Author: Alan N. Shapiro
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Two Keynote Lectures in Turkey
On October 31, 2025, I was a keynote speaker at the conference on “Media and Communication” at the University of Sakarya, Turkey. On November 4, 2025, I was a keynote speaker at the conference on Turkish cinema at the same university.
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Alan N. Shapiro racconta “Star Trek” (RAI4 Italian TV interview)
This is the transcript of an interview about Star Trek which I did on Italian TV (RAI4) in 2013. There exist also transcripts of interviews which I did on Italian TV about Lost and The Prisoner.
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Science Fiction Research Association (SFRA) Election
I am currently a candidate for President of the Science Fiction Research Association (SFRA). Anyone who wishes to discuss my candidacy with me is encouraged to contact me to engage in dialogue. You can write me an e-mail.
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Two YouTube Videos About My Book
Aidan Knight made an amazing 90-minute video called “Hyperreality and the Death of God” that contains extensive quotations from my book. Ayesha Mubarki AIi made a 20-minute podcast about my book.
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Reply to a Critical Review of My Book
In his review of my book Decoding Digital Culture with Science Fiction: Hyper-Modernism, Hyperreality, and Posthumanism in the journal Science Fiction Studies (July 2025), Miguel Sebastián-Martín makes many disparaging claims that are factually incorrect.
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Reviews of Star Trek: Technologies of Disappearance
Here are excerpts from three reviews of my book “Star Trek: Technologies of Disappearance,” beginning with the long review-essay in Science Fiction Studies, and some other quotations about the book.