Highlight 22: Gideon the Ninth by Tamsyn Muir

Published: Sept. 26, 2022, 9 a.m.

b'This fortnight we\\u2019re discussing \\u201cGideon The Ninth\\u201d by Tamsyn Muir, a book best described as "lesbian necromancers in space". We\\u2019re joined by special guest S.T. ("Saint") Gibson! You can find all their stuff at their website.\\n\\nTITLE: Gideon the Ninth\\n\\n\\nAUTHOR: Tamsyn Muir\\n\\n\\nPUBLISHER: Tor/Forge\\n\\n\\nYEAR: 2019\\n\\n\\nLENGTH: 448 pages\\n\\n\\nAGE: Adult\\n\\n\\nGENRE: Fantasy, Science Fiction\\n\\n\\nRECOMMENDED: Highly\\n\\nBook TW for cursing, ableism (brief), grief, toxic friendship/relationship, vomit, blood (graphic), violence (graphic), gore (graphic), body horror (graphic), cannibalism, medical content, degenerative illness, emotional abuse, physical abuse (backstory), child abuse (backstory), suicide (backstory), child death (graphic), murder (graphic), self harm, parental death (backstory), major character death (graphic), death (graphic).\\nTopic 1: Toxic Relationship. Begins at (1:35), CW for toxic relationship, blood, cannibalism, death.\\nTopic 2: Suicide. Begins at (14:27), CW for toxic relationship, suicide, murder, death.\\nTopic 3: Cannibalism. Begins at (24:40), CW for vomit (brief mention), gore, body horror, child death, suicide, death.\\nPromo for Comics Quest from Certain POV; Spoiler-free wrap-up and ratings: Begins at (35:16). The wrapup contains an extended discussion of how suicide is handled in the book as a topic for the care rating.\\n---\\nThis episode discusses fictional depictions of suicide. If you\'re in the United States the National Suicide Prevention Lifeline is 1-800-273-8255. For those of our audience outside of the United States, you may be able to find the suicide hotline number or other appropriate emergency services for your country inthis directory provided by OpenCounseling.\\n---\\nIf you\'d like to make a monthly donation, please check us out on Patreon.\\nTo make a one-time donation please support us on Ko-Fi.\\nFor fortnightly news and updates, as well as links to recent written reviews, subscribe to our newsletter.\\nYou can check out Robin\'s written review of the book at Reviews That Burn.\\nFind all our links on our Carrd.\\nMusic provided by HeartBeatArt and is used with permission.\\nMembers of the Certain Point of View network of podcasts.'