The Girl Who Kicked the Hornets' Nest
(Castles in the Sky)
Luftslottet som sprängdes
© Stieg Larsson 2007, Norstedts Förlag, Stockholm
I just had an epiphany!
As a result of the extraordinarily addictive power of these books, I think that Larsson has managed to create one more phenomenon in addition to the quality of his writing. That is, for the first time since I can recall, an English speaker is truly at a disadvantage in accessing literature! The English translation is hotly anticipated not only by myself but by the looks of this blog, many others. Although unintentional, I think the fact that the translation into English is delayed should remind those who only speak/read English and therefore who've had pretty easy access in terms of language may want to address that discrepancy. I know I will! It's time to take up French and German again - and STICK with it this time!!!!!
I like to think that Larsson would enjoy this little by-product of his brain-child xx
- Baroness von Coma, Melbourne, 2 July 2009
Unfortunately I don't read Swedish and so I have to wait until the third instalment of the trilogy is translated into English! Damn...I just finished "Fire" at 2am this morning and I'm already frothing at the mouth for the sequel! Is there ANY possibility that the publication date will be brought forward from October??? You've created addicts out here and we need to know who's holding ;)
- Baroness von Coma, Melbourne, 2 July 2009
So, I just finished the third book (in Spanish), after reading the first two in English and I have to insist that Lisbeth Salander deserves all our passion. That said, I liked the book as a conclusion of the second one (I mean, it's really one book in two parts) but it could have benefited from tighter editing. There is a lot of unnecessary stuff in the book and not enough Lisbeth. The best scenes, of her and her hacker friends, are sacrificed to give us page after page of conspiracy theories that feel stale.
Also, it jars me that every woman who bumps into Blomkvist ends up with her panties in her hands. Seriously! Larsson's fantasies take the better of his alter-ego. What bothers me is that for someone who is all about justice, the guy is shallow in his approach to women. (I'd have liked to read a sequel where he's the one pinning.)
I'm so happy about the ending for Lisbeth.
- Adridere from Everywhere, 1 July 2009
Hi
I've just finished the 2nd book and there is no way I can wait until Nov for the 3rd one to be published in the UK.
Come on Quercus! You can't do that to us.
So that this excellent writer died so soon.
They're ones of the best books I ever read! Well don
- Laurencia from London, 29 June 2009
I've just been travelling around Italy for the last month where I stumbled across the first two books. Finding books in English was challenging (and understandably so) and the first two books kept me mesmerized on the many trips on trains, planes and automobiles.
It's saddening that we'll only have one more book from this great author. I am looking forward to it's release in Australia in 2010...
Thank you Stieg for adding such rich stories to the literary world
- Yogi, Australia, 29 June 2009
Meritxell, Cataluña is not a country ;)
I just read the first of the series, and I was wondering why the titles change so much. "The girl with the dragon tattoo" is Lisbeth indeed, but although she's a main character, the argument is not around her but Harriet's disappearance, isn't it? In Spain the title is "Men who didn't love women" and I've read somewhere that the original title is "Men who hated women", which is a bit confusing at first as you expect a mistery tale, but then it's clearly resolved
To me, that book is a social denunciation disguised as a mistery story :P
Then, I have to say something about the movie. I saw it before reading the book and you get a big spoiler from the second book in the first film. See, there's a scene where Lisbeth has a flashback of her throwing an oil can and setting fire to a man (you come to think it's his father) and the prologue from "The girl who played with fire" is a girl (looks like kidnapped or something) wishing to do exactly that.
So you obviously come to think that the girl in the prologue of the second book is Lisbeth, and I haven't read further but if Larsson wanted to keep her identity secret till the end of the book, the film has ruined it.
- Lyanna, 26 June 2009
OMG can't wait for the 3rd book.Like Carol said..gotta be patient.
- Anna, usa, 25 June 2009
I savored the last hundred pages of the girl who Played with fire. I went out for the day and came back home reluctantly to finish it. It was such an enjoyable read, as was the first book. I went on line to check about the next one and see it won't be out till Oct/09 at earliest...Darn! Wish I could read Swedish. Perhaps I could try to find the french version translation.
I will just have to Be patient. Excellent series, so sad that he is gone and there will be no more!
- Carol- Anne M-D Ontario Canada, 25 June 2009
Don't use this blogs to claim a language is better than other one please...
- , 24 June 2009
Just read on Wilkipedia that at his death he left an unfinished manuscript of part of a 4th novel as well as synopses of a 5th & 6th in the series. Also stated the series intended to contain an eventual total of 10 books. Wonder if anyone will ghost write them
- Shirley Richards Australia, 22 June 2009
Do we really have to wait sooo long for the 3rd book????
- Karin Weavill Harrismith South Africa, 21 June 2009
Hi! im spanish! and i would like the first part of the book in English, when talks about women in wars! please i need it but in englis cause i dont look it for! THANKS!
- Jossssepppe, 19 June 2009
Hello!
I 'm from Barcelona and have in my hands the third part!
I have bought it today!
And I can't stop reading! .. by the way..I read it, in my language, the Catalan,
a language of a small country..
We have gone forward to the omnipresent English.. for once!..Haha!
Good reading!
- Meritxell, Barcelona, 19 June 2009
Hi guys,
For those who live in live UK the third book should be released sometime in November 2009.
hope that help.
i've purchased mine on amazon website...won't receive until early Nov.....now im starting to get very impatient! >_<
- Yinn, London, 18 June 2009
Dear Adry Lopez,
I knew he was dead ever since I read the 1st. book. I was just wondering that maybe, just before he died, he would be working on a possible 4th book. Now that I´ve read more of the mails in these boards I could see that it is possible. Best regards.
