Rick riordan how many books

Movies and books are different forms of storytelling. Film makers figure they know more about making movies than the author does, so most of the time, they insist on total control.

I explain it this way: Selling someone the movie rights to your book is a lot like selling someone your house. Once you sell it, it isn't yours anymore. You have to move out and let the new owners move in. If you insisted on a bunch of conditions before you sold it, like: "You have to let me control what color you paint the house, how you decorate it, how you remodel it, and oh yes, you have to let me continue to live there," well, most people wouldn't agree to buy a house with all those restrictions, would they?

When you buy a house, you want to have control to do what you want with it. You could repaint it, remodel it, even tear it down and build something entirely new. The old owners wouldn't have any say in the matter.

Movie rights work the same way. If someone says, "Why did you let them do blah, blah, blah in your movie? It's not a matter of "letting them" do anything.

It's not "my movie. The new owners can do whatever they want. I wish them the best, but movie-making is not my thing. I have no interest in it. Besides, I may be biased as a novelist, but I believe if you have a book, you already have the best version of the story. There is no way a movie can ever create images as good as the ones you actively create in your imagination as you read.

As I said, I was not involved with making the movie, nor did I have any control or input on the casting choices for the first movie. Asking the author of a book on which a movie was based to give you a part in the movie is like asking the custodian at your school to give you an A in English class. It just doesn't work that way! There was a Percy live musical! What did you think about that? I didn't see the musical either, because I just have a really hard time seeing adaptations of my work.

However, the fans of the books LOVE the musical. Because of that, I love it too! I know the musical tried to be very faithful to the story and according to those who have seen it, they nailed it! I understand there was a Nintendo DS game associated with the first movie release, but I have no other information on plans for other video games or other merchandise. When I have more information, I will let you know, but we are still in the earliest stages of development.

The comments above about casting still apply: Sorry, I can't help you. I'm interested in booking an event with Rick Riordan. How do I do this? I only do public events as part of the formal book tour each time a new book comes out.

These are all arranged by the publisher many months in advance, not by me. While I visited hundreds of schools in the past and loved meeting young readers, the travel was hard on my family and my writing deadlines suffered. Because of this, I no longer arrange any events outside the book tours — this includes school visits, online events Skype, Zoom, etc.

Right now the most important way I can connect with young readers is to write the best books I can as quickly as I can, but thanks for your interest! I love meeting my readers! The only bad thing is that there is only one of me and there are so many places to visit. Each time a book comes out, the publisher schedules a tour, but we usually only have time to go to eight cities at the maximum, and that's just for the U.

The publisher decides where to send me. I don't make the tour. They try to send me to different places each time, but still, they can't possibly send me everywhere. That means it's unlikely I'll be in your area on any given tour. I'm never able to travel internationally for tours just because I have to spend most of my time writing, and travel is very time-consuming. I'd love to visit all the countries where my books are published, but if I did that, it would take me five to ten years to write each book, and I don't think you want to wait that long!

So, no, if you live outside North America, you will not see me on tour. Remember you can order signed books from any store that hosts an event, however, as described above. Most stores ships internationally. I know it says I can't email you, but can I email you anyway? The best way that I can communicate with you is by writing the best story I can for you to read, and writing it as quickly as I can.

Thanks for understanding! No, never. I am aware of fanfic, but I go out of my way to avoid it. For one thing, it's legally tricky ground.

I can't actively endorse anyone else using my copyrighted material. I also don't want anyone claiming later on, "Hey, you got that idea from my fan fiction! It's like somebody getting into my closet and trying on my clothes. It's just weird seeing someone else try to write about my characters. Then again, I can't listen to the audio versions of my books. It drives me crazy hearing another voice beside my own narrating my stories.

And, as I've explained many times, I also couldn't watch the Percy Jackson movie for much the same reason. Is there really a Camp Half-Blood, and can you make one in my town? I do not officially endorse or license any of these camps, and am not involved with them in any way. Running a camp takes a huge amount of time and energy, which is why only a few places in the US have them. Can I get Camp Half-Blood t-shirt?

