In the early morning darkness on the barren and remote planet of the Ninth House, Gideon awaits the shuttle that will help her finally escape from her life as an indentured servant.

Claire Beans (she/they) and Han Koehle (any pronouns) discuss the ambiguity around Gideon's status, the economy of Drearburh, and what's happening with the Ninth's population. Claire puts porridge in a sandwich bag. Han has questions about space Alcatraz. Anything is necromancy if you try hard and believe in yourself?

Content Warning: brief mentions of death, torture, slavery, racism, war crimes, genocide

Further Reading:

R. F. Kuang (2018) The Poppy War

Achille Mbembe (2011) Necropolitics

Angela Davis (2003) Are Prisons Obsolete?

W.E.B. Du Bois (1903) The Souls of Black Folk

Michel Foucault (1975) Discipline and Punish

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Tamsyn Miur's Locked Tomb series (so far, Gideon the Ninth, Harrow the Ninth, and Nona the Ninth) offers a rich, humorous look at power, agency, and relationship under empire. Join Claire Beans (she/they), Han Koehle (any pronouns), and guests as we reread the Locked Tomb series chapter by chapter, analyzing Miur's universe and characters and connecting them to the real world through theory and fandom.

Spoilers will be spoilt.