I am also an alien

Posted by Nieves in Spain ,

I can be a regular bitch. Just try me.

Posted by Nieves in Spain ,

Armageddon was yesterday – today we have a serious problem.

Posted by Miv Piv in Copenhagen ,

I am irritated(‘The Girl Who Kicked the Hornets’ Nest’)

Posted by Miv Piv in Copenhagen ,

Consider this a fair Warning. (‘The Girl Who Played With Fire’)

Posted by Miv Piv in Copenhagen ,

You have the right to remain silent. (‘The Girl Who Played With Fire’)

Posted by mina ,

I love Lisbeth Salander! She is my idol from now on! Has anyone ever thought how amazing she is? After I read this book I wanted to learn how to hack and use a golf club to kill sadists and everyone else who deserves it! She is not exactly the feminine ideal but i really really wanna resemble her in a good way. Can someone understand my obsession with Salander? By the way, the actress chosen to play Salander is not beautiful enough and her tatto looks pretty bad. I think that the girl on the cover page of “the girl with the dragon tatto” should play her role of Salander. The book describes her as having beautiful eyes… I wish I had a friend like her!

Posted by Yara in Geneva ,

hi Yara, if you mean it make like Lisbeth and write to my email address

Posted by margaretjenkins in Basel, CH ,

Hi Yara,

It is not difficult to how to use the golf club. How to hack the computer: believe me, In the movie she doesn’t lear how to hack a computer, its also in her scrips what she has to say and to do. She is an actrices.

Vera

Posted by Vera in Netherland ,

The actress is gorgeous! I was always wondering reading the books how this little half ugly girl could score hot lesbians and a playa’ like Michael… my (mind) picture was wrong and the movie is RIGHT ON! Glad to get that sorted out for me! ;o)

Posted by KJ in Ci ,

Haha I love her t-shirts and her character. It’s so amazing when you find books that enlighten you in ways you didn’t think was possible. But I have to disagree with Yara and agree with KJ in Ci, Noomi Rapace is Lisbeth to me. She is so fantastic in the role. The cover you are talking about, I think I’ve seen it, and I think it’s too “Hollywood” and just too pretty, if you understand what I mean:).

Posted by J in Denmark ,

Can anyone find me an analysis of Lisbeth Salander, i’m writing a big assignment on her and M Blomkvist, and i need some second opinions!

Posted by Stieg Jensson in Tampa Bay , US ,

Don’t you guys think it’s such a shame that they didn’t include her t-shirts in the first movie? – I’m going to the cinema to see the second tomorrow. Uuuh! Can’t wait!

I would disagree with the comments on the actress playing Salander – she is too attractive. I think the author puts across the image of someone much more average or eve homely looking. The attractiveness of the actress actualy takes away from the character in my opinion. The reason Lisbeth is attractive to the reader is the way she acts and thinks, not the way she looks.

Posted by Mike in Ohio ,

Salander is not beautiful per se, she is just extremely cool and brave. Her beauty is her strength.

Posted by Marta in Miami ,

I have read all 3 books & I must have missed something. Can anyone tell me the significance of the dragon tattoo ? It has to mean something as it is the title of the first book.

Posted by Vanessa Wasp in Sydney ,

Vanessa – The dragon means something to Lisbeth, I guess, because she is wearing it, only she knows The dragon become a little too important in the English translation I think, when it walked away from the original Swedish title “Men that hate women” to one that pointed to the dragon on her back. They didn´t think the Swedish title would sell in the English world, I have heard. I think the original title is superior!

Posted by John in Sthlm Sweden ,

John – Speaking as an American I think you are right, the Swedish title might not sell well in America, it might even anger many disenfranchised white men Larsson sought to demonize in his writing. It amazes me that I had to order “The Girl Who Kicked the Hornet’s Nest” from England (now some months ago) because it won’t be released in the the US until May 25. Does anyone know why we have to wait?

Posted by Richard in Largo, Florida ,

does anyone have a source for the t-shirts?

Posted by Peter in London ,

Question about Swedish pronunciation of ‘Salander’. I emphasis on first or second syllable?