- Regina Fonseca - Brazil, 18 June 2009
isnt' English one will be released in Autumn 2009?
- , 18 June 2009
could not put the book down before finishing it, late Mr Larsson had a gift of keeping the reader hooked, its such a pity that the third sequel will be released only in 2010, its a lo......ng wait
- Ravi Maheshwari , India, 18 June 2009
Hello Regina.
Mr. Larsson has been dead for a while.
- Adry Lopez, 18 June 2009
I´ve just finished no. 3, which I had to read in French (beautiful translation). I just wondered if Mr. Larsson had plans for a new series - or a 4t. book - with Lisbeth´s sister as main character. Don´t you all think that Mr. Larsson had more cooking in the oven?
I adored the Millenium series!
- Regina Fonseca - Brazil, 18 June 2009
The most amazing literature I have read in a very long time. So beautifully exciting and agonising so between the the excellent structure the suspense is absolutely overwhelming
- Carmen Auer, 16 June 2009
hola soy española y me quedan solamente12 dias de dulce espera.ha sido como un embarazo:ilusion imaginacion,nervios,deseo,va a ser un verano feliz con larson.el nos vera disfrutar desde el cielo
- johnny albox españa, 16 June 2009
I am waiting for the third book! I can't wait for so long, please release it soon....
- Ni, 14 June 2009
Fantastic books, I dont want to wait intil 2010 for the next one, I want to read it NOW !!!!
Best read I have had in ages.....................brilliant.
- Lani Sydney Australia, 14 June 2009
My english teacher recomended this books to me.
I love it.
I can't wait for the third.
Claire
- , 13 June 2009
Please tell me when No 3 is due in english - have so much enjoyed Nos 1 and 2. Can't wait for the third to come...
Berni, Ireland
- Berni, 12 June 2009
Was recommended to these books by two saleswomen in the English bookstore in Zurich, Switzerland. Totally love both books, cannot wait for the 3rd one, which has not been translated to English yet. So sad that the author died at 50 and did not live to see how successful his books were.
- fran goldberg, 11 June 2009
Just finished reading the second book this afternoon. I didn't want it to end! Looking forward to the next one. Any chance of an English film - the trailers look great.
- Rachel, Ireland, 10 June 2009
I read the first one in English, second one in Spanish and had to read the third one so i am reading in French, it starts where the second one left off. It is keeping me busy... very engrossing.
- could not wait in USA, 10 June 2009
Have just finished the third (and last) book, wow. Really, really hoping that the family will release the fourth book.. I can't get enought....
- Jensen, Denmark, 10 June 2009
lovely series with vivid characters. love how the second book, The Girl That Played With Fire ends, in a semi cliff hanger sort of way. Cant wait to read the third and last book.
- Lulu Darlington, 8 June 2009
I too just finished the second book...........looking forward to the third. Can't wait
- Kim ,Forster NSW Aust, 8 June 2009
I just finished "The girl who played with fire" I love this series and I can't wait for the final story. Mr. Larrson had such a gift what a loss!
- Molly ---California, USA, 8 June 2009
you can pre order the third book (english) the girl who kicked the hornets nest at amazon, due for release 1st october, mind you thats amazon.co.uk, im not sure about .au.
Anyway cant wait, they're great reads, what a loss
- john/newcastle,australia, 7 June 2009
The french translation is great. Francophones, the THREE BOOKS are available on the site of FNAC.
I could learn about swedish people, and I would like to know if the described places are real. Stockhlom seams a nice city. Thank for all Stieg...Did you let some mistery anywhere ?
- Eugenie - Portugal, 6 June 2009
Can't wait for the 3rd book! I am so extremely excited about it. I've been so disappointed when I saw the release date being january 2010, that change just got me all happy!
- Anastasia/ Paris France, 5 June 2009
Can you prepurchase the 3rd book - the girl who kicked the hornets' nest?
- Andrew / Melbourne Australia, 4 June 2009
If the third book will be released in english Oct 1, when will it be available in Australia?
- Shannon/Australia, 4 June 2009
To all who miss Larsson and Salander. Catch my thriller novel, Nelson's Payback. An exciting read and more to come. George Vassallo
- George Vassallo/Alexandria, VA, 4 June 2009
Third book will be released 1st October in English. It was supposed to come out only in 2010 but since its popularity is increasing they had to rush things up!
- , 2 June 2009
I am in Europe next week and hoping that the third book is available in English, wish I had stuck with the Swedish lessons!
- CSB Australia, 2 June 2009
I am desperate to read the 3rd book in English and prefer paperback to hardcover..surely we don't have to wait until 2010? They say the film will be out before this which is not good.
Marg, 1st June 2009
- , 2 June 2009
When does the third book come out in the U.S ? Hope it's sooner than 2010!!
- Yoli, 30 May 2009
What is the name of the 3rd book & is it available in Australia yet? Thank you.
- julier@hsn.net.au, 29 May 2009
The book has been released in Europe, maybe you can buy it by Internet...
- Blom, 28 May 2009
I finished the 2nd book today, but i can't wait for read next... Great book!!! Too bad just it'ill release in 2010...
- Eduardo, São Paulo, 27 May 2009
i have just finished the first one and didnt leave my couch for two days they are a work of art. does any body know the conspiracy surrounding larssons death?
- , 27 May 2009
Oh to be multilingual and so read volume III in the trilogy series. Vol II was the most exciting page turner I've read in years. These are well crafted novels and can't wait for vol III
- DH, 27 May 2009
I've read them all...... Fantastic!!!
Three good stories, great characters...
- Frank from The Netherlands, 25 May 2009
I've just finished it in Italian and should I dare to say it is my favourite??
