Nona the Ninth, the upcoming third book in the Locked Tomb series, is coming out September 13th and we are HYPED. In the sarcastic spirit of the books we decided to do a meme-based recap to remind you what happened in Gideon the Ninth and Harrow the Ninth. Obviously major spoilers are to follow. This …
We’re just over halfway through 2022 so the hosts take time to reflect on their best books of 2022 and beyond. Remember kids, like what you like and who cares if it’s “cool”? The Age of Enjoyment has begun! Your hosts are Josh MacDougall (@FourofFiveWits), Christina Ladd (@OLaddieGirl), and Steph Kingston (@StephOKingston). Our art is …
If you haven’t given the Locked Tomb series by Tamsyn Muir a try yet, stop reading this right now and go read that instead. Seriously: go, you can thank me later. I also had not read it until now, and it’s easily the best series I’ve started since A Chorus of Dragons–and I loved that …
It’s no secret that we here at Geekly love Tamsyn Muir and her gothic sensibilities. But does her necromantic space opera mean that she can write a fantasy-based fairy tale as well? Of course it does. Duh. Muir is brilliant in a way that has already transcended genres. Why wouldn’t she be able to pull …
Looking back at the books of 2019, the one that has stuck with me the most, latching on even as my brain slowly melted in quarantine, was Tamsyn Muir’s Gideon the Ninth. February feels as if it were years ago, 2019 is ancient history, but reading Gideon the Ninth feels like yesterday. The follow-up, Harrow …
Rejoice! For the necromancers are back, and they are gayer than ever. Pansexual, polyamorous lusts and even a few chaste passions simmer beneath more layers of mystery and necromantic magic than ever before, and dear grim little Harrow is our guide. Which is both fortunate and challenging, because she’s going places you wouldn’t believe. No …
e.e. cummings exhorted his readers to “dive for dreams or a slogan may topple you,” and I have tried to keep that warning in mind since I read it long ago. But today I have failed. A slogan has brought me down. “Lesbian necromancers in space” is that slogan. I have toppled. I have fallen …
There are always trends in publishing, but a recent one was particularly odd: the use of “nine” in titles. Was everyone excited about 2019 for some reason? Is there some kind of numerology pact among authors? Are the nine muses subtly signaling for attention? I don’t know. But hey, here’s a list to keep track …