Please join us to celebrate the opening of “Remembering Amnesia: Rebooting the First Computerized Novel” on view in the Hanke Gallery of Sterling Memorial Library (Aug. 19, 2024–March 2, 2025).

“Amnesia”—a work of interactive science fiction by Thomas M. Disch, published in 1986—was an early attempt to bring video games into the realm of literary art by translating a novelist’s script into a medium that readers could only experience by interacting with a computer.

Curator Claire Fox, Software Preservation and Emulation Librarian, will provide a brief walk-through of this exciting exhibition in the Hanke Gallery, followed by light refreshments in the Memorabilia Room. No registration is necessary.

Admission is free.