In this week’s recap of Chapters 7-8 of Gideon the Ninth, we arrive at the First House and get introduced to some of the other necromancers and cavaliers! And what fun introductions they are. Then Kabriya puts Baily’s linguistics knowledge to the test in a game about the naming conventions of the nine houses, before we jump into a discussion of memes and Internet culture references in the Locked Tomb series—the ones that made us laugh and the ones that made us groan.

* SPOILER ALERT * We reference events from GTN and HTN in this podcast, as it’s intended for readers who’ve already finished both books.

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References:

“Chew,” Tamsyn’s zombie short story: https://www.nightmare-magazine.com/fiction/chew/

Tamsyn interview about Chew: https://www.nightmare-magazine.com/nonfiction/author-spotlight-tamsyn-muir/

Tamsyn interviews from our meme discussion:
https://thefantasyinn.com/2019/08/28/an-interview-with-tamsyn-muir

https://www.forbes.com/sites/adamrowe1/2019/09/10/tamsyn-muirs-goony-fun-gideon-the-ninth-takes-sci-fi-fantasy-prose-into-new-territory/?sh=53321f103384

https://lareviewofbooks.org/article/the-butch-lesbian-sci-fi-aesthetic-a-conversation-with-tamsyn-muir/

Reddit discussion on memes in the series: https://www.reddit.com/r/TheNinthHouse/comments/igk6zt/discussion_do_you_like_the_memes_in_the_books/g2ug0qo/ 

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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