- Alessandro, perugia, 25 May 2009
Hi, when we will have the third book in Brazil ?
- Claudia, 24 May 2009
Armando: it will be published in Spanish in June 18 by Editorial Destino (Barcelona-España)
isbn-978-84-233-4161-0
good luck!
- Isabel, Madrid, 22 May 2009
yes, have just finished the second book and would love to read the 3rd one - in English please, how may I obtain it.
Buderim, Qld Australia 22 May 09
- mozzieg@gmail.com, 22 May 2009
i know this is just a comment board, but can someone pleeease tell me when the 3rd book will be out in english and where i can get it? im dying! if you know, please email me at LOMango@aol.com thank you!
- , 21 May 2009
Another addicated one!! Loved them both, though I found the second one a bit more repetitive than the first, he seemed to go over the plot line a lot. From Sydney Australia
- , 20 May 2009
I read the three books
- "Verblendung"
- "Verdammnis"
- "Vergebung"
damned, they are awesome!!! To sad we cant get a further masterpiece...
Thanks very much
- Swen, Chur, Switzerland, 19 May 2009
i can't wait until 2010. it was published in spanish? armando cr brazil
- armando cr, 18 May 2009
Jan 2010 for the 3rd book in english - that's so mean!! I'm sure someone can do it quicker!
- Laura, London, 18 May 2009
I just finish the 2nd book. I am addicted. In Romanian.
Fratilor, cartea e nemaipomenita. Astept volumul 3. Exista si un film?
- CDC România, 18 May 2009
i have read the 3rd book in swedish and seen the movie aswell. But my swedeish is very bad so i need to read the 3rd book in english when will it be out?
- Azz Ausralia, 17 May 2009
Love the 2 books... please don't tell me that we have to wait until 2010 to find out what happens!
- Val, NSW Australia, 15 May 2009
I've just finished reading the first two, I'm from Barcelona and I enjoyed reading them in english but I'll buy the third in spanish....Im going to eat it eagerly!!!!!!!
- nuri from Barcelona, 14 May 2009
Please, that goes out the 3rd book before 2010!!!!! I need to know the end... salander and blomkvist....
thankssss
- estrella, ontinyent. españa, 13 May 2009
Please Please Please publish the 3rd book before Oct 2009!!! boo hoo I can't wait that long!!! I am totally in love with Blomkvist and find myself drawn to Salander!! Amazing writer!!!
barenas... I was in Cadiz in February and I am back in Sept to Chiclana... you are lucky, I hear the 3rd book is published in Spanish, Swedish and French already - no fair! :-(
- Pel - London, UK, 12 May 2009
when is the third book available in english.......please!!!!!! need to finish this amazing story!!
- aaron - new zealand, 12 May 2009
¿Manuel Vazquez Montalban???? are we talking about the same here? Marketing? really, MV Montalban could not hook me at all like Larsson has.... and I have tried 3 times! Really Phil, you are loosing something here!
- barenas. Cadiz Spain, 11 May 2009
I just finished the second part of the trilogy (I simply ate them...) and really CAN'T wait for the last one...(until october 2009:-( ) . Lisbeth Salander is the best ever!! And I would love to see them (Lisbeth and Mikkel ) being together in the third volume!:-)
- Basia. Poland, 11 May 2009
Like many others, I too am waiting less than patiently for the third and sadly Stieg Larsson's final book of the Millennium Trilogy. Do we really have to wait till 2010???
- Geri. Gold Coast.Australia., 10 May 2009
he is brilliant, what a loss.
- , 9 May 2009
When is this book being published in Ireland
Have read the other two and cant wait for No.3 of trilogy?
- Deirdre Lally Ireland, 6 May 2009
Just read the first and I couldn't put it down, simply amazing. I just want give Salander a big hug!
- Stu, Manchester, 6 May 2009
Good for Phil Marlowe!
I also enjoy more a "Vazquez Montalban" book!
Nevertheless, the Larsson's books were an easy-read.
- Rosa Reyero - Vienna, 6 May 2009
does anyone know what the third book talks about? the first 2 are extraordinary.
- muhu, lebanon, 6 May 2009
Just finished the second book, couldn't put them down. Bring on the third in english....please
Allanna. Melbourne. Australia
- , 6 May 2009
I just finished the first book and could not find anything so special about it. all this enthusiasm reminds me very much of the da vinci's code's frenzy ... well, congratulation to the marketing guys!
PS: get some manuel vasquez montalban instead!!
- phil marlowe (los angeles, 1939), 4 May 2009
I just finished the first book and could not find anything so special about it. all this enthusiasm reminds me very much of the da vinci's code's frenzy ... well, congratulation to the marketing guys!
PS: get some manuel vasquez montalban instead!!
- phil marlowe (los angeles, 1939), 4 May 2009
Can you believe that he had manuscripts for more books? how can such a talented writer die so young? this is a loss for all of us salander lovers...
atlast someone bothered to create a thriller series with a heroine who is more than a sidekick and we lose him only after 3 books.. sigh!
- boi debi, 3 May 2009
The first and second books are soooooo good I am like the rest of you......bring on the third (with a happy ending!!!) perhaps they may bring release date forward and take pity on us.
- dekkaroo (Oz), 2 May 2009
Does anyone know anything about the U.S. release of the third book? Having read the first and second I am going mad to learn how Lisbet is doing and how that final experience changed her.
- :Laura (Northern VA), 30 April 2009
I just finished the 2nd book and absolutely loved it. It was even better than the first and I am dying to read the 3rd one whenever that comes out. I can't wait!!! What a pity Mr Larsson is unable to enjoy the feedback.
