(Books are listed alphabetically by author. Only books received are noted.)

Shadow of the Giant by Orson Scott Card
Tor (hc, 367 pages)
Publication date: March 2005, USA & Canada

Sword Across Time by Catherine Anne Collins
Treble Heart Books (trade, 358 pages)
Publication date: 2004, USA & Canada

The Girlhood of Shakespeare's Heroines by John Crowley
Subterranean Press (hc, 100 pages)
Publication date (forthcoming): 21 May 2005, USA

The Iron Tree: The Crowthistle Chronicles, Book 1 by Cecilia Dart-Thornton
Tor (hc, 400 pages)
Publication date: 15 February 2005, USA & Canada

Moonheart by Charles de Lint
Subterranean Press (hc, 507 pages)
Publication date (forthcoming): May 2005, USA
    This 20th anniversary edition of an old favourite of mine will feature b&w and colour illustrations by Charles Vess. Certainly a beautiful edition of an excellent fantasy novel.

Laughin' Boy by Bradley Denton
Subterranean Press (hc, 300 pages)
Publication date (forthcoming): 27 June 2005, USA

The Elder Gods by David & Leigh Eddings
Voyager, HarperCollins (mm, 424 pages)
Publication date: 3 January 2005, UK

The Lair of Bones: The Runelords, Book 4 by David Farland
Pocket Books (mm, 430 pages)
Publication date (forthcoming): 4 April 2005, UK
SF Site Review of Book 1, The Sum of All Men

King of Foxes: Conclave of Shadows, Book 2 by Raymond E. Feist
Voyager, HarperCollins (mm, 374 pages)
Publication date (forthcoming): 7 June 2005, UK
SF Site Review of Book 3, Exile's Return

Attack of the Jazz Giants and Other Stories by Gregory Frost
Golden Gryphon (hc, 344 pages)
Publication date (forthcoming): June 2005, USA

The Spirit Box by Stephen Gallagher
Subterranean Press (hc, 280 pages)
Publication date (forthcoming): 21 November 2005, USA

Chainfire by Terry Goodkind
Voyager, HarperCollins (hc, 669 pages)
Publication date: 7 February 2005, UK

Divine Endurance by Gwyneth Jones
Gollancz (mm, 306 pages)
Publication date: 10 March 2005, UK

The Devil's Armour by John Marco
Gollancz (mm, 746 pages)
Publication date: 10 March 2005, UK

Myrren's Gift: The Quickening, Book 1 by Fiona McIntosh
Eos, HarperCollins (trade, 563 pages)
Publication date: 15 March 2005, USA & Canada

Woken Furies by Richard Morgan
Victor Gollancz (hc, 436 pages)
Publication date: 17 March 2005, UK

Wild Galaxy by William F. Nolan
Golden Gryphon (hc, 200 pages)
Publication date: April 2005, USA & Canada

Forty Signs of Rain by Kim Stanley Robinson
HarperCollins (mm, 362 pages)
Publication date: 7 February 2005, UK
SF Site Review

Mindscan by Robert J. Sawyer
Tor (hc, 384 pages)
Publication date (forthcoming): April 2005, USA & Canada

Agent to the Stars by John Scalzi
Subterranean Press (hc, 286 pages)
Publication date (forthcoming): 25 July 2005, USA
    I read this when it was only published on the author's website. I'm glad he found a publisher, since I thought it was a book that definitely deserved to see print. It's a light read, but clever and humorous. A Hollywood agent gets the gig of a lifetime: he has been contacted by an alien species (horrible to look at, by human standards) in order to arrange to introduce them to humanity.

Song of Kali by Dan Simmons
Fantasy Masterworks #44, Gollancz (trade, 311 pages)
Publication date: 10 March 2005, UK
    His first novel and winner of the 1986 World Fantasy Award. This was also the first Dan Simmons novel I read, and I've been a fan ever since. Excellent read. Truly horrifying. Even all these years later, I still cringe in fear and feel a wave of nausea whenever someone mentions Calcutta.
SF Site Review

The Destiny Mask by Martin Sketchley
Simon & Schuster (trade, 369 pages)
Publication date (forthcoming): 4 April 2005, UK

The Silences of Home by Caitlin Sweet
Penguin Canada (trade, 482 pages)
Publication date: 5 March 2005, Canada

The Companions by Sheri S. Tepper
Gollancz (mm, 452 pages)
Publication date: 10 March 2005, UK
SF Site Review

Fourth Planet from the Sun: Tales of Mars from the Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction edited by Gordon Van Gelder
Thunder's Mouth Press (trade, 308 pages)
Publication date: 1 April 2005, USA

The Twins: GemQuest, Book 1 by Gary Alan Wassner
Windstorm Creative (trade, 384 pages)
Publication date: February 2005, USA & Canada & Australia & UK

The Autumn Castle by Kim Wilkins
Gollancz (mm, 465 pages)
Publication date: 10 March 2005, UK
SF Site Review

Spin by Robert Charles Wilson
Tor (hc, 352 pages)
Publication date (forthcoming): April 2005, USA & Canada

Innocents Aboard by Gene Wolfe
Orb (trade, 304 pages)
Publication date: 17 March 2005, USA & Canada
SF Site Review

Mists of Everness: Chronicles of Everness, Book 2 by John C. Wright
Tor (hc, 352 pages)
Publication date: 16 March 2005, USA & Canada
SF Site Review of Book 1, The Last Guardian of Everness

Magazines

Fantasy & Science Fiction, April 2005, USA & Canada
Contributors to this issue include: Paul Di Filippo, Michael Libling, M.K. Hobson, Ron Goulart, Claudia O'Keefe, Harvey Jacobs, Matthew Hughes, M. Rickert.

Fantasy & Science Fiction, May 2005, USA & Canada
Contributors to this issue include: Laird Barron, Robert Thurston, Steven Popkes, Alex Irvine, K.D. Wentworth, Robert Reed.