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I am a 70+ Geek born and raised in Louisville, Kentucky. I’m a thinker, survivor, author, widower and coder. Interested in IoT, Autonomous Systems & Space. 38°13.716'N 85°33.514'W about.me/john.j.vaccaro
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John Vaccaro rated Cyberpunk: 3 stars
John Vaccaro rated Apex: Nexus Trilogy Book 3 (Nexus Arc): 5 stars
John Vaccaro rated Crux: 5 stars
Crux by Ramez Naam (Nexus, #2)
Six months have passed since the release of Nexus 5. The world is a different, more dangerous place.
In …
John Vaccaro rated Dead Pig Collector: 5 stars
John Vaccaro rated Transmetropolitan: 5 stars
Transmetropolitan by Warren Ellis, Darick Robertson, Rodney Ramos
Outlaw journalist Spider Jerusalem, determined to expose the misdeeds of a president that sent professional assassins after him, is diagnosed …
John Vaccaro rated Transmetropolitan: Back On The Street (Vol. 1): 5 stars
Transmetropolitan: Back On The Street (Vol. 1) by Garth Ennis, Warren Ellis, Darick Robertson, and 3 others (Transmetropolitan (Collected Editions), #1)
After years of self-imposed exile from a civilization rife with degradation and indecency, cynical journalist Spider Jerusalem is forced to …
John Vaccaro rated Autonomous: 5 stars
Autonomous by Annalee Newitz
Autonomous features a rakish female pharmaceutical pirate named Jack who traverses the world in her own submarine. A notorious anti-patent …
John Vaccaro rated Slaughterhouse-Five: 5 stars
Slaughterhouse-Five by Kurt Vonnegut
Selected by the Modern Library as one of the 100 best novels of all time, Slaughterhouse-Five, an American classic, is …
John Vaccaro rated Starship Troopers: 3 stars
Starship Troopers by Robert A. Heinlein
Starship Troopers takes place in the midst of an interstellar war between the Terran Federation of Earth and the Arachnids …
John Vaccaro rated Alex + Ada: 4 stars
John Vaccaro rated Rocket Ship Galileo: 3 stars
Rocket Ship Galileo by Robert A. Heinlein
Three teenagers and an older scientist develop their own atomic rocket, solve their own space problems and blast off for …
John Vaccaro rated On Basilisk Station: 5 stars
On Basilisk Station by David Weber (Honor Harrington, #1)
This is the first novel in the Honor Harrington series. Honor Harrington is in trouble: having made a Senior Admiral …
John Vaccaro rated Transmetropolitan: tales of human waste (Vol. 0): 5 stars
Transmetropolitan: tales of human waste (Vol. 0) by Warren Ellis
Outlaw journalist Spider Jerusalem, determined to expose the misdeeds of a president that sent professional assassins after him, is diagnosed …
John Vaccaro rated Saga, Volume 1: 5 stars
Saga, Volume 1 by Brian K. Vaughan, Fiona Staples (Saga, #1)
When two soldiers from opposite sides of a never-ending galactic war fall in love, they risk everything to bring a …