- Yolande (Australia), 30 April 2009
stieg larssons books are great! read them!
- jenny, swe, 28 April 2009
I was delighted with the 1st and the 2nd book. In Portugal the 23rd one will arrive end of 2009, but I've arranged the French version. I did not start yet but I believe it will be as marvellous as the other 2.
- Ana Machado, 28 April 2009
Stieg, we'll miss you
- Xavi, 28 April 2009
I can wait until June, so I've just order it in Italian :) Go Salander!
- Xavi Costa, Barcelona, 28 April 2009
The first book was great, i'm halfway through the second and can't believe how good it is....bring on the third!!!....i can't wait for the movie.
- Mike murtha, 26 April 2009
I NEED the third and, sadly the last book, in English...please
Flpanther 4-25-2009
- , 25 April 2009
when exactly is the third book coming to australia?? i hear sometime in 2010, but when exactly... i dont want to finish the 2nd book till the 3rd is available..eek!!
- , 25 April 2009
Just cant wait for next Story it will be ages coming to LA- I love this man and his friends... and the pickles he gets himself in and out of.
- mary, 25 April 2009
If you cannot wait, lear spanish. The third book is coming on june, the 23th. The problem is that I have the same problem: june is too far.
Besos and good lecture
- Celia Madrid, 24 April 2009
In Spanish will be released June 2009. Can't wait.
- h34th3n, Spain, 22 April 2009
why oh why do we have to wait till 2010...
I have just finished number 2 and I dont think I can wait.......please hurry
- sonja- melbourne, 22 April 2009
for when will we have portuguese translation?
- , 22 April 2009
Hi folks,
10 minutes ago I finished the third book. All what I can tell you is, that it is fantastic - it goes far beyond the first two ones. Oh my good, I'm still shaking!!!
- Rainer-Göppingen-Germany, 22 April 2009
Why do we have to wait so long???
Is the third book still being translated?
- Jess - Canberra, 22 April 2009
Why do we have to wait so long???
Is the third book still being translated?
- Jess - Canberra, 22 April 2009
After reading "The Girl with the Dragon Tatoo", I started "The Girl Who Played with Fire" and just finished. Now I am in great need for the third book, in English, please.... hoping that the translation machine will poduce it A.S.A.P.!
- André - São Paulo, 21 April 2009, 22 April 2009
Lucky French readers, as all 3 books are available. You will enjoy the 3rd one when it comes out...
- Laurent, 21 April 2009
The second and the third book are way better than the first...!!! Great entertainment and a wonderful read! I finished the third one last night (in Italian) and it was absolutely brilliant! Now I feel bad as I don't know if the rumours on the fourth book being hidden somewhere in his wife's pc are real or not...
- Manuela C., 21 April 2009
I bought the first of the series not knowing who Larsson was and I was automatically hooked!! I am halfway throught the second and am already looking forward to the third!!
- Kat, Perth, Australia, 21 April 2009
e-bay to the rescue... I just finished the first book and could not wait for the second - which is not scheduled to be released here in the US until July! I was able to get the UK version of the second book from an e-bay seller and will keep my eye on e-bay for the 3rd as soon as it is released in English.
- Colleen, Boston, MA, USA, 20 April 2009
The most amazing books I have read in a long time, I too like all the other readers can hardly wait for the third. And I am so sorry Stieg is not here to enjoy the
the acclamations for his fine work.
Thank you Mr Larsson !!!!!!
- Dave Cook, Sydney. Australia, 20 April 2009
I can't wait to read this one!!! It is pure torture to wait. My mother was a swedish mystery writer... and these follow through on this masterful expose of what lies beneath the veneer of idyllic Sweden. Idyllic, compared to us perhaps; but has its hidden misogyny and violence towards women--this book also exposes what happens when a country starts losing its "safety net."
- McCabe, L.A., 19 April 2009
I want the third part and I want it now!!! I just can't wait to read it. I hope it will be as amazing as the first and the second one. I haven't finished the second, because I don't want to finish the pleasure of beeing in the middle of this wonderful action. I will read the last pages of second part when I get the third one :) Please hurry with the translation, pleeeeeaaaaseeeee....
- Ania, Wrocław, Poland, 19 April 2009
I had never heard of Stieg Larson until I bought TGWPWF at the airport in January. I am now reading the TGWTDT. Back to front I know, but I feel I know all the characters already. A teriffic read. I am gagging for the third book.
- John Butlers Cross UK 18th April 2009, 18 April 2009
My sister in Sweden got me on to these books and sent the first two for my birthday a couple of weeks ago. I'm about to finish the 2nd book and I ALREADY feel a void building. These are quite possibly the best books I've ever read. It is near impossible to put them down. I've just sent my sister back home an email to send me the 3rd book. There's no way I can wait for the English version at this point.
- Monica, NH, USA, 18 April 2009
GOOD NEWS FOR AUSSIES.
The third book will be released later this year - in October.
HOORAY!!!
- Aisha - Sydney, 16 April 2009
i CANNOT believe i have to wait till 2010 for the english version of book...i am on the last 50 pages of number 2 but dont want to finish it!!!please someone do something for us english reading fans
- kerrin-gai hofstrand sydney australia, 16 April 2009
I've just pre-oder the third book....won't receive it until November time...Can't wait! :(
When is the movie showing in UK??
- Yinn, London, 15 April 2009
What a wonderful read. I've just read the first two books. The TGWTDT was arguably the best book of this genre, I've ever read. TGWPWF was excellent too. My favourite, was the first so far. The question is the 3rd book... When do we English speaker's get it! Reg Keeland who does the translation obviously does it magnificently well! So come along... Reg... let's get cracking! The world is waiting!! Also, do we get English subtitles in the movie?
