July 2022 Selection: ‘Gideon the Ninth’ by Tamsyn Muir
Maude’s July selection has lesbian necromancers! This month the community has chosen, Gideon the Ninth by Tamsyn Muir. Every month Maude chooses a new Fantasy or Sci-Fi novel with our book club. She uses Good Reads to keep everything in one space.
Synopsis:
“The Emperor needs necromancers. The Ninth necromancer needs a swordsman. Gideon has a sword, some dirty magazines, and no more time for undead bullshit. Brought up by unfriendly, ossifying nuns, ancient retainers, and countless skeletons, Gideon is ready to abandon a life of servitude and an afterlife as a reanimated corpse.”
Goodreads
About The Author
Tamsyn Muir is the bestselling author of the Locked Tomb Trilogy, which begins with Gideon the Ninth. A Kiwi, she has spent most of her life in Howick, New Zealand, with time living in Waiku and central Wellington. She currently lives and works in Oxford, in the United Kingdom.
Maude’s Book Chat ‘Gideon the Ninth’ Part 1
Talking Points
(18:12) When you have an audiobook narrator Maude says that they have to bring you in with their voice into the story. And unfortunately, for this novel, it wasn’t sticking for her.
(1:00:000 Maude pulls up some character designs for each of the houses in the novel and goes through the community to see which house they would be in.
(1:40:23) Maude wanted to discuss everyone’s favourite elements of this world: the fact that you could summon necromancers, the fact that every planet has a unique set of powers and culture, the fact that there is a necromancer as a cavalier.
Maude’s Book Chat ‘Gideon the Ninth’ Part 2
Talking Points
(14:44) Jimmy said that he actually read this book in a graveyard to fully immerse himself. He then explains that he is a bit superstitious but still enjoyed reading it in that setting.
(56:58) Zelda interrupts the live stream and she burps a couple of times into the microphone and she’s growling at Maude.
(1:34:31) Oddball comments in the chat and said that she is more tied to Gideon because there was a previous Gideon. So there are similarities between the two.
Have you read Gideon the Ninth by Tamsyn Muir?
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