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Morpheus Road takes place in Stony Brook Connecticut

If you’ve read the excerpt from The Light, you’ll know that I’ve set the action of Morpheus Road in Bobby Pendragon’s hometown of Stony Brook.  Basically, I did it for fun.    Pendragon readers will (hopefully) remember many of the places that Marshall and his friends go to from Bobby’s story.  It was fun for me to re-visit that town, though technically it was re-re-visiting because I based Stony Brook on my hometown of Greenwich, CT.  (And yes, though the original Garden Poultry doesn’t exist anymore on “The Ave”, there is another one open in Old Greenwich so you can still get those great fries.)

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185 Comments on “Morpheus Road takes place in Stony Brook Connecticut”

  1. DJ says:

    Laithe: It would be too easy to guess the character reference from Pen because without knowing the context, you could guess anybody and eventually somebody would get it.

    Corin: Saint Dane didn’t go anywhere. He was no more.

    Solara Traveler: Most every conversation I have with producers is about how to combine books and change the story and yadda yadda yadda. My eyes glaze over and I look for the exit.

  2. Ashley says:

    I still don’t understand why people want a Pendragon movie. It would be impossible to find all of the right actors at the right time that could get all of the acting done in time to get all of the movies out in the correct sequence of time. Then, of course, all of the smaller details would be left out because the movie wouldn’t be able to go for as long as it would take to get it done right.

    Personally, I’m completely opposed to having a Pendragon movie. Even if DJ were to direct, write, and produce it (I think that would be insanely exhausting and a complete waste of the time that he could spend writing another book- hint hint), things would be left out, people would be disappointed, the actors wouldn’t be as perfect as the images that the readers had originally found in their heads. It’s just… wrong.

    I know that many of you disagree with me, but this is my opinion. A movie would only ruin Pendragon. A book is meant to be read and percieved however the reader decides to. A movie is a cut-off of the imagination it takes to effectively read a novel.

    ~Ashley

  3. laithe says:

    Ashely:
    I totally agree. if some one made the movie it wouldn’t be very good and disappointing fans. Look at the percy jackson movie that was horrible though a realy good book.

  4. Saint Dane123 says:

    Dj,

    My uncle owns the Upper Crust Bagel shop literally right next to garden poultry. Just knowing that you wrote the story from Greenwich where parts of my family live is pretty cool.

    Pendragon Movie:
    No movie, it would be the worst descion ever. Actors wouldn’t play the part right and all the small details wouldnt be mentioned. I do like the idea of a tv show though. =)

  5. Traveler says:

    I went to Garden Poultry on the way up to my grandparents’ house near Harvard. Those fries are GREAT!

  6. ~Pickle~ (Shmii/Kayla) says:

    Did you know there’s a forum for a fan movie of Pendragon? I don’t remember the link, but I post it later if anyone wants it. I think people will be asking for a movie until a movie comes out, which may never happen. Then again, a movie or movies might come out in several decades and then it would be doubly weird. lol

    But anyway, I support whatever decision/conclusion you come to, DJ. ^^

  7. DJ says:

    SaintDane123: In Old Greenwich? The original Garden Poultry (and the one I envision in Stony Brook) was on Greenwich Avenue. Now I think it’s called Garden Catering in Old Greenwich. AND…I know what the secret ingredient is that makes the fries so great. (Though I don’t think it’s so secret)

  8. LeBon says:

    How many books are in the ‘The Light’ series? Are you going to write any other books after these series?

    *Answer ‘no’ if its a spoiler* )

  9. LeBon says:

    Is the Character from Pen using the same name in Morph as in Pen? First and Last name?

  10. LeBon says:

    Does the character remember what to him or her in the Pen

  11. Yunis says:

    Happened?