- Shankar Santhiram, Kuala Lumpur Malaysia, 15 April 2009
Dear LOrd!
Plz give us teh 3rd book soon.
plz?
- Sam Jackson, 14 April 2009
There is no way that I can wait until 2010 for the third book! Pure torture! Is there any way that the third can be sourced over the internet or through Amazon prior to next year? Surely, with English being the universal language - the book should be released sooner?
Desperate! The first two books were fantastic. My life was put on ''pause'' whilst reading them and now I feel this void without Lizbeth and Mikael. Help!
- Katherine Eve, Cape Town South Africa., 14 April 2009
I cannot believe all English speaking addicts of the two first books of the Milleninium trilogy will be tortured for a further 9 months before getting our eager claws on the last book !!!
PLEASE publishers, do not prolong the agony !
The first two were mind blowing page turners !
- Kirsten van der Westhuizen, Cape Town, South Africa, 13 April 2009
Is this some type of cruel joke? I just finished book 2 today. I thought I would go on line and purchase the 3rd book right away. I am so disappointed. Bring on 2010!!
- Tricia Moritz Melbourne, Australia, 13 April 2009
I have just finished The Girl Who Played with Fire and have jumped on the net to dicover I have to wait until ...2010 to read No3, nooooooo. Some one has to be able to do something about that, I am at a lost as to what I could possibly enjoy after Tattoo and Fire. What an extreemly talented man, so sad he is not around to read this sight, hopefully he feels our enjoyment.
- Tracey Moxham, 13 April 2009
Just read the first two over a long week-end - do we really have to wait until 2010. These have been the BEST books I have read in a long long time. I cannot even contemplate starting anything else. PLEASE don't wait so long - keep the momentum going.
- Monica - Australia, 13 April 2009
In 2010!!! I was trying to find out the third book in English as I do not know when it will be available in Spanish... but seems that I have to wait longer than expected.... unbelievable!! I enjoyed the two first books so much!
- Rocio Rueda, 13 April 2009
I too can't believe we have to wait so long - I want to know what happens to Slander and Blomkvist. Please release the English version ASAP - there are a legion of fans just hanging in there!
- kath Australia, 13 April 2009
just finished the girl who played with fire. what am i going to read now. and i now see that the next book(in english) will not be available until next year. i am so sorry to read that it is true that stieg larsson is no longer alive. a great storyteller.
- rhonda zylberberg, 13 April 2009
I do not understand why the last book is not out in england yet!!
I am italian, i live in london but luckly i will b able to buy the book as soon as i go to italy!!
Just finished the second book and can't wait to start the third!!
It is a shame that such a brilliant author has left us!!
- Manuela Ghirardi, 13 April 2009
Just finished "Fire", took me two days, didn't want to put it down but did have to feed the kids ... Came online to find out about book 3 only to find I have to wait! With such a cliff-hanger ending surely it's reasonable to hope the publishers will release the English translation (which they have had for ages) sooner rather than later - please!!!!!
- Corrine, Newcastle, Australia, 12 April 2009
I read The Girl with The Dragon Tattoo in English.
I just found out my daughters are already reading the 2nd and 3rd book in Dutch. For once I'm happy I can read Dutch ;-) ... and don't have to wait yet another year to read the trilogy! Just too good!
- Mark Laureys, 10 April 2009
Hy!I can't belive that I have to wait until 2010 for the third book.For the second book I waited 6 month,I just end it the second book,and now I have to wait a year(or more) for the third...that's crazyyy
I want to know what will be happening in the third book,please anyone ca tell me on a short resume?I'm desperate.
Mr. Stieg Larsson had a briliant mind,sad that he died before he can see that the books are succesfull.
- Pamy,Bucharest-Romania, 10 April 2009
How on earth is it possible that the third book will only be available in English in 2010, English being a world language? Having read the first two in English, to my amazement all three books are on the shelf in Holland in Dutch, such a tiny country! Well I do not know whether I will be strong enough to wait or to go for the third one in Dutch because it might prove too difficult to wait!
- Karin Klijnsmit, 10 April 2009
The desperation i felt waiting for the second book was immense. It feels great to know that there are others who felt like me. If the wait for the TGWPWF was a torture, what i feel now - while waiting for the english version of the hornet's nest - is agony. Bring it on boys and quickly so.
- M S S MUKHARJEE, INDIA, 9 April 2009
Absolutely unputdownable!!! Spent many a sleepless hour enjoying every page - roll on2010 - I will be ready and waiting for a third adventure with Salander.
- Anne Scotland, 7 April 2009
It is sooooo good! I have completed the three books (in french)... Amazing. Well written and beautifully translated in french...
Characters, suspense, description, balance of reality and fabulation. Thank you. Be patient, the 3rd one is very surprising.
- LLROY , Canada 2009-04-07, 7 April 2009
I live in Norway-don't speak Norwegian. Gave my man three books. I had read first two in English. I beg him not to tell the plot of the third book. Please hurry it along.
D.F. Kinck
- Dee Kinck, 7 April 2009
How ridiculious!! I just finished The Girl WhoPlayed with Fire and I am so disappointed to learnthat The Girl Who Kicked the Hornet's Nest isnot available
in English until Jan.2010.
- , 7 April 2009
I have heard a rumour that there is question around the true author of the third???
- Marie, Australia, 6 April 2009
Thankyou Steig Larsson...It has been ages since I have read two such large books in 3 days...I literally could not put them down. Luckily my husband was away, so the while the dust, the washing and ironing piled up, I read on regardless...I did remember to feed the working dogs, but with no meals to prepare, I was oblivious to time...Bring on Volume 3 immediately!!
