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title: Hot Tomb Summer | reddit post
description: reddit post | Read along for The Locked Tomb Series by Tamsyn Muir
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 Reading Schedule (click to open)

| **Discussion Date** | **Readings Due** | **Plot Points** | **Discussion Leader** |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| **May 16** | *Gideon the Ninth: Chapters 1 - 6* | introduction to Gideon and Harrow, the scene is set | [u/pacificselkie](https://www.reddit.com/u/pacificselkie/) |
| **May 23** | *Gideon the Ninth: Chapters 7 - 11* | arrive at Canaan House, initial interactions with other houses | [u/Fungo](https://www.reddit.com/u/Fungo/) |
| **May 30** | *Gideon the Ninth: Chapters 12 - 16* | Harrow and Gideon come to a truce, the first trial, dinner party | [u/WetPepper](https://www.reddit.com/u/WetPepper/) |
| **June 6** | *Gideon the Ninth: Chapters 17 - 20* | Murder of Abigail and Magnus, G + P's room, second trial | [u/GenderDojoEnjoyer](https://www.reddit.com/u/GenderDojoEnjoyer/) |
| **June 13** | *Gideon the Ninth: Chapters 21 - 25* | body of Protesilaus found, duel between Second and Sixth, challenge from the Third, murder of the Fourth House | [u/butchfeminist](https://www.reddit.com/u/butchfeminist/) |
| **June 20** | *Gideon the Ninth: Chapters 26 - 31* | Gideon and Dulcinea have a chat, the Sixth and Ninth work together, Gideon has tea with the Eighth, Gideon finds Protesilaus' head, The Pool Scene | [u/TuEresMiOtroYo](https://www.reddit.com/u/TuEresMiOtroYo/) |
| **June 27** | *Gideon the Ninth: Chapters 32 - 35* | discovery of soul melanges, Deuteros murders Teacher and calls for The Emperor, Ianthe becomes a Lyctor, discovery of Cytherea | [u/Solitae8](https://www.reddit.com/u/Solitae8/) |
| **July 4** | *Gideon the Ninth: Chapters 36 - Epilogue* | The End | [u/balletrat](https://www.reddit.com/u/balletrat/) |
| **July 11** | *Harrow the Ninth: Prologue - Chapter 5* | Resurrection Beast origins, Ianthe delivers a letter, Harrow and Ortus travel to Canaan House | [u/pacificselkie](https://www.reddit.com/u/pacificselkie/) |
| **July 18** | *Harrow the Ninth: Chapters 6 - 11* | Introduction to the Saint of Joy, the River, Teacher explains the Lyctor trials, Cytherea's funeral, Introduction to the Saint of Patience, Harrow stabs Cytherea | [u/WetPepper](https://www.reddit.com/u/WetPepper/) (tentative) |
| **July 25** | *Harrow the Ninth: Chapters 12 - 20* | Harrow kills a planet, Ianthe struggles with her arm, John duscusses Harrow's conception, Notes on other lyctors, Introduction to Saint of Duty, murder of Deuteros, Saint of Duty attempts to kill Harrow | [u/Solitae8](https://www.reddit.com/u/Solitae8/) |
| **August 1** | *Harrow the Ninth: Chapters 21 - 29* | Bodies of Camilla and Palamedes found, Cytherea walks, Ortus and Cytherea get it on, soup is served, Coronabeth and Silas die, Harrow creates an arm, Harrow shares her secret with Fifth House, a plan to kill the Saint of Duty | [u/lik_bred](https://www.reddit.com/u/lik_bred/) |
| **August 8** | *Harrow the Ninth: Chapters 30 - 35* | "Dios apate, minor", Harrow saves the Saint of Duty, Harrow meets Camilla and Palamedes, things get shitty at Canaan House |   |
| **August 15** | *Harrow the Ninth: Chapters 36 - Epiparodos* | Arrival of the Resurrection Beast, a discussion about A.L., a body under the bed, arrival of the Heralds, Ianthe helps Harrow with a procedure | [u/butchfeminist](https://www.reddit.com/u/butchfeminist/) |
| **August 22** | *Harrow the Ninth: Chapters 40 - 46* | Alternate Universes, Harrow remembers, the Heralds attack, Harrow and Abigail come up with a plan, Mercymorn has a realization |   |
| **August 29** | *Harrow the Ninth: Chapters 47 - 49* | exorcism of the Sleeper, Ianthe and Gideon reunite, Ortus summons Nonius |   |
| **September 5** | *Harrow the Ninth: Chapters 50 - Epilogue* | God makes a dad joke, God is confronted by the lyctors, the lyctors are confronted by God, bodies get swapped |   |
| **September 12** | *Harrow the Ninth: Glossary, Memorandum for Record, Pronounciation Guide, As Yet Unsent* | information regarding the world at large, knowledge of B.O.E., insight into what Camilla, Judith and Coronabeth have been up to |  |