Many years ago, I used to give out Camp Half-Blood t-shirts for freebies at events, but I can't do that anymore. It caused problems, because I could only give out a few, and some people who didn't get t-shirts felt really bad or parents got upset.

Those t-shirts are long gone! Occasionally the publisher will print T-shirts for promotional giveaways at events, but I don't have any extras to share. I don't sell t-shirts. It's just not something I have the time or inclination to do, since most of my time needs to be spent writing the books, right? However, many fans make their own Camp Half-Blood t-shirts, and they are much more creative than anything I could come up with.

If you want to do that, go for it! You will also see unlicensed shirts for sale online, but be aware I have nothing to do with such products and they are not sanctioned by me or Disney. I'm doing a report for school. Can you give me some information? The website has a ton of information for school reports. And please be careful of using Wikipedia. It's very often wrong.

Good luck with your project! I need something else to read! Can you recommend any books? You bet! The best place to go is my Goodreads page , where I have reviews for hundreds of books I've enjoyed, both children's and adult titles.

You got something wrong from Greek mythology! I love my readers because you guys are very astute and you know your mythology. But wait, what do you mean by "wrong"? Remember Greek mythology has been around for thousands of years, and it was retold over and over again, the details changing as different storytellers brought the myths to different cities.

There are so many different versions of each myth. You may have read one version from a mythology book, but that doesn't mean it is the "right" version or the only version. I tend to pick the version I like best, and the one that fits best into Percy Jackson's world. For instance: Some myths say Hephaestus was the son of Zeus and Hera. Others claim he was the son of only Hera, with no father. Hephaestus was either born ugly, or he became ugly when he was thrown down the mountain — depends on which version you read.

Either Hera threw him down, or Zeus did. In some versions, he fell down Mount Olympus twice! Again, depends on the version you read. Great job! Hope this helps! I just finished the Percy Jackson books and was going to go to heroes of olymopus then the trials then the other ones like my brother but I went online and got about 20 different answers on the order so why do you think this is the way the books should be read?

I hope this helps! Feel free to ask any more questions! Thanks, this helped sooo much, but I think you forgot wedding in the stars and broken together.

I only have common material written by Rick Riordan on this list! This helped me SO much! So, please help me with this. I hope that helps — do you plan on reading Kane Chronicles and Magnus Chase eventually or will you skip them completely?

Thanks for the help! I am in Brisbane so my timestamps are set to Brisbane time! Are you asking about allonsythornraxxbooks. I blog about both books and movies, though mostly books at the moment. I review books and show my wraps ups of everything I read and watched each month. Is it a must read?

I think they were more of a way for Riordan to capitalise on the trend of big illustrated hardcovers along the lines of the Harry Potter books, at the time. Thanks for letting me know! This was really helpful thankyou. Are you asking if you can read one series after another? You can definitely do that! What are you up to so far?

No worries, I loved putting it together! So sorry, I just fixed that! It should all be correct now! You are commenting using your WordPress. As well as the five Percy Jackson books — which take place around Camp Half-Blood, a training camp for the descendants of the Greek gods — Riordan wrote the Heroes of Olympus series, focusing on the Roman Camp Jupiter. When he made it clear that Nico di Angelo was gay his boyfriend is the son of Apollo , there was some backlash. Nico was the way that we found to communicate with each other, and for me to learn a bit more and to become more accepting.

His Gods of Asgard books feature the character Alex Fierro, the gender-fluid child of the Norse god Loki, who shifts gender frequently in myths. Riordan created Alex after remembering children he had taught who were not comfortable with their assigned gender, for whom he wished he had done more at the time. But I did the best job I could.

I feel very protective of them. Since The Lightning Thief in , Riordan has published around two books a year. He currently has nothing under contract at all, and feels somewhat relieved. But for all his successes, he still misses teaching. I just have millions of kids in the classroom now. To order a copy, go to guardianbookshop.