Pleeeeassse!
- Jenny, Via Wyandra. Australia 4/4/09, 4 April 2009
After reading the The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo, I was over the moon to have the second book so readily available. The book size and sheer volume of TGWPWF was fantastic and I loved every minute that I spent devouring it over a 24hour period. I beg the publishers and translators to release the 3rd volume sooner rather than later. Like most of the other readers, I am multilingual, but the pleasure, enjoyment and sadness of the closing third book can ultimately only be achieved in English.
- Yasemin, Sydney - Australia, 3 April 2009
I have just read the first two books and could not put them down, WOW! I was held up in my apartment reading them, they are fantastic - when is the third one arriving in South Africa - please can someone let me know?
- Pavs Pillay (Cape Town, SA), 2 April 2009
I just finished the 2nd book and loved it! I am looking everywhere for the 3rd book translated in english. I hope it comes out soon!!
- Tish, 1 April 2009
After reading all this comments I don't feel so alone... As I see there is a lot of people waiting like me, expecting to read the third book. How I miss Lisbeth... See you soon!
- Ariadna, Spain,, 31 Mars 2009
i know am half way through the Girl who played with fire, trying to pace myself as cant wait to read the third book, soo sad have to wait till 2010, brill writer what a waste him being late,
- emma england, 31 Mars 2009
So need the third book, by the time the next book is translated to english amd gets to Australia we'll have to read them all again to get the momentum happening. Can't wait till 2010. Come on!!!!!!!!!!!!
- Ros Australia, 31 Mars 2009
Just read the third in the Danish translation. Yep it is good.
- Andrew, Sydney, 29 Mars 2009
Hi! I'd like to know why the book ,''the girl who kicked the hornet's nest'' is readily available in french ( I live in france) but it's nowhere to be found in english.
thanks!
- barbara, 28 Mars 2009
Accidentaly I ran into " The girl with te dragon tattoo ", and it was utterly unputdownable.
It had been a Harsh time to wait until the 2nd book " The girl who played with fire " was released in English, And Since Februari Everytime I was on an Airport I went to Ask for it.
Thursday evening I got hold of it ( at last ) and this morning I putted down the book and went to bed.
Can't wait to read the third book, So I'll go out to find the copy in either French Dutch or German, Autumn is to far away ...
Just like Mikael, Armanski, Paulo Roberto and Palmgren I gave a lot of sympathy for that small weird girl who's been running Through my mind since the first book.
A real fan !
- P, Belgium, 28 Mars 2009
Ditto Ditto Ditto - bring "Hornet's Nest" to America quickly, please. I'm almost done with "Played with Fire" and am not sure what I'll do if I can't move right on to Book 3 - serious depression may result.
- Laura - Dayton, Ohio, 28 Mars 2009
Hey I'm swedish.. I can translate 'Luftslottet som sprangdes' in record time and you can have the book out here in Australia very soon. We are all waiting for it to come out.
- Susanne - Sydney, Australia, 27 Mars 2009
They're released in Canada in English after they are in Europe. (People went nuts for them in French) So I had a friend bring Dragon Tattoo from Ireland last summer, and ordered 'Fire' while in Berlin in Feb09. PLEASE release the third one sooner.
- Elias -- Montreal, Canada, 25 Mars 2009
Like so many of the others in this comment sequence, I'd like to know why the English translation of the third novel will take so long. Maybe it's because the translator is so good he/she needs some time to work?
- Jeanne, 23 Mars 2009
I am a big fan of the Millennium series. My husband ordered the German version through Amazon and is reading the third book as we speak. He will not put the book down or get off the couch. Please hurry and publish the english version, why do we have to wait till 2010?
- Sharon Mesenich Australia Melbourne, 22 Mars 2009
OK seriously the release date for the third book is ridiculous! I understand the marketing ploy you know get more interest in the books in the UK and US etc before releasing the final installment BUT these books are amazing if the publishers wait another year to release the english version, interest will have died down and the long wait could have the opposite effect on sales and revenue. Its not fair, i need to read the third book and the fact that its available in so many other languages is infuriating!
- Leanne, mayo, ireland., 20 Mars 2009
Not only is the Millennium Series a completely absorbing thriller, i find it to have sketched perhaps the best characters i have come across in fiction, i would even venture to suggest that Larsson's characters fall in Dickens's class... every character is perfectly fleshed out in TGWPWF, and modern english writing today would be hard put to come up with as brilliant and compelling a character as Salander...
I am a fan for life..
- Animesh Sharma, Chandigarh, India,, 19 Mars 2009
Talk about a hornet's nest! No wonder TGWPWF has topped the best seller's list here in Sydney. My eyes were nearly falling out of their sockets because I couldn't put it down. Just as riveting as TGWTDT. Come on publishers, release the third book before Xmas and you'll be everyone's best friend.
- Lee, Sydney, Aust, 19 Mars 2009
The third one is the best of the trilogy! I've just finished it and I feel so empty now...You're so lucky you still got to discover it.
- Sev, France, 18 Mars 2009
I posted this before but I'll post it again. I bought TGWPWF from Tower.com, and at an excellent price.
- B, 18 Mars 2009
I agree - excellent read(s) but, how frustrating not to be able to access an english translation until 2010?! I'm almost finished the 2nd in the series & have found it just as addictive as the 1st.
- rj, Vancouver Canada, 17 Mars 2009
oh come on this is ridicluous, is it that english people have really pissed off the swedish publishers so much that they are "having the last laugh"? maybe this happened in shakespear's day and they have just taken 5 or 600 years to get their own back!!!