 Reading Schedule (no spoilers)

| **Discussion Date** | **Readings Due** | **Discussion Leader** |
| --- | --- | --- |
| **May 16** | *Gideon the Ninth: Chapters 1 - 6* | [u/pacificselkie](https://www.reddit.com/u/pacificselkie/) |
| **May 23** | *Gideon the Ninth: Chapters 7 - 11* | [u/Fungo](https://www.reddit.com/u/Fungo/) |
| **May 30** | *Gideon the Ninth: Chapters 12 - 16* | [u/WetPepper](https://www.reddit.com/u/WetPepper/) |
| **June 6** | *Gideon the Ninth: Chapters 17 - 20* | [u/GenderDojoEnjoyer](https://www.reddit.com/u/GenderDojoEnjoyer/) |
| **June 13** | *Gideon the Ninth: Chapters 21 - 25* | [u/butchfeminist](https://www.reddit.com/u/butchfeminist/) |
| **June 20** | *Gideon the Ninth: Chapters 26 - 31* | [u/TuEresMiOtroYo](https://www.reddit.com/u/TuEresMiOtroYo/) |
| **June 27** | *Gideon the Ninth: Chapters 32 - 35* | [u/Solitae8](https://www.reddit.com/u/Solitae8/) |
| **July 4** | *Gideon the Ninth: Chapters 36 - Epilogue* | [u/balletrat](https://www.reddit.com/u/balletrat/) |
| **July 11** | *Harrow the Ninth: Prologue - Chapter 5* | [u/pacificselkie](https://www.reddit.com/u/pacificselkie/) |
| **July 18** | *Harrow the Ninth: Chapters 6 - 11* | [u/WetPepper](https://www.reddit.com/u/WetPepper/) (tentative) |
| **July 25** | *Harrow the Ninth: Chapters 12 - 20* | [u/Solitae8](https://www.reddit.com/u/Solitae8/) |
| **August 1** | *Harrow the Ninth: Chapters 21 - 29* | [u/lik_bred](https://www.reddit.com/u/lik_bred/) |
| **August 8** | *Harrow the Ninth: Chapters 30 - 35* |   |
| **August 15** | *Harrow the Ninth: Chapters 36 - Epiparodos* | [u/butchfeminist](https://www.reddit.com/u/butchfeminist/) |
| **August 22** | *Harrow the Ninth: Chapters 40 - 46* |   |
| **August 29** | *Harrow the Ninth: Chapters 47 - 49* |   |
| **September 5** | *Harrow the Ninth: Chapters 50 - Epilogue* |   |
| **September 12** | *Harrow the Ninth: Glossary, Memorandum for Record, Pronounciation Guide, As Yet Unsent* |   |

# Chapter Discussions

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## [Hot Tomb Summer: Harrow the Ninth Chapters 50-Epilogue](https://www.hottombsummer.club/locked-tomb-summer-harrow-the-ninth-50-epilogue)

Posted by [u/AnAmpleSupplyofNight](https://www.reddit.com/r/TheNinthHouse/comments/x6es0t/hot_tomb_summer_harrow_the_ninth_chapters/) on September 5th 2022

Welcome, friends, to the penultimate edition of the Hot Tomb Summer! We are a mere eight days from meeting the enigmatic Nona, and will spend this post discussing Chapter 50 through the Epilogue of Harrow the Ninth. These chapters are deliciously dense, with a lot to digest and even more to speculate about as God and the lyctors take turns confronting each other in increasingly escalatory ways, bodies get swapped, and we meet an unknown woman in an unknown city with a very familiar friend. So let's have some fun!

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## [Hot Tomb Summer: Harrow the Ninth, Chapters 47 - 49](https://www.hottombsummer.club/locked-tomb-summer-harrow-the-ninth-47-49)

Posted by [u/stumpynat](https://www.reddit.com/r/TheNinthHouse/comments/x0ln5l/discussion_hot_tomb_summer_harrow_the_ninth/) on August 29th 2022

Hello all! Your friendly neighborhood reddit lurker is here to actually post for once. Today we're covering ghosts and duels, of both of swords and words, in chapters 47 - 49 of Harrow!

