>>Winter's Tale - Mark Helprin
>>Beauty - Sheri Tepper
>>The Chronicles of Thomas Convenant the Unbeliever - Stephen R. Donaldson
>>The Left Hand of Darkness - Ursula K LeGuin
>>Doomday's Book - Connie Willis
>>Snow Crash - Neal Stephenson
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>Add to the list any of the Calahan's crosstime saloon books by Spider Robinson.
>Mty personal key to avoiding burn out: Read for plesure (almost always SF) at least an hour a day.

Mal,

I burn out just trying to stay on top of all the knowledge I don't have and struggle to acquire! There is so much to learn and so much to do, I can't balance it all. Becuase of all this stress, I've enrolled in a Martial Arts program three times a week. No matter how much work I have, I always leave the office in time to make my 8:00 pm class. The release is amazing, and I enjoy the comraderie with my fellow Martial Artists.