Get Your Greek On - The Percy Jackson TV Show is Out Soon

20 Nov 2023, 9 a.m.

By J'Shuall of Jackanapery

18 years after the release of The Lightning Thief, the Percy Jackson series is finally getting a proper adaptation into live action for the first time!

For the first time!

The FIRST time!

You cannot convince me otherwise.

(Editor: what J-Shuall has stated here may not be 100% accurate.)

To celebrate this momentous occasion, why not get our Greek on by reading stories about their oh so wonderful mythology?

Now, where else to start our Greek Mythology bonanza than where it all began. No, not with those old geezers from Greece but Percy Jackson!

Cover image of Percy Jackson and the Lightning Thief

Why not give the old Lightning Thief a reread for the millionth time (or gods forbid, the first time). How else are you going to be able to go through every new episode of the show knowing exactly what minute detail they miss or change? We’ve got to get our smugness supply somewhere. Here at the library, we have all the Percy Jacksons you could ever want. Obviously we have the book, but that’s not all we got! We got the eBook, the audiobook (on CD (which are those old person things used in cars)), the audiobook again (but this time digital), the terrible movie that does not exist, and the graphic novel! So many options, so many books.

But why stop there?

One of the great parts of Percy Jackson is how he takes these millennia-year-old stories (from back when the world was still in black and white) and modernises them, retelling them for newer generations. The Lightning Thief is a delightful hodgepodge of various different myths and legends. However, Mr Riordan wasn’t the first person, nor the last, to do this to Greek myth. So let's have a look at other people’s takes on the monsters, deities, heroes, and tales told in The Lightning Thief.

Super minor spoilers for The Lightning Thief ahead.

That time some spooky grandmas knitted a sock ominously:

Threads that bind / Hatzopoulou, Kika

Sometimes people are just really stubborn about things... ***Bull-headed*, if you will:**

Bull : a novel / Elliott, David

The Gods really need to get better at holding onto their stuff:

Daughter of Sparta / Andrews, Claire

To be honest, I'm actually quite fond of snakes, I don't know what all this fuss is about:

Medusa / Burton, Jessie (eaudiobook, ebook)

The Goddess of Love is a nosey busybody and more trouble than she's worth:

(Editor: The above statement is the personal opinion of one J'Shuall of Jackanapery and not of Wellington City Libraries as a whole and any divine vengeance sent down from above should target only him please.)

Lovely war / Berry, Julie (eaudiobook)