|
|
|
Family Connections
Percy has a big family you know - and a godly family at
that. I did have a copy of Percy's family tree that I drew a while back
but I think I've lost it so I'll draw up a new one when I've got time. But here it is in text form with some
informational notes:
Grandparents: Kronos and Rhea
Parents: Poseidon and Sally Jackson; "Smelly" Gabe Ugliano
(stepfather)
Uncles and Aunts: Zeus, Hades, Hera, Demeter, Hestia, Aphrodite,
Hephaestus*, Persephone*
Brothers and Sisters: Theseus (half-brother), Tyson (half-brother),
the cyclopes
Cousins: Thalia, Bianca di Angelo, Nico di Angelo, Heracles,
Athena, Ares, Apollo, Artemis, Dionysus, Hermes, Hephaestus*, Persephone*
Second Cousins and what-have-you: Clarisse, Annabeth, Luke, Travis
Stoll, Connor Stoll, Charles Beckendorf, Selena Beauregard
*Persephone is a special case. She is a daughter of Demeter, which makes
her Percy's cousin. However, she married Hades - Percy's uncle - which
makes her his aunt, too. Hephaestus is in the same boat. He is also
Percy's cousin because he is a son of Zeus. But he's married to Aphrodite,
who is technically Poseidon's half-sister - she was born from the waves
created when Kronos' privates which fell into the ocean (Zeus chopped them
off with Kronos' own scythe), so Kronos is technically her dad.
And you think you've got a crazy, mixed-up family - they're nothing
compared to Percy's!
Working Titles
Book 4 had two working titles: The Battle of the Labyrinth
and The Shadow Maze. Ultimately, Rick chose The Battle of the Labyrinth
because "Battle of the Labyrinth was the clear winner with kids, so that's
what we went with".
Unanswered Questions
Rick Riordan left out a few important details in his
books. Here's are of some of them:
> What happened in the aftermath of Thalia becoming human again?
North American Cover
Illustrator
Artist John Rocco drew the cover art for the paperback
version of The Lightning Thief and the hardback and paperback versions of
Sea of Monsters, The Titan's Curse and Battle of the Labyrinth. The
Lightning Thief North American hardcover edition was reissued with the
John Rocco art for collectors and die hard fans.
British Cover Illustrators
> The Lightning Thief [hardback] - Chris Inns and David
Wyatt
> The Sea of Monsters [hardback] - Paul Young
> The Titan's Curse [hardback] - Larry Rostant and Andrew Farley
> The Battle of the Labyrinth [hardback] - Christian McGrath
|
|
|
