Science fiction and Fantasy Books Coming In May

Starting this month the Sci-Fi Fan Letter will be changing. The coming soon lists will still be posted on the first of the month and may or my not be accompanied by reviews. From now on I will be posting reviews as I finish reading the books. You won't find any truely negative reviews here. If I hate the book that much I'll simply stop reading it. I will be changing the format of the reviews to show pros and cons of books rather than simply the pros. I will not be starring them, as I find that kind of system unhelpful. Unless credited to someone else all reviews from here on out will be by me. I intend to keep posting author interviews and themed reading lists so check back often.

In regards to this coming soon list, perceptive people (meaning people who have been visiting this site for a while) will likely notice that this list is more comprehensive. I've discovered a few new tricks in searching for new books so this list includes more smaller press books. Please note, that publishing schedules are not absolute, so take the list with a grain of salt. Just because a publisher intends a book to come out at a certain time doesn't guarantee it. Also, Abercrombie's books are being published in the UK and US by different publishers at different times. As both are carried in my store I've included both in this post.

Hardcover:
Last Argument of Kings - Joe Abercrombie (UK)
Tamarisk - Lou Aronica
Forgotten Realms - Swordmage - Richard Baker
Iron Angel - Alan Campbell
Star Wars: Invincible - Troy Denning
Twisted Citadel - Sara Douglass
Incandescence - Greg Egan
The Immortal Prince - Jennifer Fallon
Avenging Fury - John Farris
From Dead to Worse - Charlaine Harris
Shadow Isle - Katharine Kerr
Time Spike - Eric Flint & Merilyn Kosmatka
Host - Stephenie Meyer
The Wolfman - Nicholas Pekearo
Primeval: Shadow of the Jaguar - Steven Savile
The Edge of Reason - Melinda Snodgrass
Bring Down the Sun - Judith Tarr
Tau Ceti Agenda - Travis Taylor
Dragon Lance: Amber & Blood - Margaret Weis
Jack: Secret Histories - F. Paul Wilson
Null-A Continuum - John Wright
Dragon & Liberator - Timothy Zahn

Trade Paperback:
Before They Are Hanged - Joe Abercrombie (US)
Firestorm of Dragons - Michele Acker & Kirk Dougal, Ed.
Shadow of the Scorpion - Neal Asher
Neuropath - R. Scott Bakker
New Amsterdam - Elizabeth Bear
The Wanderer’s Tale - David Bilsborough
Ginger Star - Leigh Brackett
Kethani - Eric Brown
Burning Man - Mark Chadbourn
The Sea Dragon’s Tears - Mio Chizuro
Cosmos Incorporated - Maruice Dantec
Valley of Day-Glo - Nick DiChario
Wizards - Jack Dunn & Gardner Dozois, Ed.
Wizards - Neil Gaiman
Ice People - Maggie Gee
Free Fall - Laura Gilman
Mind the Gap - Christopher Golden
Phobus Rising - L.A. Graf
Farmer in the Sky - Robert Heinlein
Requiem: Collected Works & Tributes to the Grand Master - Robert Heinlein
The Martian General’s Daughter - Theodore Judson
Hounds of Ash & Other Tales of Fool Wolf - Greg Keyes
The Guin Saga: Prisoner of the Lagon - Kaoru Kurimoto
Fallen - Tim Lebbon
Necronomicon: The H. P. Lovecraft Connection - H.P. Lovecraft
Day of the Burning - Barry Malzberg
Goddess - Fiona McIntosh
Parasite Eve - HideakI Sena
Wicked Game - Jeri Smith-Ready
A Kiss Before the Apocalypse - Thomas Sniegoski
Digital Plague - Jeff Somers
Solarians - Norman Spinrad
Mirrored Heavens - David Williams
Crooked Letter - Sean Williams


Mass Market Paperback:
Rogue Angel: Soul Stealer - Alex Archer
Night Child - Jes Battis
Kushiel’s Justice - Jacqueline Carey
Blackness Tower - Lillian Stewart Carl
Cruel Zinc Melodies - Glen Cook
Silver Moon Elm - Maryjanice Davidson
Forgotten Realms: Shield of Weeping Ghosts - James Davis
Serpent Bride - Sara Douglass
You Don’t Scare Me - John Farris
Best of Jim Baen’s Universe - Eric Flint, Ed.
Grantville Gazette III - Eric Flint
Year’s Best SF 13 - David Hartwell & Kathryn Cramer, Ed.
Draw One in the Dark - Sarah Hoyt
Spirit Stone - Katharine Kerr
Front Lines - Denise Little, Ed.
Omega Sol - Scott Mackay
Codespell - Kelly McCullough
Storm of Iron - Graham McNeill
Star Trek: Terok Nor: Dawn of the Eagles - S.D. Perry
Touch of Twilight - Vicki Pettersson
A Distant Magic - Mary Jo Putney
Night Errant - Anthony Reynolds
Winterbirth - Brian Ruckley
The Last Wish - Andrzej Sapkowski
Batman: Gotham Knight - Louise Simonson
One Jump Ahead - Mark L. Van Name
Hell’s Gate - David Weber & Linda Evans
Eberron: Storm Dragon - James Wyatt
Blackcollar: Judas Solution - Timothy Zahn