OK so say there WAS a 4th book...... What would it be called!

I'll start.....

Bartimaus Book 4......"The Temple of Solomon"

Solomon...
Sounds nice, but little to work with, from Bart's accounts.

Welcome skippy888. I can't guess the name of the 4th book till I think of a story for it.

Bart worked for King Solomon, the distruction of the First Temple came about when the city "was captured by the Babylonians in 586 BCE and, at the order of King Nebuchadnezzar II, the city was torched, the Temple razed". I'm not religious at all, but it has a lot of materia...... give JS some names ...would it not be cool if in a few years the 4th book was realeased with a similar title that you predicted!

Hmm. I'm surprised nobody's thought of the 'ol time travel plot. Bart gets to see Ptolemy, etc.

Actually, I'm useless when it comes to title-guessing. I used to prepare list of titles for many soon-to-be-released books (with my sis & friends). Not even one has come remotely close.

Bartimaeus Book 4 Title:

Honorius Strikes Back

a Title of the name of the blooded up violin Nat saw in the treasurey at the end of Ptolmeys gate, the book would end up with it being used to fight off the advanceing countries looking to finish the empire with its weak interim government for good.

Haahhha oooohhhhhh ahhhhh, So there is to be a 4th book! and I could still be right with my prediction! The Temple of Solomon - I wasn't thinking time travel. He will work it out. I just can't see the main characters not being in the 4th book. I demand he puts in Nat, Bart and the Stool, ohhh and the gurl also! :)


P.S. I reserve the right to say 'I told you so' :)

The Ring of Solomon

I'd say you were pretty darned close. :D

How much can we trust this to be the correct title?

Pretty much as the audio books are releasing in that name.

Canis Lupus wrote:How much can we trust this to be the correct title?

I'm pretty convinced - this page on amazon.com has a description:
"Bartimaeus, everyone's favorite (wise-cracking) djinni, is back in book four of this best-selling series. As alluded to in the footnotes throughout the series, Bartimaeus has served hundreds of magicians during his 5,010 year career. Now, for the first time, fans will go back in time with the djinni, to Jerusalem and the court of King Solomon in 950s BC. Only in this adventure, it seems the great Bartimaeus has finally met his match. He'll have to contend with an unpleasant master and his sinister servant, and runs into just a "spot" of trouble with King Solomon's magic ring.."

*Ahem* SQUEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE
EEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE
EEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

The Ring of Solomon . . . hmm. I wonder what it could be about. Reading through the books again, I found this bit:

(In GE Bart is talking about some of the charges he's been given in the past, and the dodgy things he's been made to do)
"Then there was that uncomfortable business of Solomon's magic ring, which one of his rivals charged me to pinch and chuck into the sea. I needed some fast talking on that occasion, I can tell you."

Could this be in the new book? Earlier on in the books (can't remember where) Bart has definately mentioned Solomon's ring, and how he could summon a whole bunch of lesser spirits just by twisting it - or something along those lines. Anyway, looking forward to the new book.

Umbreo wrote:The Ring of Solomon . . . hmm. I wonder what it could be about. Reading through the books again, I found this bit:

(In GE Bart is talking about some of the charges he's been given in the past, and the dodgy things he's been made to do)
"Then there was that uncomfortable business of Solomon's magic ring, which one of his rivals charged me to pinch and chuck into the sea. I needed some fast talking on that occasion, I can tell you."

From the looks of it, Bart just rescued himself from that task. Could a mad man charging him to do the impossible. It might have happened during Solomon's time or much later, so it needn't be a part of the next book. But it would be fun to read through the books and check out for references of Solomon. But we need to take everything with a pinch of salt as Bart loves exaggerating.

I told you so! ...... well we will see :)

...but the stool MUST be in it also!

It couldn't possibly be. Bart had seen it first in GE.

Omg the Stool. It's so famous. One of my favorite characters ^^ I laughed so hard when I first read that part ... :D
THE RING OF SOLOMON. Sounds so grand. 14th Sept. C.A.N.N.O.T W.A.I.T .
wHEEEEEEE :)

*magykgurl* wrote:Omg the Stool. It's so famous. One of my favorite characters ^^ I laughed so hard when I first read that part ... :D
THE RING OF SOLOMON. Sounds so grand. 14th Sept. C.A.N.N.O.T W.A.I.T .
wHEEEEEEE :)

The footstool is not exactly a character, is it? :P