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## [Hot Tomb Summer: Harrow the Ninth Chapters 40-46](https://www.hottombsummer.club/locked-tomb-summer-harrow-the-ninth-40-46)

Posted by [u/balletrat](https://www.reddit.com/r/TheNinthHouse/comments/wx303v/hot_tomb_summer_harrow_the_ninth_chapters_4046/) on August 24th 2022

Hello, and welcome to your belated installment of Hot Tomb Summer: now with 300% more AUs! Please forgive any errors below as I am pinch hitting and also have just come off a brutal 12 hour ER shift. I may very well be as delirious as our beloved protagonist. So let's get into it:

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## [Hot Tomb Summer: Harrow the Ninth Chapters 36 - Epiparodos](https://www.hottombsummer.club/locked-tomb-summer-harrow-the-ninth-36-epiparodos)

Posted by [u/butchfeminist](https://www.reddit.com/r/TheNinthHouse/comments/wpkhnz/hot_tomb_summer_harrow_the_ninth_chapters_36/) on August 15th 2022

Hello again my lovelies and lemongrabs - coming in hot and nearly tardy like a suspicious shuttle landing at Canaan House, I present the next installment of our Hot Tomb Summer. After this only FOUR weeks remain, postwise, before we get our hot little hands on copies of *Nona,* and then have to start the whole reread all over again!

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## [Locked Tomb/Hot Tomb Summer: Harrow the Ninth Chapters 30-35](https://www.hottombsummer.club/locked-tomb-summer-harrow-the-ninth-30-35)

Posted by [u/blueflask71](https://www.reddit.com/r/TheNinthHouse/comments/wkfysb/locked_tombhot_tomb_summer_harrow_the_ninth/) on August 9th 2022

Hello my adepts and cavaliers in training! It is I, blueflask, lover of the macabre and lover all things lesbian necromancers in space. While I am working on something heavily inspired by the locked tomb series, I am here to provide a discussion on chapters 30-35!

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## [Locked Tomb/Hot Tomb Summer: Harrow the Ninth Chapters 21-29](https://www.hottombsummer.club/locked-tomb-summer-harrow-the-ninth-21-29)

Posted by [u/lik_bred](https://www.reddit.com/r/TheNinthHouse/comments/wdz4f9/locked_tombhot_tomb_summer_harrow_the_ninth/) on August 1st 2022

Welcome penitents and supplicants! Who is hungry tonight? On the menu is murder, mischief, Act Three, and a delicious first attempt at cooking.

Following last week's precedent, Ortus the First will be referred to as the Saint of Duty or Duty. Ortus, Harrow's cavalier, will be referred to as Ortus. Spoons up!

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## [Locked Tomb Summer: Harrow the Ninth 12-20](https://www.hottombsummer.club/locked-tomb-summer-harrow-the-ninth-12-20)

Posted by [u/Solitae8](https://www.reddit.com/r/TheNinthHouse/comments/w7yh8k/locked_tomb_summer_harrow_the_ninth_1220/) on July 25th 2022

Greetings, miracles and monsters! Today we’re covering most of Act 2, in which time gets a little messy, Harrow nearly dies multiple times, and we learn all about Resurrection Beasts.

For clarity’s sake, when I’m referring to Ortus the First (the Lyctor, Saint of Duty), I’m going to use Saint of Duty or Duty, and for Ortus Nigenad (Harrow’s cavalier), I will use Ortus.

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## [Locked Tomb Summer: Harrow the Ninth 6 - 11](https://www.hottombsummer.club/locked-tomb-summer-harrow-the-ninth-6-11)

Reddit post by [u/WetPepper](https://www.reddit.com/r/TheNinthHouse/comments/w303ou/locked_tomb_summer_harrow_the_ninth_6_11/) on July 19th 2022

Things are a movin and confusin left and right. Harrow and Ianthe get to see a bunch of ghosts, we meet the rest of the lyctors (and they are *weird*), and Ortus serenades Abigail with the Noniad.

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## [Locked Tomb Summer: Harrow the Ninth Prologue - 5](https://www.hottombsummer.club/locked-tomb-summer-harrow-the-ninth-prologue-5)

Reddit post by [u/Solitae8](https://www.reddit.com/r/TheNinthHouse/comments/vzamlq/locked_tomb_summer_harrow_the_ninth_prologue_5/) on July 14th 2022

Greetings, embodied and disembodied friends! Time to start on Harrow the Ninth, which I am so excited about! Rereading the first few chapters reminded me how much I adore this book. Sorry if it’s a little disorganized. Part of that is me taking this week at the last-minute, but a good portion of it is just these chapters being chaotic.

