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She started to sob– I mean, horrible, heartbroken sobbing. She put her head on my shoulder and I held her.
Fish gathered to look at us– a school of barracudas, some curious marlins.
“Scram!” I told them.
Rick Riordan announced the upcoming dates for his House of Hades tour starting in October.
Wednesday, October 9:
Symphony Space, New York, NY
2537 Broadway at 95th StreetNew York, NY 10025Stay tuned for full details, including times.Thursday, October 10
Barnes&Noble Fairless Hills, PAThe Court @ Oxford Valley210 Commerce Blvd.Fairless Hills, PA 19030215-269-0442Actual event will be at a local school, exact location to be announced soon. Stay tuned for full details!
Friday, October 11
Politics & Prose Bookstore, Washington, DC with Wilson High School, 7:00 PMHost:Politics and Prose5015 Connecticut Avenue NWWashington, DC 2008202-364-1919Saturday, October 12, 7PM
St. Louis Public Library, St. Louis, MOHost and event location:St. Louis County Library1640 S. Lindbergh Blvd.St. Louis, MO 63131314-994-3300Sunday, October 13, 4PM
Southern Festival of Books, Nashville, TN
This event is first-come, first seated. No tickets required, but plan to arrive early!Books provided by:Parnassus Books3900 Hillsboro PikeNashville, TN 37215615-953-2243Monday, October 14, 5PM
Blue Willow Bookshop, Houston, TX, at Morton Ranch High SchoolHost:Blue Willow Bookshop14532 Memorial DriveHouston, TX 77079281-497-8675Tuesday, October 15, 7PM – this event is SOLD OUT!
Minnesota Public Radio’s Fitzgerald Theater, St. Paul, MNBooks provided by:Micawber’s Books2238 Carter AvenueSt. Paul, MN 55108651-646-5506
Check out the full announcement on Rick Riordan’s blog.
Rick Riordan has released the first chapter of House of Hades, which is in Hazel’s point of view.
Read it here.
Alfonso De La Torre and Joshua Min, concept artists for Percy Jackson: Sea of Monsters, have released some concept art from the film including Polyphemus, the hippocampi, Tyson, Kronos, and the Colchis Bull.
If you’ve seen Percy Jackson: Sea of Monsters, you probably got a kick out of Nathan Fillion as Hermes, especially when he made a reference to his very popular but very short-lived television show, Firefly.
Director Thor Freudenthal recently talked to Hypable about how that role came to be and why Nathan Fillion was the perfect Hermes:
“I worked with a great writer on this film, and I told him that we would cast Nathan. And he instantly went back to the computer and revised lines. He actually wrote a very direct Firefly reference into it that had Hermes say, ‘Hey, the best show ever is Firefly.’ And that really takes you out of the movie. So while it was a great sort of general direction to go in, Nathan came up with ‘Greatest television show ever so of course, canceled.’”
The director said that Fillion, who plays Hermes, brought a lot of what fans already love about the actor to Sea of Monsters. “He’s got razor sharp comedic timing. He does a lot of his own tweaking of dialogue and writing. Literally you can tell him ‘Okay you have to cross from here to there, but we don’t have enough words to fill that.’ So he’s like, ‘Okay I’ve got something’ and then it’s the funniest line in the scene.”
Alexandra Daddario talked to MTV about the changes in her character, Annabeth Chase, between the first and second films.
“I think in the first movie she’s tougher and she has more of a guard up. And I think as far as her relationship with Percy is concerned, she wants him to prove himself to her more,” Daddario said. “In this one, I think she’s a better friend. I think she’s let him in. She’s more vulnerable, and I think it’s sort of a sign of her growing up that she’s able to sort of show her weaknesses a little more. And I liked playing that.”
“You see more of what makes her tick, and when you find out Percy has a half-brother, she really doesn’t like him because he’s a Cyclops,” Daddario explained. “Not to give too much away, but I’m sure everyone’s read the books. And you sort of find out why that is, and you sort of find out where she comes from and who she was, and I think she learns a lot from her dislike of this person. She sort of finds out that everyone’s not so bad. It was interesting to play this more vulnerable, sweet side of her and see what makes her who she is.”
By TheMuzbo
A realistic portrait of Percy Jackson, based off Logan Lerman. Inspired by the new release of The Sea of Monsters.
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By Miriamartist
Inspired by the scene where Annabeth and Percy are falling to Tartarus, in The Heroes of Olympus series, Mark of Athena.
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Based on book three of the Percy Jackson’s series, The Titan’s Curse.
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By Lostie815
A coloring method can be seen of this portrait here.
Logan Lerman, Alexandra Daddario and the director, Thor Freudenthal talk about the new Percy Jackson: Sea of Monsters film. The interview see’s into their opinions, what they experienced, and whether they would choose between being a God or a Demigod.
