SF Masterworks

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SF Masterworks is a series of science fiction books started by Millennium and currently published by Gollancz (both being imprints of the UK based Orion Publishing Group).

It began in 1999 and comprises selected pieces of science-fiction literature from 1950 onwards (with a few exceptions). The list was compiled by the managing director of Orion Books, Malcolm Edwards, with the help of "leading SF writers and editors" and the goal of bringing important books back into print.[1] The list was described by science fiction author Iain M. Banks as "amazing" and "genuinely the best novels from sixty years of SF".[2]

It has a companion series in the Fantasy Masterworks line. A separate Future Classics[3] line has also started featuring eight science fiction novels from the last few decades.

Gollancz officially relaunched the series in March 2010 beginning with reissues of the first ten titles. These titles have new cover designs (no longer featuring numbers) and introductions, and other existing titles are planned to be reprinted. Gollancz also added new titles to the series beginning in April 2010.[4]

Contents

Numbered paperback series (1999-2009) [edit]

Number Title Author Year* ISBN Pub. Year
1 The Forever War** Joe Haldeman 1974 ISBN 1-85798-808-6 1999
2 I Am Legend Richard Matheson 1954 ISBN 1-85798-809-4 1999
3 Cities in Flight James Blish 1950–1962 ISBN 1-85798-811-6 1999
4 Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? Philip K. Dick 1968 ISBN 1-85798-813-2 1999
5 The Stars My Destination** Alfred Bester 1956 ISBN 1-85798-814-0 1999
6 Babel-17 Samuel R. Delany 1966 ISBN 1-85798-805-1 1999
7 Lord of Light Roger Zelazny 1967 ISBN 1-85798-820-5 1999
8 The Fifth Head of Cerberus Gene Wolfe 1972 ISBN 1-85798-817-5 1999
9 Gateway Frederik Pohl 1977 ISBN 1-85798-818-3 1999
10 The Rediscovery of Man Cordwainer Smith 1950–1966 ISBN 1-85798-819-1 1999
11 Last and First Men Olaf Stapledon 1930 ISBN 1-85798-806-X 1999
12 Earth Abides George R. Stewart 1949 ISBN 1-85798-821-3 1999
13 Martian Time-Slip Philip K. Dick 1964 ISBN 1-85798-837-X 1999
14 The Demolished Man Alfred Bester 1953 ISBN 1-85798-822-1 1999
15 Stand on Zanzibar John Brunner 1968 ISBN 1-85798-836-1 1999
16 The Dispossessed Ursula K. Le Guin 1974 ISBN 1-85798-882-5 1999
17 The Drowned World J. G. Ballard 1962 ISBN 1-85798-883-3 1999
18 The Sirens of Titan Kurt Vonnegut 1959 ISBN 1-85798-884-1 1999
19 Emphyrio Jack Vance 1969 ISBN 1-85798-885-X 1999
20 A Scanner Darkly Philip K. Dick 1977 ISBN 1-85798-847-7 1999
21 Star Maker Olaf Stapledon 1937 ISBN 1-85798-807-8 1999
22 Behold the Man Michael Moorcock 1969 ISBN 1-85798-848-5 1999
23 The Book of Skulls Robert Silverberg 1972 ISBN 1-85798-914-7 1999
24 The Time Machine and The War of the Worlds H. G. Wells 1895 & 1898 ISBN 1-85798-887-6 1999
25 Flowers for Algernon Daniel Keyes 1966 ISBN 1-85798-938-4 1999
26 Ubik Philip K. Dick 1969 ISBN 1-85798-853-1 2000
27 Timescape Gregory Benford 1980 ISBN 1-85798-935-X 2000
28 More Than Human Theodore Sturgeon 1953 ISBN 1-85798-852-3 2000
29 Man Plus Frederik Pohl 1976 ISBN 1-85798-946-5 2000
30 A Case of Conscience James Blish 1958 ISBN 1-85798-924-4 2000
31 The Centauri Device M. John Harrison 1975 ISBN 1-85798-997-X 2000
32 Dr. Bloodmoney Philip K. Dick 1965 ISBN 1-85798-952-X 2000
33 Non-Stop Brian Aldiss 1958 ISBN 1-85798-998-8 2000
34 The Fountains of Paradise Arthur C. Clarke 1979 ISBN 1-85798-721-7 2000
35 Pavane Keith Roberts 1968 ISBN 1-85798-937-6 2000
36 Now Wait for Last Year Philip K. Dick 1966 ISBN 1-85798-701-2 2000
37 Nova Samuel R. Delany 1968 ISBN 1-85798-742-X 2001
38 The First Men in the Moon H. G. Wells 1901 ISBN 1-85798-746-2 2001
39 The City and the Stars Arthur C. Clarke 1956 ISBN 1-85798-763-2 2001
40 Blood Music Greg Bear 1985 ISBN 1-85798-762-4 2001
41 Jem Frederik Pohl 1980 ISBN 1-85798-789-6 2001
42 Bring the Jubilee Ward Moore 1953 ISBN 1-85798-764-0 2001
43 VALIS Philip K. Dick 1981 ISBN 1-85798-339-4 2001
44 The Lathe of Heaven Ursula K. Le Guin 1971 ISBN 1-85798-951-1 2001
45 The Complete Roderick John Sladek 1980 & 1983 ISBN 1-85798-340-8 2001
46 Flow My Tears, the Policeman Said Philip K. Dick 1974 ISBN 1-85798-341-6 2001
47 The Invisible Man H. G. Wells 1897 ISBN 1-85798-949-X 2001
48 Grass Sheri S. Tepper 1989 ISBN 1-85798-798-5 2002
49 A Fall of Moondust Arthur C. Clarke 1961 ISBN 0-575-07317-9 2002
50 Eon Greg Bear 1985 ISBN 0-575-07316-0 2002
51 The Shrinking Man Richard Matheson 1956 ISBN 0-575-07463-9 2003
52 The Three Stigmata of Palmer Eldritch Philip K. Dick 1965 ISBN 0-575-07480-9 2003
53 The Dancers at the End of Time Michael Moorcock 1974–1976 ISBN 0-575-07476-0 2003
54 The Space Merchants Frederik Pohl and Cyril M. Kornbluth 1953 ISBN 0-575-07528-7 2003
55 Time Out of Joint Philip K. Dick 1959 ISBN 0-575-07458-2 2003
56 Downward to the Earth Robert Silverberg 1970 ISBN 0-575-07523-6 2004
57 The Simulacra Philip K. Dick 1964 ISBN 0-575-07460-4 2004
58 The Penultimate Truth Philip K. Dick 1964 ISBN 0-575-07481-7 2005
59 Dying Inside Robert Silverberg 1972 ISBN 0-575-07525-2 2005
60 Ringworld** Larry Niven 1970 ISBN 0-575-07702-6 2005
61 The Child Garden Geoff Ryman 1989 ISBN 0-575-07690-9 2005
62 Mission of Gravity Hal Clement 1954 ISBN 0-575-07708-5 2005
63 A Maze of Death Philip K. Dick 1970 ISBN 0-575-07461-2 2005
64 Tau Zero Poul Anderson 1970 ISBN 0-575-07732-8 2006
65 Rendezvous with Rama Arthur C. Clarke 1972 ISBN 0-575-07733-6 2006
66 Life During Wartime Lucius Shepard 1987 ISBN 0-575-07734-4 2006
67 Where Late the Sweet Birds Sang Kate Wilhelm 1976 ISBN 0-575-07914-2 2006
68 Roadside Picnic Arkady and Boris Strugatsky 1972 ISBN 0-575-07978-9 2007
69 Dark Benediction Walter M. Miller, Jr. 1951 ISBN 0-575-07977-0 2007
70 Mockingbird Walter Tevis 1980 ISBN 0-575-07915-0 2007
71 Dune** Frank Herbert 1965 ISBN 0-575-08150-3 2007
72 The Moon Is a Harsh Mistress** Robert A. Heinlein 1966 ISBN 0-575-08241-0 2008
73*** The Man in the High Castle** Philip K. Dick 1962 ISBN 0-575-08205-4 2009