  12. AeroAthena21 says:

    I am not sure what a pendragon movie would be like. I mean, I guess every body that has had a book they loved were skeptical about the movie. But some times it’s pretty okay. Like in Harry Potter and Twilght. Then again there are those unfortunate times like Percy Jackson and the Olympians. That was just sad…. *looks down with wide eyes in disbelief*

    Post Scriptum (P.S) to ~Pickle~ (Shmii/Kayla)- I remember that fan based movie forum. The day I was going to help out with it, PA shut down. 🙁

  13. Saintdane123 says:

    Dj,
    Yeah I know it was on Greenwich Avenue, but since it got taken away I decided to use the nearest location there was.

  14. Saintdane123 says:

    I have always been wondering what the seasoning in the fries are, they’re AWESOME!!

  15. Markus says:

    Dude, I live across the country from Connecticut and now I wanna go for that reason.

  16. 4realTraveler says:

    movie might be ok but idk. D.J., I LOVE your books thank you so much! 🙂 many times i’d be having a bad day and then step into “Bobby’s World” and forget my worries and laugh and cry with Bobby. You are an amazing author and thank you so much for keeping things going with “The Morpheus Road” series. i’ve watched the trailer and read the summary; it looks AWESOME! i’m going to be mowing a lot now to earn money so i can preorder it on amazon. c o m. thanks again. you really give me someone to look up to. 🙂

  17. 4realTraveler says:

    i really want me some fries now

  18. Connor says:

    I think its awesome that dj put the town of his new book the same as pendragon! Still cant wait for the book

  19. Isabeau says:

    i know right, that should be DJ’s signature thing tho, putting the Bronx and the Ave in all of them

  20. Alex says:

    i wanna go to the Bronx and look for a closed off train station :p

  21. luis says:

    thaaaatttts so true ending the pendragon series was very wrong…but im actualy kind of glad of it and before you guys say “what the” its because when i started reading all a’s then book 5 all d’s even though i finished the whole main series in like 3 months

  22. luis says:

    sory that one was soppose to be for the older comments but it felt like the newer ones

  23. luis says:

    that would be cool to actualy see closed train station in bronx and actualy finding the flume thattle be the coolest thing ever this post may not go with the others but wouldnt it be cool if your b-day wishes will come true cause if they did i’d wish to be a traveler

  24. William says:

    About the Pendragon movie, I think it’d be a waste of time to try to create one, as you would not be able to find good actors to portray what the readers see in there minds about what the characters look like, and if you could, it would take way to long, unless you cut out almost all of the minor things, that help make the story. But if you decide to, DJ, you should have Time Is Running Out, by Muse, playing when Bobby goes to rescue Uncle Press.

  25. Brandon says:

    how about a short miniseries? 20 one hour episodes?

  26. William says:

    Brandon, I’m not sure that’d be so short, haha. That’s about one series of a Sci-Fi show.

  27. Rik says:

    i agree AeroAthena21 it wood suck as bad (probly) percy jackson and i want frys :`(
    *looks down with wide eyes in disbelief*
    #sorry AeroAthena21
    a 2 hour mini seri would be cool 10 episoids Brandon
    same town is cool
    when is Morpheus Road going to be paperback cuz’ can’t buy intill it is :(:(:(
    *crying hardly*

  28. Darkness says:

    i don’t really like the idea that Morpheus Road is in Stony Brook again. i live really far away from there and so i would never be able to go there as a kid and try to walk where Bobby waked in Pendragon. and once i was an adult i would probably have already forgotten the Pendragon series. maybe they’re hard to forget. it would be cool d.j. if you based a story in, like, Idaho or somewhere in the west. (Besides California. too original.) that would be really cool. so if you ever make another book-hint,hint- base it in the west.

  29. Leeken says:

    im just kinda curious but in the end of the 8th book was the kid who showed up saposed to be a younger bobby or was it uncle press????? just curious cuz its ben bugging me for months

  30. Darkness says:

    @ Leeken i don’t remember a dude at the end of the 8th book. partly because i have a bad memory. and if you haven’t read the ninth one i think it says it in there. idk for sure. but if it doesn’t. based on all the other parts of the books i can remember it was probably Bobby.

