First of all, when i read the trilogy all the books were out. Of course ididnt peak at the backs. But after the first i really did expect another encounter. They had built nathaniel as a character to much.

Bartimaeus of Uruk wrote:First of all, when i read the trilogy all the books were out. Of course ididnt peak at the backs. But after the first i really did expect another encounter. They had built nathaniel as a character to much.

I always peek at the back. :D

I hate the backs of books. Telling you what the book is about is fine. Summarising the first half of the plot (or more) is not okay. If you have to do any plot summary, first chapter at most please. Gah.

The description on the back cover is usually inaccurate, I find. They put a greater emphasis on things that aren't really important.

But I think Nero may have been talking about the last page. I used to do that a lot, but I've started trying to resist the temptation. Though my habit of incessantly checking the number of pages sometimes ruins things for me.

Reading the back page of books always struck me as a remarkably daft thing to do. Who wants to know what happens before they've read the book? Takes half the enjoyment out of it.

Well, my step-great-aunt used to do it, just to see if her favourite characters survive.

Which makes any perilous situations far less exciting because you know the conclusion.

Well, it's possible that in her advaced age, the less action, the better.
Saves her the worry during aforementioned 'perilous situations.'

Sentynel wrote:Reading the back page of books always struck me as a remarkably daft thing to do. Who wants to know what happens before they've read the book? Takes half the enjoyment out of it.

In a movie, somebody said that he always read the last page because:

"Who knows what could happen to me. Coma, death! So then I can say I always finished all my books."

:P Not exactly word for word, but something similar.

I mostly only read the back page of thick books, mostly because I have a tendency to not finish it. But, if I do read the back page, I know I have to work my way through the book in order to see what the ending meant....

Curiously started the human race....

Where'd that last line come from?

Dansariki wrote:Where'd that last line come from?

...no where....

Sorry, what was the topic again?
Another encounter with what?
Hard to stay on topic when I don't know what it is.

You could, ooh, read the first post of the thread? Or not post?

Getting testy, aren't we?
Of course I did, it said The Bartimaeus Trilogy, after all.

Whoa... *backs away from conversation*

I was hoping that Nat would encounter Bart again when I started reading GE (hint hint, Dansariki). Didn't really care though. Just kept reading like normal. -_-

Dansariki wrote:Getting testy, aren't we?
Of course I did, it said The Bartimaeus Trilogy, after all.

Psst. Unless your a pro hacker, it's usually stupid to mess with the admins. But fun anyways. :P

So just try not to start a big dual....

And though it was strange that Barty didn't encounter Nat, like Hogwarts said, I just kept reading on. The Siege of Prague made me forget about Nathaniel.

Pity the siege wasn't described more in detail and expanded.

Even if I was a... "pro hacker," it wouldn't be worth the time and energy expended.
I have a feeling Bart's past exploits will be explored far more fully in a new book, or series thereof.
After all, five thousand years is quite a hisory to chronicle.

yep. nat summoned bart again. he told barti that he was in the list of demons recommended for the american campaign. bart didn't want to go to war, so he agreed to be only a surveillance and a servant for nat for the second time. :D

Yep.
Smart on Nat's part, crap on Bart's.

As Barty says, the magicians always seem to find a way to stike the djinni.