Is there any chance Mr.Stroud might right a prequel about Bartimaeus and Ptolemy, or any of his other exploits?

We don't know yet. He said he might consider writing a book involving a character/some of the characters sometime but not in the near future.

aww, authors can be so cruel some times..

Aren't they? :'( . I guess until then we will just have to settle for fanfiction.

Well it's always possible the new book might be a prequel, but it's not going to have Nat in it.
He's 10 in AoS.
Any younger and what? Bart n Nat in Preschool?

Nat's 12 in AoS

But yes, I agree, there's not going to be any more books with nathaniel in them. I dont think there should be any more books after the trilogy, (maybe a spin off or something, but not continuing on from the trilogy) but I would be happy with a prequel. If there is a prequel though, i don't think it should be about ptolemy.

Ah. Nice catch.
I don't know, a book with Ptolemy in it could be good, but I doubt one centered around him would be.
I still want a history of Bartimaeus.
His five-thousand-plus years of experience allows for plenty of good stories.

yes, that would be good. maybe a book with a few different shorter stories about his history, rather than a long one; but telling them in past tense (still narrated by bartimaeus of course) so that it's after the events of the trilogy and stuff doesn't have to be re-explained.

or maybe a book after the trilogy (despite what i said in my other post) where it goes from present tense to past tense (stories of bart's history) between chapters, like it did in ptolemy's gate, with the scenes in alexandria, if that makes sense.

what i mean by a story in the present after the events of the trilogy is like the one on the bartimaeus trilogy website. if you haven't, go to the site and read Bart's Journal. It's written by JS, and it's good. Something along the lines of that exept with history of bartimaeus flash-backs. Sorry if this hurried post has confused anyone.

Not at all, I've read far worse :P
I'd like that, but I'd also be annoyed, because there'd be so much more to tell.

how do i put a picture on my thingy like you all have?

You mean our avatars? Preferences -> Change avatar.
Then choose or upload one.

yes! thankyou.

Nice.
Kratos the Destroyer.
Or Godkiller, but it's a little more flamboyant for my tastes.

new game's coming out soon, i think

Good avatar umbreo. I had one in between, but decided to discard it for a better one. But so far, I have only completed the first part. I'm sooo lazy sometimes!
Wasn't there some rumour that JS was going to write an encyclopedia? Any more leads?

Nope. He mentioned it in passing while answering a question.

. . . thankyou, N&B, but I don't understand what you mean by "got one in between" . . . ?

But if JS made an encyclopedia, that would be awesome. It could have listings of all known demons and their history, notable magicians throughout history, information on classes of spirits and maybe even illustrations.

My friend's into Marvel, and he got the Marvel encyclopedia; which is excellent. But a Bartimaeus encyclopedia? Sweet.

It would take forever.
But, yes, it would be absolutely awesome.

Marvel is epic.

He's prolly not going to make one.

umbreo wrote: . . . thankyou, N&B, but I don't understand what you mean by "got one in between" . . . ?

Proves just how badly I write.
What I meant was that I had an avatar for a couple of months (or more) but later removed it coz I didn't like it. But for most of my stay here I have been avatar-less. The only member who has 1000+ post & no avatar.