- Steve C Umeå Sweden, 16 Mars 2009
Can't wait for Hornets' Nest - couldn't put these books down! I even ordered TGWPWF from Amazon in the UK because I couldn't wait. I agree, please hurry with the English translation of Hornets!
- Sarah P., New York, 16 Mars 2009
Just finished reading all 3 books in Dutch. This triology is truely addictive! I feel sympathy with all those readers that are still awaiting translation. I can assure you that part 3 is really the cherry on the pie! Thank you Stieg! :-)
- hein tolboom, the netherlands, 15 Mars 2009
I am bettering my French to read the 3rd. book. Have already ordered through Amazon.fr. I am finishing the 2nd and I never liked a book so much for a long time....it's very sad that he didn't live to enjoy the success of those books.
- Sonja Faria Rosa - London, UK, 14 Mars 2009
Read both-in spanish- totally hooked; the long description in the first one really introduces the reader into the characters, and then Steig develops his world, and like everibody else, I can hardly wait for the last one to come. Question: does anybody know who is getting all the income the books are generating? Who is finally getting Stieg's pension fund? I would love to hear of a Lisbeth somewhere getting his bank updates... perhaps from a Gibraltar lawyer.
- Paco de Alicante, 12 Mars 2009
I am hooked! It is just such a shame that there are only 3 books. My Swedish friend sent me the second book last month,it isn't due out in the USA until July,lucky me.
- Barbara,Billeica,Mass.,USA, 12 Mars 2009
like the other readers i am enthralled with this series.
Lisbeth is a great heroine.
- david, cheshire england, 11 Mars 2009
I have just finished reading the The girl who played with fire and absolutely loved it........really want to read the last one, please hurry up with the English translation!
- Vicky, 8 Mars 2009
I loved both books and it only took me 3 weeks to read both. Now I can't wait for the third to be translated and published in England.
- Pat - Stoke on Trent, 7 Mars 2009
Just finished TGWPWF, makes me really want to visit Sweden. Am gutted that the last in the series isn't available now. It's a pity poor Steig caught the wave but didn't survive to ride it.
- Christopher, 6 Mars 2009
The first two books of the Millenium Trilogy are fantastic, rivetting and unforgettable. Can't wait for the third book. Does anyone out there know when the translation will be completed and it will be on sale here in England.
- Lawrence Goodman, 6 Mars 2009
I finished tgwpwf in feb and have passed both dragon tattoo and played with fire to friends. all have become equally hooked with Blomqvist and Lisbeth. I can't believe we have to wait so long for the final in the trilogy. Come on guys, release it in english now, and end our misery.
- Rae. Western australia, 6 Mars 2009
I'm at the end of TGWPWF--I picked up the English translation in Rome last week--we badly need the third book--please hurry!!!!
- eileen, new jersey, 5 Mars 2009
Not a very good translation, I´m afraid. Hope it´s a exeption. I would prefer: Kalle" bloody" Blomqvist
In the book Lisbeth repeat that so often that it becomes he´s middlenamne.
- Tina, Sweden, 4 Mars 2009
I can't actually believe that 'The Girl who kicked the Hornst's Nest' isn't available in English NOW!!! What are you playing at? It should have at least been at published at the same time as the Italian and French translations! As to the soviet agents not being able to see salander was alive...it was dark and they both assumed...never assume!
- Judie, London, England, 4 Mars 2009
What does that mean: Kalle Bastard Blomkvist
- B, 4 Mars 2009
Haaaa! We need the third book! I have a particular dilemna...I am French, live in Sweden and am fluent in English...made the mistake of picking English for first 2 books...could read third in French..or attempt Swedish but prefer to wait for English!!
You would think with the ubiquitusness of English worldwide that it would be out...I guess it IS all up to the marketers..
- Leo- Stockholm, Sweden, 3 Mars 2009
Now that everyone knows a bit of Larsson's mind one would come up to think he's not really dead and will show up, at any moment, and tell us it's his last-but-one trick... Don't discard it!
Antonio Escobar, Madrid (where Zala spent some time)
Spain
- Antonio Escobar - Spain, 2 Mars 2009
I loved the first two as well - right up to the ending of tgwpf. Am i really supposed to believe that trained soviet agents can't tell when a woman is dead or not. all a bit friday 13th for me.
- robert, uk, 1 Mars 2009
I can't wait a year; I'm going to have to learn Swedish really quickly...
- Claire, UK, 1 Mars 2009
Please advise when the third book will be available in English in any country. It is a tragedy that Mr. Larsson died before his time. He was a brilliant writer and will be sorely missed by all Salander fans.
- Rob (Redding, California, US), 28 February 2009
I just finished the second book and to desesperate me someone tell me that the third one will be released next juny in Spain. How far it is!
- Agusti Viader (Lloret de Mar, Girona, Catalunya), 28 February 2009
Why did you take so long to publish the third book in the UK? It is a too big a gap between publications... I hope it comes out very soon...
- Isabel Groves, 28 February 2009
Any update on the third book in English? I just finished TGWPW Fire and I am desperate to read the next one.
- Joanna Baker (Cleveland Ohio USA), 27 February 2009
first two really great, please bring forward
the third
- Bob, Galloway, 27 February 2009
Hello all you Stieg Larsson fans reading him in English! I'm gratified, to say the least, that you like the translation so much and that it's making you lose sleep. Hard to imagine you all reading the books in a day or two, when they took me 11 months to translate (back in 2006). So don't blame me for the delay, it's all marketing by the publishers. Enjoy what there is, and long may Lisbeth live! I'm already missing books 4 through 10 that Stieg had planned...