Posted by Linda in Grand Blanc, Michigan ,

Wouldn’t some sort of reference to the Wasp tattoo have been more appropriate in the English title? I kept looking for the Dragon tie-in during the first book. If ‘dragon’ was there merely to emphasize Lisbeth’s ‘out of the mainstream’ nature then it really misses the point.

Posted by MM in Michigan ,

To Linda, Mich..

Second syllable.

Posted by Erik in Ishoej, DK ,

To MM, Mich.

I think Richard, Fla. has a good point. Dragons sell much better than wasps and men (who hate women) :o) – relevans to book or not …

Posted by Erik in Ishoej, DK ,

As a writer myself, I have thought about the tattoo, and I think, to “Men who hate Women”, a girl like Lisbeth would truly be a Fire Breathing Dragon. Hence ol’ Stieg put a dragon tattoo on her. Understand, I am only guessing at that.

Posted by SFG in McHenry, ILL ,

I have to say that I think the woman casted in the movie was spot on. When reading the books, I envisioned Lisbeth as being attractive but not stunning. Someone who of first glance you may not even notice but ?who might clean up well? I think her character intentionally hides behind a subdued, dark, unapproachable façade but I imagined that when the clothes came off and her hair was pulled away from her face, she was genuinely attractive.

Posted by Zack in Los Angeles ,

In the book Stieg Larsson specifies that her face was beautiful — it was her body which was scrawny and (in her eyes) ugly.

Posted by hellodollyllama in Baltimore ,

She may be described as a boy looking girl in the books but the Swedish chick who plays Lisbeth in the movies is seriously hot. I hate smoking but she even does that in a kind of erotic way. She looked better in GWTDT than in GWPWF though. Nearly finished reading GWKTHN then I don’t know what to do. Maybe I’ll take a trip to Sweden. Looks great ?

Posted by Thirdwatch in Essex, UK ,

To Yara,

I hope you have photographic memory and your father is someone like Alexander Zalachenko. And I hope you can see patterns where others see white noise. And I really hope you can control fear, hatred and all other emotions like Lisbeth. And I also hope you are not as stupid as you sound from reading your post you IDIOT.

Posted by Anti-YARA in Stockholm, Sweden ,

Whoa, Anti-YARA. No need for name calling when you don’t agree with somebody.

Posted by Bob ,

To BOB,

Then why the fu** are you name calling me?

Posted by Anti-YARA in Stockholm ,

Anti-YARA: What name did I call you, exactly?

Posted by Bob ,

Oh get over yourselves – just enjoy three brilliant books.

Posted by Jenny in Liverpool ,

Jenny: That’s the kind of thing Lisbeth Salander would put on a tee-shirt! “Oh, get over yourselves!”

Posted by Bob ,

What did Lisbeth have written on her t-shirt in The Girl With The Dragon Tatoo?: “Sexy, vulnerable lesbian goth who kicks a** coming through – out of the way a**holes”.

Posted by Peter in Random town, UK ,

Thirdwatch in Essex, UK

I agree. I almost even want to take up smoking again, though I could never master it the way she has. I haven’t however resisted the urge to start learning Swedish and am on a plane out to Stockholm in July – completely hooked!

Posted by Peter in Random town, UK ,

I spent almost two years avoiding these books because of the dorky title. Fortunately a woman friend sent me the books and now I want Larsson to dig himself out of his grave like Lisabeth so he can write more Salander Stories.

No interest in seeing the movies, it would be impossable to convey the depth of her character in 90 minutes. She is a truely inspiring hero and reminds me of some of he 108 heros from Chinese litature. Full of flaws, but their flaws actually serve as strengths as well.

Posted by Spooner ,

I just watched all three movies, and I just ordered book series.

I hate myself for not reading it 3-4 years ago when it came to my country, I guess I just read the title and assumed it was work of just another mediocre croatian writer. Silly me, I’m impressed. I guess it’s never too late to become a Stieg Larsson fan:)

Btb Am I the only one here who’s seriously hating the english translation of the books/movie? Gaah

Posted by Rina in Zagreb, Croatia ,