Author: Alan N. Shapiro
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My top 50 favorite films of all time
Escape From New York is number one.
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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 and videos about the book.
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Prominente: Groß und Klein
Die Amerikaner träumen groß. Die größten Hamburger. Die größten Hot Dogs. Zum Mond und Mars. Der Football Super Bowl und die Baseball World Series. Die größten Prominenten. Marilyn Monroe, Elvis Presley, Michael Jackson, Madonna. Sie waren groß. Sie waren die Stars. Das waren die Prominente im Zeitalter der Massenmedien.
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Carl von Ossietzky University of Oldenburg Ph.D. Diploma
I graduated from the University of Oldenburg with a Ph.D. in Artistic and Media Research, Faculty of Linguistics and Cultural Studies