Reading

I love science fiction! My favorite short story is William Gibson’s “Fragments of a Hologram Rose”. Some of my favorite novels are:

• Neuromancer by William Gibson
• The Dispossessed by Ursula K. Le Guin
• Red Mars by Kim Stanley Robinson
• Cien años de soledad by Gabriel Garcia Márquez
• The Fifth Season by N.K. Jemisin
• The Wind-Up Bird Chronicle by Haruki Murakami

Other authors I’ve been reading in the past few years include Jorge Luis Borges, Octavia Butler, Ted Chiang, and Neil Gaiman.

Music

I listen to a lot of music, including indie rock, electronica, new wave, reguetón, and hip hop; some of my favorite artists are:

• Bad Bunny
• The Strokes
• Gorillaz
• Ratatat
• Daft Punk
• Pixies
• Rosalía
• The Smiths
• Olivia Rodrigo
• Travis Scott
• Kendrick Lamar
• MF DOOM
• Radiohead
• Arctic Monkeys
• Joy Division / New Order
• Bloc Party
• Paramore
• Wu-Tang Clan

Podcasts

I also listen to a lot of podcasts, and some of my favorites are:

• You’re Wrong About and descendants Maintenance Phase and If Books Could Kill
  • Listen to “The McDonalds Hot Coffee Case” or “Kitty Genovese and ‘Bystander Apathy’”
• 5-4
• Radio Ambulante
• Cautionary Tales
• Fall of Civilizations
  • Listen to “The Aztecs - A Clash of Worlds”
• One Year
• Radiolab
• Ologies

TV Shows & Movies

Some of the best TV shows I’ve seen are Battlestar Galactica, Breaking Bad/Better Call Saul, Fargo, True Detective, American Horror Story, and Lost. I also have an unfortunate soft spot for reality shows like Love Island.

Some of my favorite movies are Get Out, The Dark Knight, Ex Machina, The Shining, Fargo, Parasite, and Kill Bill. See my Letterboxd for more.