With less than 50 days until the release of HOUSE OF HADES, the official Percy Jackson Facebook page showed off the hilarious embargo warning they’re shipping out to American bookstores with each order of books!
Either way, we imagine all Hades will break loose in HOUSE OF HADES on October 8!
Rick Riordan’s latest Percy Jackson short story, PERCY JACKSON AND THE SINGER OF APOLLO, is available for fans to read in full on Harper Collins book preview of GUYS READ: OTHER WORLDS, the compilation in which the story is featured.
Click the book cover to read the story!
GUYS READ: OTHER WORLDS is edited by Jon Scieszka and also features short stories by Tom Angleberger, D. J. MacHale, Rebecca Stead, Ray Bradbury, Shaun Tan, and Neal Shusterman. You can buy it here!
Disney Books has posted a great new clip of Rick Riordan reading a brand spanking new excerpt from HOUSE OF HADES! It’s a little less than 2 minutes long, but it comes from a meaty scene featuring Percy and Annabeth, smack in the middle of the book!
“The Phlegethon? Sounds like a marathon for hocking spit balls.”
Rick Riordan has posted four images revealing places we’ll see in HOUSE OF HADES! Looks like we’re spending a lot of time in Europe!
Pictures 1 and 2 are in the same location in Bologna, Italy!
Get out your gondolas, this photo is from Venice, Italy!
These ruins were a bit of a toughie to figure out, but they are in Salona, Croatia!
Check out this awesome Percy Jackson fan edit tribute by Sam the Great, in which he used equally awesome fan art by the artist Viria, and the song “How Far We’ve Come” by Matchbox Twenty.
Thanks to Aimee for the tip!
Rick Riordan (last named pronounced like “fireman” but with ‘R’ and ‘d’ replacing ‘f’ and ‘m’) took time out of his uber-busy schedule to update his readers on the upcoming release of House of Hades, the fourth book out of a planned five books in The Heroes of Olympus series, and his 2013 book tour. Read the highlights below:
The House of Hades will be released in the UK, US, and Canada on Tuesday, October 8! I have confirmation it will also be released in Brazil this day. I believe the English language edition will also be available that day (or soon after) in most countries that usually get English editions, meaning Australia, New Zealand, South Africa, India, and the Philippines, but I have no direct confirmation about that. As always, you should check with booksellers in your area to ask them when the book will be available.
So please, if you happen to get an early copy of The House of Hades, don’t spoil the story for everyone else.
When the book does come out on Oct. 8, I hope you guys enjoy it. There will be some eye-popping surprises. I promise you that. But after you’ve read the book, I think those surprises will make total sense to you.
I’ll be visiting eight cities in the US this time. All the events are sold out except for the Southern Festival of Books in Nashville. The only reason that one isn’t sold out is because they aren’t selling tickets in advance. You just have to show up and hope you get a seat. If you’re planning on seeing me in Nashville, my advice is GET THERE EARLY.
Due to the size of the crowd, there won’t be a signing line, so leave your books at home. There will still be signed copies of The House of Hades available, but I won’t be able to personalize your books and meet each of you individually. As much as I’d like to, when you’ve got an intimate crowd of one thousand or more, it just can’t be done in the time that we have.
I’ve finished work on Percy Jackson’s Greek Gods, which is a collection of the original Greek myths told in Percy Jackson’s point of view. Our favorite Seaweed Brain will tell you everything you’ve ever wanted to know about the major gods – the good stuff, the bad stuff, and especially the embarrassing stuff – all in his trademark snarky sarcastic way (which of course bears no resemblance to the waythis author thinks.) Percy Jackson’s Greek Gods will be released August 2014.
The title of the fifth book will be revealed at the end of The House of Hades, the same way I’ve revealed all the other titles. Book five is next on my writing schedule, which is why I have to make the tour short so I can get back home and get to work!
After book five of Heroes is complete, I will at long last launch into my Norse mythology series. The first volume in that series is scheduled for 2015.
Where will you be getting your House of Hades novel next week? Well, here’s some options for you, which will include exclusive items for each of the listed sellers.
Camp Half-Blood and Camp Jupiter bumper stickers
Door hanger, one side saying “Welcome to Mt. Olympus” and the other side saying “Do Not Enter or All Hades Will Break Loose!”
Full color Tartarus map (image shown is only non-spoilery top portion)
Where will you be purchasing your book? Essentially, it’s the story that matters, so enjoy the book, wherever you purchase it!
via Myth & Mystery.
During an interview with Publisher’s Weekly, Rick Riordan talks about the points of view we’ll be expecting from The House of Hades, his follow-up series after The Heroes of Olympus series, which will be on Norse mythology, on attracting young readers to mythological stories, and more. Check out the video below!
