My discovery this year has been the SF author Adrian Tchaikovsky. I read "Children of Time" and "Children of Ruin" which were both excellent and I just finished reading "The Doors of Eden" which I thought was very impressive.
Thaths, you asked about Covid - one of my coping mechanisms has been walking 10K steps every day while listening to Kate Baker read SF stories over at ClarkesWorld magazine. I became familiar with a lot of excellent SF being written in China and Korea through this podcast. Oh that reminds me, "Invisible Planets: Contemporary Chinese Science Fiction in Translation" compiled by Ken Liu is absolutely worth a read. I particularly enjoyed Ken's introduction. I will probably read Anna Weiner's "Uncanny Valley" over the holidays. Also, the fantasy writer Brian Sanderson has become a bit boring over the years but I will probably still end up reading "Rhythm of War" if I find the time over the next few months ... -Jiten
