Where the Light Gets In: The Occult Roots of Computing

Presented by: London Fortean Society

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0	LONDON: The Miller
P	Tuesday 6th November, 2018
N	7:15pm

Event information

Cyberpunk has unexpectedly occult roots; virtual and augmented reality enable the supernatural and the mythic within science fiction; and personal computing is built on 1960s psychedelic utopianism.

Al Robertson will talk about how the weird pervades modern technology, as a jumping-off point for a discussion about how myth, magic and unreason might force themselves into the futures we’re all building.

Al says \"I’m a writer, poet and occasional musician. I’ve published two novels with Gollancz. My first book, ‘Crashing Heaven’ is about an accountant of the future, a psychotic virtual ventriloquist’s dummy and the sentient corporations who are persecuting them both. It was followed by a stand-alone sequel, ‘Waking Hell’, in which the past attacks and only a dead estate agent can save us.\"