Well, that's another month down. And what do we have to show for it? I don't know about you, but, for myself and the other SFBC editors, here's what we've been busy digging up for you:

• Fantasy Art Now! by Martin McKenna, a world-wide collection of great new art from lots and lots of different artists (many of whom I was previously unfamiliar with).
• Imaginistix by Boris Vallejo and Julie Bell, the new book from the First Couple of Fantasy Art.
• Settling Accounts: In at the Death by Harry Turtledove, which finishes up his alternate WWII saga (and, I think, the whole mega-series that started with How Few Remain).
• The Devil's Rose by Brom, another heavily illustrated -- and disturbing -- novel from the well-known artist and author of The Plucker.
• Firefly: The Official Companion, Volume Two by Joss Whedon is pretty self-explanatory.
• Batman: Year 100 by Paul Pope, the collection of a futuristic Batman story by one of the most interesting comics creators working today
• Flinx of the Commonwealth by Alan Dean Foster, an omnibus of the. first three novels (by internal chronology) of the popular and long-running SF adventure series.
• The Outback Stars by Sandra McDonald, a great first SF novel
• Warlord by Jennifer Fallon, finale of the "Hythrun" epic fantasy trilogy.
• Sandworms of Dune by Brian Herbert & Kevin J. Anderson, second half (after Hunters of Dune) of the story Herbert & Anderson wrote from Frank Herbert's long-lost notes for "Dune #7."
• Deepwood by Jennifer Roberson, continuing the story from Karavans.
• The Company They Keep by Kage Baker, our fourth omnibus collecting the brilliant "Company" series; this one gathers up the big finish -- The Machine's Child and The Sons of Heaven -- and should be required reading for anyone who likes SF at all.
• A Fortress in Shadow by Glen Cook is the second omnibus of the "Dread" empire novels from Night Shade Books -- this one collects the two prequels.
• Buffy the Vampire Slayer Omnibus, Volume I by Joss Whedon and many others, a giant collection of Buffy comics.
• The Star Wars Vault by Stephen Sansweet, an amazing book about the history of Star Wars that includes replicas of all sorts of paraphernalia and ephemera -- including fold-outs, letters that pull out of envelopes, and other cool stuff.

And some books that other clubs recently bought that we've scheduled:

• The Yiddish Policeman's Union by Michael Chabon, the betselling detective story set in an alternate history where the post-WWII Jewish homeland was established in Alaska.
• The Society of S by Susan Hubbard, a novel about a young woman who discovers that there's something...different...about her family.
• Master of Dragons by Angela Knight, a sequel to Master of Swords in the ongoing paranormal romance series.
• Wolf Empire by Scott Ian Barry, a photographic look at the lives of wolves.
• Knight:A Noble Guide to Young Squires by Dugald Steer, a historically-accurate book about knighthood for younger readers.

These are mostly the new books for our August magazine, which members will see in mid-July. And we're still busy buying -- I made offers on two things yesterday, and made one deal...but that'll have to wait for next month...