First time readers, welcome! This is a very different book from Gideon, and I found it a challenging read my first time through, but now it’s one of my favorite books of all time. If you have no idea what is going on, that is completely expected. Feel free to ask questions, but know in advance that a lot of the answers are likely to be “Keep reading”. It’s just the nature of the book.

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## [Locked Tomb Summer: Gideon the Ninth Chapters 21-25](https://www.hottombsummer.club/locked-tomb-summer-gideon-the-ninth-chapters-21-25)

[Reddit Post by u/butchfeminist ](https://www.reddit.com/r/TheNinthHouse/comments/vbeiyo/locked_tomb_summer_gideon_the_ninth_chapters_2125/)on June 13th 2022

Hot Tomb Summer is starting to boil over, heretics and nunlets! This week we’re about snacks, a hot bath, paranoia, and several kinds of awful violence.

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### Beyond the text

#### Stories, theory posts, interviews etc...

[Physical character descriptions](https://tazmuir.tumblr.com/post/187901634998/hello-i-loved-gideon-the-ninth-so-much-and) from Tamsyn

[Pronunciation guide](https://tazmuir.tumblr.com/post/183313097728/gideon-the-ninth-pronunciation-guide)

[The Locked Tomb Wiki](https://thelockedtomb.fandom.com/wiki/The_Locked_Tomb_Wiki)

[Full Locked Tomb Timeline by Dark Veracity](https://darkveracity.tumblr.com/post/638331299048849408/presenting-the-complete-locked-tomb-timeline/amp) (full of spoilers)

Short Stories

- [The Mysterious Study of Doctor Sex](https://www.tor.com/2020/07/29/the-mysterious-study-of-dr-sex-tamsyn-muir/) Book #0.5 in the series  
  (no spoilers to rest of series but written by Tamsyn after Gideon the Ninth and prior to Harrow )
- [As Yet Unsent" ](https://web.archive.org/web/20210730132758/https://imgur.com/a/bTGprJJ)Book #2.5 of the series (from paperback version of Harrow the Ninth)

Interviews with Tamsyn

- [AMA on r/Fantasy,](https://www.reddit.com/r/books/comments/d52ok2/im_gideon_the_ninth_debut_author_tamsyn_muir_and/) September 16th 2019
- [AMA on r/Fantasy,](https://www.reddit.com/r/Fantasy/comments/i45jq6/im_tamsyn_muir_author_of_harrow_the_ninth_second/) August 5th 2020
- **Book Page**: [Tamsyn Muir: The gay goth space opera of our dreams](https://bookpage.com/interviews/24398-tamsyn-muir-science-fiction-fantasy); September 10th 2019
- **Bustle**: [Tamsyn Muir Is Ready To Write About Cyberpunk Lesbian Gunslingers](https://www.bustle.com/entertainment/tasmyn-muir-on-gideon-the-ninth-the-locked-tomb-trilogy-spec-fic); October 20th 2020
- **Three Crows Magazine**: [Tamsyn Muir Interview: “There is a lot of blood on my dance floor.”](https://threecrowsmagazine.com/tamsyn-muir-interview-there-is-a-lot-of-blood-on-my-dance-floor/); February 22nd 2020
- **Vox**: [How Gideon the Ninth author Tamsyn Muir queers the space opera](https://www.vox.com/culture/22266652/tamsyn-muir-interview-locked-tomb-gideon-the-ninth-harrow-the-ninth-vox-book-club); February 5th 2021
- **Vox**: [Why Tamsyn Muir turned her fantasy trilogy into a quartet halfway through](https://www.vox.com/culture/22901210/nona-the-ninth-cover-reveal-tamsyn-muir-interview-locked-tomb-series); January 27th 2022
- see [r/TheNinthHouse on reddit](https://www.reddit.com/r/TheNinthHouse/wiki/miscinfo) for more

Fandom 

- [r/TheNinthHouse on reddit](https://www.reddit.com/r/TheNinthHouse/)
- [The Locked Tomb Podcast](https://www.buzzsprout.com/1921256)  
    - "A Locked Tomb reread podcast where we simultaneously unpack wtf is going on in Gideon the Ninth and Harrow the Ninth. We unapologetically obsess over Gideon, Harrow, and every other beloved and dreadful character."
- [One Flesh, One End Podcast](https://www.onefleshonepod.com/)  
    - "Thanks for joining us on this journey through 10,000 years of history! We can’t wait to discuss all the theories we’ve been obsessing over while we’re waiting for ***Nona the Ninth***, and to spend more time with the characters putting the 🌹romance🌹 in necromancy."