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, and hip hop; some of my favorite artists are:
- Bad Bunny
- The Strokes
- Gorillaz
- Ratatat
- Daft Punk
- Pixies
- Rosalía
- Crystal Castles
- Kendrick Lamar
- MF DOOM
- Interpol
- Radiohead
- Arctic Monkeys
- Counting Crows
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 terrific episode “The McDonalds Hot Coffee Case”
- 5-4
- Ologies
- Radio Ambulante
- Cautionary Tales
- One Year
- Radiolab
- Fall of Civilizations
TV Shows
Some of the best TV shows I’ve seen are Battlestar Galactica, Breaking Bad/Better Call Saul, Fargo, and Lost. I also have an unfortunate soft spot for reality shows like Love Island.