One Flesh, One End

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 Zealan...

The battle with Cytherea errupts as we recap the first half of Chapter 36 in this episode, followed by a dive into a tournament bracket of the most iconic lines in Gideon the Ninth, since we're so close to the end of this book (!!). Then we're taking a step back in time to discuss the timeline of the nuclear apocalypse and resurrection ten thousand years before the events of GTN—the first part of what will be a multi-episode discussion. We're almost there! * SPOILER ALERT * We reference ev...

In this episode, Gideon finds “her last two living allies” [citation needed] in the Canaan House sickroom, and Palamedes goes out with a bang. Baily then torments Kabriya with another word definitions quiz. We end with a long-awaited discussion of our favourite indoor kids, Pal and Cam! A transcript of this episode is available here. 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. This episode was edit...

Uh oh, sisters! In this episode, we’re reconnecting with the world’s most normal twins. Chapter 34 finds us in the Seventh House’s lyctoral lab with Ianthe, Corona, and Babs’ dead body. Ianthe performs her villain monologue, reveals Corona’s “bad, sad, secret,” and commits a little light self-defence killing to follow up her main course of first-degree murder. We then take another Nine Houses sorting quiz and get a bit off topic, and wrap up with a discussion of the theory that Corona may hav...

Let's hear it for the horrors of love! This episode is the second part of our two-part discussion of the short story "The Unwanted Guest," from the paperback edition of Nona the Ninth. We're taking a deep dive into the implications of this short story for the entire series. * 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 A huge thank you to everyone who helped us resurrect the pod with your Patreon s...