I found myself similarly underwhelmed by Cixin Liu given all the good things I'd heard. I'm horrible at remembering names, but three of my favorites off the to

I found myself similarly underwhelmed by Cixin Liu given all the good things I'd heard. I'm horrible at remembering names, but three of my favorites off the top of my head are Peter Watts, Neil Stephenson and Kim Stanley Robison. I've generally had decent luck finding new authors by just by seeing who gets Hugo and Nebula nominations.