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I am a 60+ 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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MadHatter rated Dead Pig Collector: 5 stars
Crux by Ramez Naam
Six months have passed since the release of Nexus 5. The world is a different, more dangerous place.
In the …
MadHatter rated Transmetropolitan: 5 stars
Transmetropolitan by Warren Ellis
Outlaw journalist Spider Jerusalem, determined to expose the misdeeds of a president that sent professional assassins after him, is diagnosed …
MadHatter 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 …
MadHatter 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 …
MadHatter 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 …
MadHatter rated Stranger in a Strange Land: 2 stars
Stranger in a Strange Land by Robert A. Heinlein
Valentine Michael Smith is a human being raised on Mars, newly returned to Earth. Among his people for the first …
MadHatter rated Saga, Volume 3: 5 stars
Saga, Volume 3 by Brian K. Vaughan
"New parents Marko and Alana travel to an alien world to visit their hero, while the family's pursuers finally close …
MadHatter rated Penguin Readers Level 5: “2001”: 5 stars
Penguin Readers Level 5: “2001” by Arthur C. Clarke
THIS IS A SIMPLIFIED VERSION, NOT THE ORIGINAL TEXT. Pearson English Graded Readers are an excellent tool to improve vocabulary, …
MadHatter rated Jurassic Park: 3 stars
Jurassic Park by Michael Crichton
An astonishing technique for recovering and cloning dinosaur DNA has been discovered. Now humankind’s most thrilling fantasies have come true. …
MadHatter rated Old Man's War: 4 stars
Old Man's War by John Scalzi
John Scalzi channels Robert Heinlein (including a wry sense of humor) in a novel about a future Earth engaged in …
The Fabric of the Cosmos: Space, Time, and the Texture of Reality by Brian Greene
The Fabric of the Cosmos: Space, Time, and the Texture of Reality (2004) is the second book on theoretical physics, …
