The Girl with the PowerPC

[Hack5190]

I remember getting a kick from the technology references in the Millennium Trilogy. I have yet to read the new one, but I hope that it's similarly thick with exactly which commands Lisbeth is running to tether the Ericsson phone in the air vent to her Palm or Mac.

The Girl in the Spiders Web contains technical references and (of course) revolves around the same characters. The story was good, but (for me) it didn't equal the original 3 by Stieg. Just started reading "There Are Things I Want You to Know" About Stieg Larsson and Me", if your a fan of the series you may want to check it out.

 

[Cox Orange]

Let's be honest. ALL tv shows and movies basically get computers 100% wrong.

I remember the original Star Trek 1 movie, when Spock explained to Kirk that people are made of carbons and I was thinking how in the universe could Kirk get Captain of anything, not knowing what a student at school in biology grade 7 knows.

 

[sartrekid]

I read the trilogy and listened to the audiobooks quite a few years ago. It's not great literature but it's rock solid fiction. Not inventive, not highly creative, quite predictable, but following the successful patterns such as the likes of Mankell, Indriðason, Nesbø, and all those other really good Scandinavian crime authors that do guarantee a few hours of reading fun, though I'd rate Nesbø highest, followed by Indriðason. Those two are my absolute favorite Scandinavian crime authors.

I noticed those minute descriptions of Apple products, too, and couldn't help grinning. Whether or not it's 100% accurate was beside the point for me. The movies (the Swedish versions I've seen) are quite accurate in the depiction of the hardware used in the books as well. Pretty cool, actually.

 

[Hack5190]

I read the trilogy and listened to the audiobooks quite a few years ago. It's not great literature but it's rock solid fiction. Not inventive, not highly creative, quite predictable, but following the successful patterns such as the likes of Mankell, Indriðason, Nesbø, and all those other really good Scandinavian crime authors that do guarantee a few hours of reading fun, though I'd rate Nesbø highest, followed by Indriðason. Those two are my absolute favorite Scandinavian crime authors.

I noticed those minute descriptions of Apple products, too, and couldn't help grinning. Whether or not it's 100% accurate was beside the point for me. The movies (the Swedish versions I've seen) are quite accurate in the depiction of the hardware used in the books as well. Pretty cool, actually.

Your comments about the series being good fiction but not the best literature is on the mark. Like you I enjoyed the Swedish version of the movies (again years ago). I'd like to watch them again but haven't managed to find the time.

Appreciate the tip on Scandinavian crime authors, I'll look them up when I'm finished reading "There are Things I Want You to Know" About Stieg Larsson and Me and listening to Snow Crash. Snow Crash reminds me of "Ready Player One".

 

[sartrekid]

Your comments about the series being good fiction but not the best literature is on the mark. Like you I enjoyed the Swedish version of the movies (again years ago). I'd like to watch them again but haven't managed to find the time.

Appreciate the tip on Scandinavian crime authors, I'll look them up when I'm finished reading "There are Things I Want You to Know" About Stieg Larsson and Me and listening to Snow Crash. Snow Crash reminds me of "Ready Player One".

I definitely recommend them to you. If you like Larsson, you'll most definitely take great joy in the above. If you like creative, fast-paced suspension with plenty of plot twists and tightly knit stories with many recurring characters, then Jo Nesbø does that extremely well. His books depict pretty graphic violence, however. Arnaldur Indriðason is slightly more conventional, maybe closer to Mankell. His novels are also a tad more realistic. They both follow the series pattern, from the point of view of one protagonist who solves one crime per book.