint condition. No remainder mark. Not ex-library. Not book club. Books are Carefully Packed and Shipped Daily with Delivery Confirmation from Dry, Smoke-Free shop. Complete Satisfaction Guaranteed. First UK Edition Thus, First Printing, Signed by Translator. Bookseller Inventory # 727 L150 Destination, Rates & Speeds Item Description: Maclehose Press/ Quercus, London, 2010.

Hardcover. Book Condition: New. 1st Edition. 4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall. For a BONUS, I will include a brand new, signed, first printing of Eva Gabrielsson's apologia about her 32 year life with Larsson, her writing collaboration with him on the trilogy, her case for a share of his estate, and the status of a possible fourth volume to extend the trilogy. Treat yourself with a spectacular set of the three volume Millennium Trilogy- The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo,The Girl Who Played with Fire,a nd The Girl Who Kicked the Hornet's Nest-- each signed by translator Reg Keeland plus an additional volume of essays from Larsson's co-publisher at Expo journal-the model for Millennium,from Eva Gedin and Svante Weyler, his first editors and a 28"x18" poster of thirty-six dust jacket covers of the trilogy as published worldwide. I will also include copies of email correspondence with translator Reg Keeland on his work with Larsson's Swedish publisher following the author's death. Each hardback volume from the original British publishers is signed by Keeland, is published without dust jackets and is collected in a dragon-logo printed boxed set.

Signed by Author(s). Bookseller Inventory # 000045 Stieg Larsson’s Millennium trilogy | Michael John Grist | Michael John Grist Stieg Larsson’s Millennium trilogy MJG Book / Movie Reviews 4 Comments I watched the first part of Stieg Larsson’s Milennium trilogy; The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo, in movie form last week, and was seriously impressed. The next day I went out to buy the two sequels, The Girl who Played with Fire and The Girl who Kicked the Hornet’s Nest, and finished them both in less than a week- despite their enormous size of over 700 pages each. They’re fast-paced investigative thrillers set in Sweden, starring a philandering reporter called Mikael Blomkvist and a seriously screwed-up hacker called Lisbeth Salander, who team up to uncover abominable acts of violence against women committed in the past. The success of the books lies in making us furious about these outrageous acts, making us want to step in and strangle the violators ourselves. This fury drives us rampaging towards the end, hoping for the balance to be reset in a moment of cathartic and bloody revenge.

For the English translation two of the books were re-titled, borrowing The Girl who… motif from the second book, which kept its title intact. The first was originally titled Men who Hate Women (Män som hatar kvinnor), and that’s almost exclusively what they’re about, violence and hatred towards women expressed in many different ways. You’ll probably be disturbed by some of the scenes in these books. There is just a lot of murder, rape, and violence. There’s a high incidence of pejoratives like bitch, whore, etc… Characters Lisbeth Salander is what makes it all manageable, though. She is a victim, but she doesn’t have the mentality of one. On the contrary, she is a bad-ass. Despite all the awful stuff she went through in life, she has never quit, and never had her spirit broken, and that makes her lethal. She doesn’t follow social conventions, and thinks nothing of taking people out who get in her way. Mikael Blomkvist is a pudgy old dude by comparison, useless in a fight, with no cut-throat edge, except for in his reporting.

In that he is a star, feared by the establishment for his ability to bring the corrupt tumbling down from their high perches in infamous exposes. He’s also a total player, sleeping around freely but with no sense of exploitation about him. All the women he hooks up with know what he’s like. He tells them what he’s like. Is it his fault they fall in love with him? It’s interesting to think about Blomkvist as an exception to the themes of Men who Hate Women. He hurts a lot of women with his cavalier attitude to love and relationships, but that’s clearly not his intention. His crime seems to be one of ignorance- he doesn’t get it that he’s a serial heart-breaker. In the morality of the Millennium books, that’s OK. And if we think about it, we’d proably have to agree. If he was going around having secret wives and families in different towns, lying to each of them, that would be bad. But he’s totally up front about all his relations. He sleeps with his editor, even though she’s married, and her husband knows about it and gives his consent.

It’s weird, but also it’s hard to be mad at him when he’s so earnest and honest. Stories One of the beauties of the Millennium trilogy is the way everything is connected. Things that happen in book 1 will come to have much greater importance in books 2 and 3. There are so many plot threads set up, so many bad guys introduced, that it seems like Stieg Larsson could have gone on writing Salander books endlessly. I read that he had 10 books sketched out in all. Unfortunately he died in 2004, with only the first three completed. There’s been talk of his partner finishing up the fourth (of which he wrote about two thirds), and of someone possibly writing the fifth and sixth from outline, but we’ll have to wait and see. The story begins with Salander under guardianship. She has been declared incompetent and unable to manage her own affairs. This puts her in a situation of powerlessness, which you can imagine she despises. Blomkvist starts out in trouble for publishing a false expose, and banishes himself to some cold hinterland where he gets stuck into an investigation of a 40-year old murder for an eccentric billionaire.

Salander gets pulled into the chase, and things develop from there. Books 2 and 3 both pick up immediately after the previous book left off, and push the story both forwards and backwards in time simultaneously, as their current enemies plot for the future and they dig into the past for answers. Verdict They’re great books, and I have only a few gripes. One- Too many names. There are a lot of characters, and many of those characters have first, last, and nicknames, and are referred to by all of them variously. Also it’s hard to know with Swedish names if they’re female of male. For a long time I thought Kalle was a diferent person, but no, it’s one of Blomkvist’s nicknames. The other names he goes by are Mikael and Micke. His editor Erika sometimes goes by Berger or Ricky. Plus many Swedish names sound similar, or are quite common so are repeated. There were multiple Nils’, Eriksson’s, along with Niederman’s and Niemenin’s, Sonny’s and Sondheim’s, and so forth. After a while I stopped trying to keep track of all but the most important ones.

Perhaps if I’d read the first book though (instead of watching the movie) this would have been less of a problem. Two- So much hatred? I got a bit suspicious about the large proportion of men who hate women in the books. So many of them think in terms of bitch and whore. Perhaps this is real life, or real life in Sweden, but it seemed like a lot to me. Three- Slow pace. A final gripe would be how the books can sometimes be quite slow. We get into the minutiae of how each investigation is proceeding, who is buying the coffee, who is taking the photos, who is sleeping now and who is awake, who is reading what magazine and report, and who wrote it. At times the books feel a lot like a diary. There are large chunks of book 2 where Salander is waking up, going to buy Billy’s Pan Pizza, reading some stuff on the Internet, then going back to sleep. Nothing happens. In can be frustrating, and tempted me to skip ahead. On the whole, great books. I read that all of them have already been made into Swedish movies, with 2 and 3 released on Swedish TV. I’ll go look for them now.

The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo- The movie was 5 stars. The Girl who Played with Fire – 4 stars for a lot of slow bits in the middle. The Girl who Kicked the Hornet’s Nest– 5 stars for great denouement and catharsis.

Question: What is the English title of the first book of Stieg Larsson's 'Millennium' trilogy?
Answer: THE GIRL WITH THE DRAGON TATTOO