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The real world is where the monsters are.

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Rick Riordan
Age: 60
Born: 1964
Born: June 5
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Military City
USA
Richard Russell Riordan
Jr.
Richard Russell Riordan Jr
Monsters
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At least he had Annabeth. They would find a way out of Tartarus. They had to. He didn't think much of fates and prophecies, but he did believe in one thing: Annabeth and he were supposed to be together. They hadn't survived so much just to get killed now.
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But if she'd realized that nine desiccated zombie nymphs would be waiting for her, she never would have come down here.
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Quintus... Geryon mused. Short gray hair, muscular, swordsman? Yeah. Never heard of him.
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Grover and Nico came back from their walk, and Grover helped me fix up my wounded arm. It's green! Nico said with delight.
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To a degree, the Greek and Roman mythological heroes are just the first superheroes. They appeal to children for much the same reason. These gods and heroes may have powers, but they get angry and they do the wrong thing. They are human too.
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You can't call a ninja lord dweeb.
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Ah, Mastery of the Five Elements! Is that the one we want? I asked. No, but a good one. How to tame the five essential elements of the universe - earth, air, water, fire, and cheese! Cheese?
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The store had a hand-painted sign the read: MOOSE PASS GAS. That's just wrong, Frank said.
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Also ... the plan sounded exactly like the sneaky, twisted, ridiculously annoying and noble sort of thing Leo Valdez would do.
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[Iris] squeezed his hand. Don't lose hope, Frank. Rainbows always stand for hope.
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I stared at her. Maybe I wasn't the brightest guy in the world when it came to girls, but I was pretty sure Rachel had just dumped me, which was lame considering we'd never even been together.
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Percy yelled. What's going- Gah! Shrimpzilla!
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Rachel: They asked me a lot of questions about you. I played dumb. Annabeth: Was it hard?
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I come to writing the same way I come to teaching, which is that my goal is always to create life-long readers.
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I named my camel Katrina. She was a natural disaster. She slobbered everywhere and seemed to think the purple streak in my hair was some kind of exotic fruit. She was obsessed with trying to eat my head. I named Walt's camel Hindenburg. He was almost as large as a zeppelin and definitely as full of gas.
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I want to build some thing permanent.
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It's just Annabeth mom jeez!
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What’s the best part of being in Hermes cabin? Connor: You are never lonely. I mean seriously, new kids are always coming in. So you always have someone to talk to. Travis: Or prank. Connor: Or pickpocket. One big happy family.
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What's Cabin Nine? Leo asked. And I'm not a Vulcan! Come on, Mr. Spock, I'll explain everything.
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She was beautiful in combat. I know that’s a crazy thing to say, especially after we’d just climbed a sewage waterfall, but her gray eyes sparkled when she was fighting for her life. Her face shone like a goddess’s, and believe me, I’ve seen goddesses. The way her Camp Half-Blood beads rested against her throat—Okay, sorry. Got a little distracted.
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