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Joseph D'Urso

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Born

Long Island, NY, The United States

Website

http://www.joey-durso.com

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Genre

Fiction, Contemporary, Science Fiction

Influences

Ayn Rand, Frank Herbert ...more

Member Since

September 2017

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Joseph (Joey) D’Urso is a born-and-raised Long Islander living far from home, and despite his relocation, he has yet to lose his New York accent. He was born to a loud Italian-American family and takes great pride in his surname’s apostrophe.

Creative even from elementary school, he has been writing fiction longer than he cares to remember. His published novels include Devils in Sunday Hats, a tale of redemption, coming of age and the death of the American dream, and The Aetherverse, an incendiary space opera for troubled times.

Aside from writing fiction, Joey is an avid saxophone player, having played alto sax for over 15 years. He also has an intense interest in languages (both real and fictional) and graduated from Binghamton University ...more

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Judge Your Book by Its Cover

We’ve all heard that famous English idiom since we were kids: “Don’t judge a book by its cover.” Well, I hate to be the cynic here, but that’s a whole boatload of nonsense. We’re visual creatures – roughly 80-85% of our perception is through our sense of sight. It’s in our hardwiring to recognize things visually and rapidly assess them simply based on appearance. So, when you see that book with a

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Average rating: 4.19 · 26 ratings · 3 reviews · 9 distinct works

	The Aetherverse by Joseph D'Urso (Goodreads Author), E. Bryan 4.09 avg rating — 11 ratings — 8 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Warriors of Vega (Aethertales Book 1) by Joseph D'Urso (Goodreads Author), Eugene Bryan 4.50 avg rating — 4 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Bordello della Libertà (Aethertales Book 2) by Joseph D'Urso (Goodreads Author), Eugene Bryan 3.75 avg rating — 4 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	A Swarm of Locusts (Aethertales Book 3) by Joseph D'Urso (Goodreads Author), Eugene Bryan 4.67 avg rating — 3 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Devils in Sunday Hats 4.50 avg rating — 2 ratings — 7 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	A Red Earth Rises (Aethertales Book 4) by Joseph D'Urso (Goodreads Author), Eugene Bryan really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 1 rating — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Last Homecoming (Aethertales Book 5) by Joseph D'Urso (Goodreads Author), Eugene Bryan really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 1 rating	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Speak No Evil (Aethertales Book 6) 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	An Ascent to Madness (Aethertales Book 7) by Joseph D'Urso (Goodreads Author), Eugene Bryan 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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