WSU Common Reading presents Roger Whitson lecture Sept. 18 on “the future has always been female”
emma.epperlyPullman, Wash. — The Washington State University Common Reading Program hosts “The Future has Always Been Female: Mary Shelley, Ada Lovelace, and the Origins of Science Fiction and Computing,” a lecture by Roger Whitson on Sept. 18 at 4:30 p.m. in CUE 203. The lecture is free and open to the public.
This year’s common reading book, Ready Player One, is set in a virtual world full of 80s references, geek culture, and science fiction metaphors. Whitson, assistant professor of English, will discuss the origins of science fiction and computing that began in the nineteenth century.