Anyone got any recommendations for a good book I could read while I'm on vacation and away from technology?
Anything by Michael Chabon and Malcolm Gladwell suits vacations well, I think.
Alternatively,
Fool and Christopher Moore's other books are all light, funny reads perfect for the middle of nowhere.
There's also
Everything Ravaged, Everything Burned which is a stimulating book of short stories. A lot of them work to bring on some serious meditation. You know, the sort of thing you can just pick up while sitting on a rock, watch the sunset, read a single story, and go to sleep satisfied.
I am in the middle of Hyperion. Very good book imho if you like sf with some religion element.
Dan Simmons is amazing. If you enjoy that series, check out
Ilium and
Olympus. Where Hyperion references a lot of things popular in 90s subculture movements and classic literature, Ilium and Olympos does the same with the Iliad and Shakespeare. He's also got
The Terror which is terrifying in a distinct Victorian way, without any of the trappings of the horror of that time.
