Colombian literature scholar (Pasto, 1979) and one of the people who most stubbornly digs up Latin American science fiction. PhD in Literature from the Universidad de los Andes; his research looks at how technology shaped the idea of the Latin American subject in the 19th and 20th centuries.

He puts his research to work as an anthologist: Relojes que no marcan la misma hora, Cronómetros para el fin de los tiempos, El tercer mundo después del sol (Latin American) and Periplos del futuro (2023). He is also the general editor of Vestigio, a small Colombian press devoted to science fiction.

https://www.elespectador.com/el-magazin-cultural/rodrigo-bastidas-y-la-ciencia-ficcion-en-latinoamerica-article/