- Reg Keeland, Albuquerque, New Mexico, USA, 26 February 2009
i want the 'the girl who kicked the hornets' nest now can wait for the whole year
- chris delhi, 25 February 2009
Some books are just meant to be endless or be read with much pleasure many times. I really didn't want the Girl Who Played with Fire to come to an end. Please to those in charge - ensure the third novel of this triology is released asap in Australia. Steig Larsson's writings give so much enjoyment to a reader. His vividly descriptive words and phrasing enable a thrilling scenario in one's mind. His early death is a tragic loss to all those who love the well written word. Bravo Steig Larsson
- Jan DeLandre Townsville Australia, 25 February 2009
Just finished the third book in French and I'm in mourning... Hooked on a drug that will not be available anymore...
Is there a seer around that could contact Stieg on the other side of the great divide so that the saga can continue? LOL
- Jacques (Quebec), 23 February 2009
Dont call it castles in the sky for Gods sake. Leave the names alone. I read these books as if they were magazine articles. Yoou cannot put them down! Also will you have an australian play harriet Vanger in the movie to get the accent mix up to scratch?
- Cathy Bateman, 23 February 2009
I've just finished the third book and it is amazing. now I'm sad because I've no more salander's adventures to read...
- Claudia, Siena (Italy), 21 February 2009
I've just finished the third book and it is amazing. now I'm sad because I've no more salander's adventures to read...
- Claudia, Siena (Italy), 21 February 2009
Picked up book 2 the second I finished reading book 1, I'm ready for book 3. Hope the wait isn't too long..........
- Sue, Sydney, 21 February 2009
I just finished the last page of the second book . The english version . Now i have to wait a whole year for the third one in english . It is so unfair ! waiting will kill me .
- louise m, 21 February 2009
the third one in spanish..... when???
Not fair.... I need it
- Mima, 20 February 2009
Unbelieveble that English readers still have to wait for the English translation.
Here in Belgium the Dutch and French translation of the complete trilogy was available since november 2008
- Louis Brussels, 20 February 2009
Please, please publish the third book now!!! How can it be out in French and not in English????
- Patricia, Paris, 20 February 2009
I can't believe that the book won't be translated to catalan or english until the end of 2009!!
I'm afraid I'm so impatient that I will finally read the third part in french or italian and I will understand the most of the book but not the whole story. I want to enjoy the final part, not spend bad time! :_(
- Laura, Catalonia, 20 February 2009
Can I add my plea to all the others. Please give us the third book in english as soon as possible!!
- Sue, Edinburgh, 19 February 2009
Can someone please tell me when is it "The Girl Who Kicked the Hornets' Nest"will be published??
i couldn't read the others after finished the 1st and 2nd trilogy. Really can't wait for the 3rd to translate in english.
S Larsson is the best and a true author.
- Yinn, London, 19 February 2009
I read book 2 as slowly as I could to make it last - was horrified to hear it will be the end of the year before we can get Book 3! Easily the best reads I have seen for years
- A Fletcher QLD Australia, 19 February 2009
Great trilogie...here in germany the 3rd one is out longer than 2months(hardcover)...finished the last one today!!
too bad there is nothin more but thanks for the info hanna there is a movie coming up the cinemas :)
- plum, 18 February 2009
Here in sweden, the movie coming up on cinemas in the end of february. Exciting! Män som hatar kvinnor is the name, like the first book.
- Hanna, 16 February 2009
Why do we have to wait until the end of 2009 for the 3rd book? It has already been translated in french and italian!!!!!!
- Esther, 16 February 2009
My hasband and I have finished the two firsts books almost at the same time, shearing the same book, I also miss Lisbeth Salander, I´m thinking about buying the french version because i can´t wait until june for the spanish one.
- maica sebastia Barcelona, 15 February 2009
you got to be kidding! we have to wait untill October 2009 to reat the third book. What's that about three books in Canada?
Pepe, Newport Beach, California. Feb 2009
- pepe, 15 February 2009
Aargh! Just finished book two in 24 hours. Come on Quercus Press. You CANNOT keep us waiting till Autumn for the English version of Book 3!!!
- Barry Hyman London Feb 15 2009, 15 February 2009
@Simona: The french title is: ''La Reine dans le palais des courants d'air'' published by Actes Sud
Litterally, it means ''The Queen in the Draft Palace''
- Crabster, 11 February 2009
When can I get book three !!!!!
- vicki - Tasmania, Australia, 11 February 2009
I have the same problem than Marta, i prefer the book in Catalan, but I want to read The girl, who Kicked the Hornets'Nest in english right now. I cannot wait anymore. Where can I find The book in Sabadell or Terrassa ?
- Jordi Sebastià, 10 February 2009
Please hurry and release Castles In The Sky its a brillian trilogy. We want it in English, hurry.
- Beverley, 10 February 2009
Does anyone know what the name of the third book is in French? I am willing to give it a try (haven't read a French book in 20 years), but can't find a place to buy it on the net. Very difficult if I don't know the exact French translation of the title... Please help.
- Simona, 10 February 2009
In response to all the questions... the UK title for Millennium III is definitely going to be THE GIRL WHO KICKED THE HORNETS' NEST. It comes out in October 2009!
- Laura, London, 10 February 2009
Great Storytelling, but badly in need of tighter editing. Can't figure why the covers of books 1 and 2 are so kitschily done! And I cant stop thinking that Larsson actually hit upon Lisbeth Salander as the central character only towards the end of the first book. Until then, it was largely about Blomkvist, and even more, about Harriet Vanger. It's almost like he thought to himself: Hey.... wait a minute now.... this Salander is potential for a sequel!
Having said that, they're unputdownable. No doubt about it. I hope the third book (in English) gets out soon?
- Amrita Sabnavis, Bangalore, 2 July 2009