This character appears in 10 books.
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The Bartimaeus Series: Book 3Ptolemy's Gate
by Jonathan Stroud
Bartimaeus: I consider Bartimaeus the main character in this trilogy. He is certainly the main djinni, a demon who has survived several millenia serving human magicians on Earth. Old, powerful, snarky. Very sarcastic.
Memorable Quotes by Bartimaeus:
“It's two thousand, one hundred and twenty-nine years since Ptolemy died. He was fourteen. Eight world empires have risen up and fallen away since that day, and I still carry his face...”
“We communicated with pithy: run, jump, left, up, Duck, etc. This latter was an observation I made on the edge of the lake, Nathaniel unfortunately took this as a command which led to our temporary immersion”
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The Bartimaeus Series: Book 1The Amulet of Samarkand
by Jonathan Stroud
Bartimaeus: A 5,000 year old djinni summoned by Nathaniel. He has a snarky, sarcastic and often sardonic outlook on things and a hilarious sense of humor. He also is wise about magic and magicians as a result of his long enslavement. Also goes by: Sakhr al-Jinni, N'gorso the Mighty, Rekhyt, and the Serpent of Silver Plumes.
Memorable Quotes by Bartimaeus:
“Hey, it was his first time. I wanted to scare him. And I did, too.”
“One magician demanded that I show him an image of the love of his life. I rustled up a mirror.”
“Watch where you leave your victims! I stubbed my toe on that!”
“Minor magicians take pains to fit this traditional wizardly bill. By contrast, the really powerful magicians take pleasure in looking like accountants.”
“That did it. I'd gone through a lot in the past few days. Everyone I met seemed to want a piece of me: djinn, magicians, humans...it made no difference.I'd been summoned, manhandled, shot at, captured, constricted, bossed about and generally taken for granted. And now, to cap it all, this bloke was joining in too, when all I'd been doing was quietly trying to kill him.”
“He sounded almost eager. Wrong emotion, kid--try fear.”
“I even know a djinni once who was imprisoned in a dirty old lamp.”
“Yes, it is your fault, but, er, don't blame yourself. Life's for the living...and, erm....Oh, whatever.”
“Running's good if your skin needs saving.”
“I had a chance at him now. Things were a bit more even. He knew my name, I knew his. He had six years' experience, I had five thousand and ten. That was the kind of odds that you could do something with.”
“He was transfixed at the sight of the lords and ladies of his realm running about like demented chickens”
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The Bartimaeus Series: Book 2The Golem's Eye
by Jonathan Stroud
Bartimaeus: The 5,000 year old, snarky djinni from "The Amulet of Samarkand", still with his sarcastic sense of humor and love for teasing Nathaniel.
Memorable Quotes by Bartimaeus:
“Hey, we've all got problems, chum. I'm overly talkative. You look like a field of buttercups in a suit.”
“Surely you hadn't forgotten, you summon me, the backchat comes free. It's part of the package.”
“Out of the corner of my eye I saw the orangutan scratch his armpit. Either this was a subtle signal promising swift aid, or else he hadn't seen me.”
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Tools for Life
by James Hollandsworth
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The Bartimaeus SeriesThe Bartimaeus Trilogy (collective work)
by Jonathan Stroud
Bartimaeus: 5,000 year old djinni
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The Bartimaeus Series: Book 4The Ring of Solomon
by Jonathan Stroud
Bartimaeus: The main djinni. Old, powerful, snarky.
Memorable Quotes by Bartimaeus:
“...I'd formulated a plan. Can you define a "plan" as 'a loose sequence of manifestly inadequate observations and conjectures, held together by panic, indecision, and ignorance'? If so, it was a very good plan.”
“Other forbidden activities in the palace included: fighting, devouring servants, running in the corridors, cursing, drawing rude stick figures on the harem walls, causing unpleasant smells to permeate the kitchens, and spitting on the upholstery. A least these were the ones I'd gotten told off for; there were probably others.”
“I've killed kings before. Four, in fact: three of them ultra-cool, deliberate acts of political assassination, and one an unfortunate mishap involving a barking dog, a child's toy chariot, a slippery corridor, a short, steep ramp, and a cauldron of boiling beef-fat.”
“Kill Solomon? No. It's suicide. I might as well jump down Khaba's throat or take a bath in molten silver. I might as well eat myself feetfirst, or put my head under the bottom of a squatting elephant. At least those options would be entertaining to watch.”
“Ammet clearly subscribed to the Egyptian curse tradition: keep it succinct and keep it scary. As opposed to (say) those long-winded Sumerian curses that waffle on endlessly about boils, sores, and painful bouts of wind, while you, the intended victim, softly slip away.”
“When you're in the middle of a fight, you stick to the basics, namely trying to disembowel your enemy while stopping him tearing off your arm and beating you around the head with it. If you've any energy left over, you use it for swearing.”
“How do you spend your life-or-death chases? In a state of numb bewilderment? Perhaps in continuous toe-tightening panic, or with occasional outbursts of gibbering fear? Reasonable responses, all. Personally, I use them to think. They're good that way. Everything's quiet, you're on your own, and all your other little problems helpfully fade from view as you ponder the essentials.”
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Bartimaeus Graphic Novels: Book 1 This book is based on The Amulet of Samarkand by Jonathan Stroud.The Amulet of Samarkand (Graphic Novel)
by Jonathan Stroud, Andrew Donkin, Lee Sullivan
Bartimaeus: mid level demon that served Nataniel until he release and resourceful in different situation.
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