The School of Social Sciences and Human Interaction at ONU has announced the 2024 Irene Casteel Endowed Speaker Series keynote is Tobias S. Buckell with his lecture entitled “How Bad Metaphors Hurt Us: The Power of Story in a Constantly Connected World.”

The lecture is at 6:00 p.m. on March 19 in the Biggs Theatre at the Freed Center for the Performing Arts. There will be a reception following the lecture in the Freed Center Lobby. The community is invited to this free event.

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Science fiction author Tobias S. Buckell is a New York Times bestselling writer born in the Caribbean. He grew up in Grenada and spent time in the British and US Virgin Islands, and these places influence much of his work.

His Xenowealth series begins with Crystal Rain. Along with other stand-alone novels and his more than fifty stories, Tobias’s works have been translated into eighteen different languages. He has been nominated for such awards as the Hugo, Nebula, Prometheus, and John W. Campbell Award for Best New Science Fiction Author.

His latest original novels are Hurricane Fever, a follow-up to the successful Arctic Rising, which NPR says will “give you the shivers,” and the acclaimed Halo: Envoy. He currently lives in Ohio, with his wife, twin daughters, and a pair of dogs.