Talk:The Lightning Thief

"Characters" Section
I think this article could benefit from having a section on the characters as well as Riordan's thoughts on these characters compiled from interviews and such, much like we see in the Harry Potter & the Philosopher's Stone article https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harry_Potter_and_the_Philosopher%27s_Stone Mk2109 (talk) 19:17, 24 April 2022 (UTC)

I agree with what was previously stated and glad there is someone else who care recently has made edits for what seems like bad writing and overall improving the plot. Overall the book and this page is great. PeterPaulJacks0n93 (talk) 23:11, 18 February 2023 (UTC)


 * I believe a character page would be amazing and could really benefit this article. Although the article is already astounding, it could be better, as all things are. 76.145.181.225 (talk) 03:12, 25 December 2023 (UTC)

Film Adaptation
This section, under Film Adaption, reads quite poorly (I often couldn't tell if a detail mentioned referred to the book or movie) and seems like original research:

"The movie completely lost the point of the story. This caused the movie not to go over well with many fans of the books. There are quite a few differences in the film from the book. Percy Jackson was not forced to leave his mother behind in the book. Many of the characters are much older than in the novel, where Percy's approaching 16th birthday is a major plot point. Several members of the supporting cast are also absent, such as Clarisse, the daughter of Ares, who is a rather prominent secondary character in the sequels. In the book, Percy does not discover his father is Poseidon until after his first capture the flag match. The quest also does not involve gathering the pearls during the journey, rather Percy receives them from a sea spirit once the trio reaches Los Angeles. Hades is not the actual bad guy in the book, rather Ares was trying to start a civil war. Luke does not betray the camp until the very end when he introduces his sword Backbiter and poisons Percy with the scorpion. The movie also establishes Luke as the lightning thief and main antagonist of the series."

Need mention of graphic novel
This article needs a mention of the graphic novel, both the film and book versions. The Sea of Monsters Page already has one, I know. 2ReinreB2 (talk) 05:25, 8 July 2015 (UTC)

Category: Summer camps in fiction
I just noticed that this article has been placed under the category "Summer camps in fiction". Does it really belong there? Camp Half-Blood, one of the settings of the book, is a summer camp, yes-- but does the article about the book itself belong there? Advice needed. 2ReinreB2 (talk) 15:31, 16 August 2015 (UTC)

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Publication dates and formats
Is it true that The Lightning Thief was published first as an audiobook? We give dates June 28 for the audio and July 1 for print, with sources. I noticed the novelty yesterday at ISFDB which gives simply Jun 2005 for the audio CD and Jul 2005 for the U.S. print hardcover. (Also Sep 2005 U.K. print; Jan 2006 audio cassette; Jan 2006 U.S. large print.) The first print edition must be missing at ISFDB, i surmised, or the audio CD mistakenly dated. But now I surmise no mistake.

Apparently true. If so, does anyone know, preferably from reading, how unusual that was in 2005 or is today? Does anyone know of the promotional effort that supported release of a $40.00 audiobook before the novel was a hit? It would be good (to be able reliably) to say more about this in the article.

P.S. In the lead section we say "published in June" by Miramax Books --that is, print-- but the sources do not support that. --P64 00:13 --P64 (talk) 00:15, 10 November 2015 (UTC)