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Simon Spiegel, 1977 in Basel geboren, hat von 1998 bis 2003 in Zürich und Berlin Germanistik und Filmwissenschaft studiert. 2006 Promotion in Filmwissenschaft zum Science-Fiction-Film. 2017 mit dem «Prix Pathé – Preis der Schweizer Filmpublizistik» ausgezeichnet. 2018 Habilitation in Medienwissenschaft an der Universität Bayreuth mit einer Untersuchung zur positiven Utopie im nichtfiktionalen Film. Spiegel lebt mit Frau und zwei Kindern in Zürich.

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	Utopia and Reality: Documentary, Activism and Imagined Worlds by Simon Spiegel (Goodreads Author) (Editor), Andrea Reiter (Editor), Marcy Goldberg (Editor) 3.67 avg rating — 6 ratings — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Die Konstitution des Wunderbaren. Zu einer Poetik des Science-Fiction-Films 3.80 avg rating — 5 ratings — published 2007	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Das Science Fiction Jahr 2024 by Hardy Kettlitz (editor), Melanie Wylutzki (editor), Judith Vogt 3.50 avg rating — 2 ratings — published 2024 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Theoretisch Phantastisch. Eine Einführung in Tzvetan Todorovs Theorie der phantastischen Literatur liked it 3.00 avg rating — 1 rating — published 2010	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
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