The May Science Fiction Book Club mailing is out now. The main selections are:
The Children of Húrin by J.R.R. Tolkien. This is Tolkien’s “newest” work, begun nearly a century ago, and finally assembled and completed by his son and literary heir, Christopher Tolkien.
Rollback by Robert J. Sawyer. This is a near-future SF novel involving both radio communication with intelligent aliens and rejuvenation treatments.
This month’s alternate selections are:
Tales of Mars by Edgar Rice Burroughs. This fourth and last SFBC omnibus collects the entire “Barsoom” saga, including Llana of Gathol and John Carter of Mars.
Spindrift by Allen Steele. This is a new standalone novel in the Coyote universe.
Breakaway by Joel Shepherd. This is the sequel to Crossover.
Deadly Game by Christine Feehan, a paranormal romance in the GhostWalkers series.
No Humans Involved by Kelley Armstrong is the new novel in the Women of the Otherworld series featuring necromancer Jaime Vegas.
Physik by Angie Sage is the third in the Septimus Heap young adult fantasy series.
Soul Eater by Michelle Paver is the third in the pre-historical fantasy Chronicles of Ancient Darkness series.
Long-Time Listener, First-Time Werewolf by Carrie Vaughn is an omnibus of the first three Kitty contemporary fantasy novels about a young woman who’s both a radio talk-show host and a werewolf.