In our penultimate Gideon the Ninth recap episode (yes, we're really almost there!!), we look at the last half of Chapter 36, in which the fight against Cytherea concludes with Gideon's sacrifice. We also covered the so-called Western Conference of the first round of our "most iconic lines from Gideon the Ninth" tournament bracket, and continued our discussion of the apocalypse and resurrection in the series, looking at the significance of a nuclear apocalypse specifically within a New Zealand context.

* SPOILER ALERT * We reference events from all three books in this podcast, as it’s intended for readers who are caught up with the series.

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This episode was edited by Adam and transcribed by Katie.

References:

• Brm-911: Cytherea sparing Gideon
• etherealacademia & gideonisms: Gideon's last words
• Tāmaki Herenga Waka / Stories of Auckland exhibit
• Mururoa sculpture by the Pacific Sisters
• sixth-light: NZ and nuclear disarmament
• babylyctor: Energy Sources, Nuclear Waste, The Atomic Age, and Imperialism in The Locked Tomb
• babylyctor: necromancy as a metaphor for nuclear energy

Intro/Segment Music: "Turismo" by Spaceinvader (Icons8 Music)

Outro Music: "Warm Vacuum Tube" by Admiral Bob (2019 - Licensed under Creative Commons Attribution (3.0))

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