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John Wilker

johnwilker@bookwyrm.social

Joined 2 years, 10 months ago

Writer of science fiction and action/adventure thrillers. A voracious reader of mostly Sci-fi but occasionally Fantasy and non-fiction. Live in Denver with my wife and adventure buddy, Paco.

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John Wilker's books

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Matthew Perry: Friends, Lovers, and the Big Terrible Thing (2022, Flatiron Books)
Harry Harrison: The Stainless Steel Rat (1998, Gollancz)
David Gerrold: Jumping Off The Planet (Paperback, 2001, Tor Science Fiction)

Currently Reading (View all 24)

Michael Mammay: Generation Ship (2023, HarperCollins Publishers)
Anton Eine: Human Kind (2022, Independently Published)
Kevin J. Anderson: A Forest of Stars (2007, Orbit)

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Timothy Zahn: Thrawn: Alliances (Paperback, 2018, Del Rey Books)
Timothy Zahn: Thrawn (Hardcover, 2017, Del Rey Books)
Amal El-Mohtar, Max Gladstone: This Is How You Lose the Time War (Hardcover, 2019, Simon and Schuster)

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finished reading The Last Watch by J. S. Dewes

J. S. Dewes: The Last Watch (Paperback, 2021, Tor Books)

The Divide.

It’s the edge of the universe.

Now it’s collapsing—and taking everyone …

If you're a fan of space romans, this is definitely for you. I didn't love it. There was SO MUCH exposition and thinking that it slowed down what little action there was to a crawl.

finished reading Convergence by Zoraida Córdova (Star Wars: The High Republic)

Zoraida Córdova: Convergence (EBook, 2022, Random House Worlds)

The next adventure in the High Republic begins expanding the new era of Star Wars, …

I think the latest crop of SW books just aren't for me. They're not bad or badly written, they're just... un-engaging. I finished and felt nothing for any of the characters.

finished reading Firefly - Life Signs by James Lovegrove (The Firefly Series, #5 of 8)

James Lovegrove: Firefly - Life Signs (Hardcover, 2021, Titan Books)

Serenity races against time to save Inara's life in an original Firefly tie-in novel that …

I think I'm done with Firefly novels. This was the third I've tried and they're all the same. Slow, no real stakes. The writing is solid, this isn't a knock on that. It's a knock on whoever decided to keep these novels set between TV show and movie. Give us post movie adventures.

finished reading Firefly - The Ghost Machine by James Lovegrove (The Firefly Series, #3 of 8)

James Lovegrove: Firefly - The Ghost Machine (2020, Titan Books)

Winner of the 2020 Dragon Award for Best Media Tie-in Novel

The third original …

Technically didn't finish. Everything in this coulda been made parts of another book, giving us views into the crew's lives and such. As a book, it was ... not engagine.