  31. Darkness says:

    and you spelled supposed wrong. that’s how you spell it
    S-U-P-P-O-S-E-D. i think

  32. Markus says:

    Ya, that’s how it’s spelt.

  33. Indigo-soon to be traveler says:

    Wow this is soooooo cool! So I love the Pen books. Has anybody read the new series D.J. wrote? I am going to get it today! I am really hoping it is good! Well if it is half as good as his Pen books… I am going to post it all over my youtube channel and everywhere at school!

  34. Indigo-soon to be traveler says:

    Oh yeah by the way… I really think it is cool that… oh yeah Morpheus Road ( duh!) Takes place in the same place as the Pen books! Is it a real place? Sorry I don’t know because I am all the way up in Washington state… D.J. if you read this you should come to Washington! That would rock!

  35. Indigo-soon to be traveler says:

    William-
    I totally agree! I mean nobody could play those characters like D.J. made them. It would just be wrong.

  36. Lead Traveler says:

    @Indigo.
    i agree too. pendragon cannot be a movie!! please d.j!! don’t make it a movie!! pppppppppppplllllllllleeeeaaaaaaaaaassssssseeeeeeeeeeee!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

  37. Lead Traveler says:

    and come to boise or meridian on your next tour for MR. thanks!

  38. Lead Traveler says:

    nobody’s home. nobody’s home. la la la la la la la la la la

  39. LaBerge says:

    I think that a movie would be pretty good. But iI think a TV show would be better. With 10 seasons. 1 for each book.

  40. Lead Traveler says:

    no no no and no!!!!!! please don’t put it on any kind of T.V. or movie please!!!!!!! i personally would HATE it if you made Pendragon or MR a movie!!!!!!!!!!!!! sorry!!!!!!!!!! i just don’t watch T.V. often and so i would miss all the episodes of the T.V. show so please don’t make it appear on T.V. or video!!!!!!!!!!!!!

  41. Swiftpelt13 says:

    I really wanna try those Garden Poultry fries they sound good. And I totally understood the thing about Solara and I liked it. If I found a actual flume, I would go straight to Cloral cuz I love swimming and all that stuff. Or Veelox to go to that Lifelight thing, or even Third Earth! That would rule. Look fo Swiftpelt13 on DeviantART and comment on my drawings with the names u are using here plz

  42. Swiftpelt13 says:

    And DJ, if u could come over to McAllen, that would also rule!

  43. Swiftpelt13 says:

    I sort of want a movie, but Im afraid that they’ll screw it up like Percy Jackson

  44. Lead Traveler says:

    i’m worry about that too. how do you get on to that website?

  45. Lead Traveler says:

    you know i’ve been thinking. i’m past the part when Marsh talks about Mark Dimond and i think i remember something about him working in a trophy shop. i’m not sure it might have been in another book. and i can relate to Marsh on one thing: i love to read too!!!!!!!! whenever something’s too stressful and i need a break or i’m just bored i read!!!!!!!!!!! but he is most of all like one of my friends. she loves to read and she loves to draw and she’s good. i just got her started on Alex Rider and she says once she’s done with those she’s goin’ read Pendragon. i’m going to make sure she does too. i’m going to keep pestering her about it next year to make sure she DOES read them. hehehehehehe.

  46. Pendragon Is Awesome says:

    I want to go to The Bronx and to the abandoned subway and try to find the flume :3

  47. Pendragon Is Awesome says:

    Why does no one have a last name in Pendragon other then Press & Bobby & the people fro the Earth territories?

  48. Pendragon Is Awesome says:

    And I want a Pendragon movie! 🙁
    *Crys*

    WAHHHHHHHHH

  49. Lead Traveler says:

    i don’t want a Pendragon movie!!!!!!!!!!!!! the books are TOO awesome!!!!!!!!!!!!!

  50. Swiftpelt13 says:

    If they made a movie, MacHale should direct it.Then I would watch it.

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