Into the Void: The new autobiography from Geezer Butler, bassist and lyricist of heavy metal music pioneers Black Sabbath

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A flatly conversational and straightforward autobiography from the man who's always come across as the most 'normal' of the original Sabbath line-up (yes, that still leaves room for a lot of weirdness), this is tremendous fun, either as a book, or as an audiobook read by the man himself. At long last, Geezer is ready to tell his side of the Sabbath story, from early days as a scrappy blues quartet through to the many lineup changes, the record-breaking tours and the international hell-raising with Ozzy Osbourne, Tony Iommi and Bill Ward. This was a fantastic memoir, I had a great time reading this! It was a very honest and down to earth telling of his early life to current days. As someone born and raised in the West Midlands, I found it very interesting reading about his early life in post-war Birmingham, which were similar experiences I have heard from my own family. He also talked about a lot of paranormal experiences he had with ghosts and premonitions, which was fascinating!

I've had loads of books published in the UK, USA, and around the world, including novels, novellas, and collections. I write horror, fantasy, and now thrillers, and I've been writing as a living for over 8 years. I've won quite a few awards for my original fiction, and I've also written tie-in projects for Star Wars, Alien, Hellboy, The Cabin in the Woods, and 30 Days of Night. Speaking of Lanoree… I struggled to identify with her and root for her. I did support her from the basic position of I hoped she would stop disaster from happening, but other than that it was difficult to empathise with her. She was a fairly distant character, and whilst I didn’t dislike her, I didn’t like her either. Tre Sana and Dam Powl were more interesting. I wanted to know what secrets those two were so obviously hiding. At times I outright disagreed with Lanoree’s actions, specifically, her using the Force to intrude upon her brother when they were young. I get that she was well-intentioned, and obviously Dal has issues with personal identity and purpose, but Lanoree couldn’t respect or accept his boundaries and choices (misguided as they may have been) and that made me downright annoyed with her. That said, I must praise how Lebbon handled Lanoree and Tre. As the story progressed I felt that things were subtly progressing towards a Lanoree/Tre pairing, but Lebbon subverted my expectations and instead of leading us down that path leaves the question open and ambiguous at the end. I love Nell so much, I had to stop reading every other chapter or so in the beginning because the masterfully crafted tension as the "entity" crept nearer and nearer to her and her foster family was too much for me. She is a great yet flawed young protagonist who really doesn't deserve the horrible life she's been handed. And by the way don't swear in a star wars book. he says "Bitch" and "Piss" in the first two chapters, which might not be awful in a PG-13 movie but never have i read a Star Wars book with any kind of bad language at all. they say plenty of other words from tons of other languages in the SW universe.

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Well it only took me a month, but I did it. Finished on this during the first leg of my flights today. I’m on mobile so just a short review I think, with apologies for typos. Set thousands of years before the events we are all familiar with, this is far removed from the goings on of Obi Wan and Anikin. And though there are droids, there is none of the campy but fun personality we are used to from R2 and C3P0. Butler: Well, it's very sad that humans can't seem to learn from past atrocities. It's always down to politicians trying to impose their politics through violence then, after years of war and bloodshed, acting as if nothing happened. The book ends at 65% on my Kindle - the rest (besides a short story going to 68%) are a bunch of gorram excerpts of other books! It feels like I'm paying for heaps of excerpts!

I will be honest, Mr. Moss did an outstanding job pacing the book. The characters work well, especially the Palmers, and the mystery is gripping. I really did not know what to expect with my intro into such a vast world and I have to say I really did enjoy it. This book took me a bit longer than normal to finish because one I was savouring every word and reading for me, but more importantly there is so much information to take in you really can not rush it. I was already re-reading a few paragraphs to make sure everything sunk in. Will Osbourne, Iommi, or Ward be upset with anything they read in the book? “Probably, yeah,” Butler says. “But it’s things that were happening at the time, and we’ve all grown up and got through it all since then.” Definitely one of the best Star Wars books I have ever read. If you've ever wondered about the history of the Jedi, about their origins, before their temple on Coruscant, before their wars with the Sith, in fact, about a time where the Sith were simply a species, their name not yet a synonym for terror and the dark side of the Force, then this is the book for you. Without giving away too much of the plot, Nell is drawn into the battle for her new family's lives between Hux and the entity. What follows is a dangerous and deadly fight that nearly drives her insane and almost kills Hux.

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The basic history is huge pyramid shaped ships (called Tho Yor gathered up many different force sensitive, including the Witches of Dathomir, the Sith species, Humans, and others to a Planet called Tython Tython is rich in the force and very sensitive to changes to it. It has two moons: Bogan, the dark moon, and Ashla, the light moon. These represent two sides of the force. The planet is so sensitive that Jedi (or in this era Je'daii) swaying too far to either side are sent to one of the respective moons until they can find balance. Cause of the nature of the planet, any one born without Force powers (Force sensitive) is banished from the planet as it is too dangerous for them. On a technological note from the sounds of this and this millenniums before the movies outer solar system travel has not been perfected, and you might have noticed the Je'daii on the front is carrying a sword. Yep, the Je'daii are going Samurai, no Lightsabers yet. I have to give a lot of credit to author, Abe Moss, for his building of suspense in this story. The novel opens with a family getting killed in a mysterious and pretty horrifying way. I frankly expected that to be the lead into bringing the story’s heroine, fourteen-year-old, Nell, and her foster family into danger, but Moss had a better idea. As the foster child and foster family get to know each other in suburbia, Moss keeps introducing more and more people who die terribly out in the wilderness where we know the foster family is planning to vacation. By the time the family heads out to their cabin, the death rate is already incredibly high, and things do not look good for our heroine. At one point, Lanoree pilots her ship "out of Nox's gravity". Only, she just left the atmosphere. Yes, the further you get from the planet, the less the gravity will be, but it hasn't disappeared! If I’d been diagnosed with cancer, I’d have cancelled everything and stayed at home for the rest of my life. But Tony’s not like that. When me and Ozzy flew to England to resume writing, Tony would have chemotherapy in the morning and come straight home to his studio, where we’d put some ideas together. After thwarting her brother's plans, Lanoree, having taken actions to ensure the safety of Tython and the broader galaxy, is left to reflect and grapple with the weight of her choices and the familial bond that was severed.