* Year of original publication.

** Also published in the SF Masterworks hardcover series.

*** Possibly due to a printing error, The Man in the High Castle (number 73) has 72 printed on its cover.

Unpublished titles [edit]

The following were announced for publication in 2006, but were not published.

Title Author Date ISBN
Camp Concentration Thomas Disch 1968 ISBN 0-575-07877-4
334 Thomas Disch 1972 ISBN 0-575-07897-9

Hardcover titles [edit]

The following were all printed in 2001, and featured a dust jacket numbered by Roman numerals.

Number Title Author Year* ISBN
I Dune Frank Herbert 1965 ISBN 0-575-07334-9
II The Left Hand of Darkness Ursula K. Le Guin 1969 ISBN 0-575-07219-9
III The Man in the High Castle Philip K. Dick 1962 ISBN 0-575-07335-7
IV The Stars My Destination Alfred Bester 1956 ISBN 0-575-07337-3
V A Canticle for Leibowitz Walter M. Miller, Jr. 1960 ISBN 0-575-07220-2
VI Childhood's End Arthur C. Clarke 1953 ISBN 0-575-07263-6
VII The Moon Is a Harsh Mistress Robert A. Heinlein 1966 ISBN 0-575-07336-5
VIII Ringworld Larry Niven 1970 ISBN 0-575-07339-X
IX The Forever War Joe Haldeman 1974 ISBN 0-575-07318-7
X The Day of the Triffids John Wyndham 1951 ISBN 0-575-07338-1

* Year of original publication.

New design [edit]

Title Author Year* ISBN Pub. Year
The Forever War** Joe Haldeman 1974 ISBN 978-0-575-09414-7 2010
I Am Legend** Richard Matheson 1954 ISBN 978-0-575-09416-1 2010
Cities in Flight** James Blish 1950–1962 ISBN 978-0-575-09417-8 2010
Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?** Philip K. Dick 1968 ISBN 978-0-575-09418-5 2010
The Stars My Destination** Alfred Bester 1956 ISBN 978-0-575-09419-2 2010
Babel-17** Samuel R. Delany 1966 ISBN 978-0-575-09420-8 2010
Lord of Light** Roger Zelazny 1967 ISBN 978-0-575-09421-5 2010
The Fifth Head of Cerberus** Gene Wolfe 1972 ISBN 978-0-575-09422-2 2010
Gateway** Frederik Pohl 1977 ISBN 978-0-575-09423-9 2010
The Rediscovery of Man** Cordwainer Smith 1950–1966 ISBN 978-0-575-09424-6 2010
Inverted World Christopher Priest 1974 ISBN 978-0-575-08210-6 2010
Cat's Cradle Kurt Vonnegut 1963 ISBN 978-0-575-08195-6 2010
Childhood's End*** Arthur C. Clarke 1953 ISBN 978-0-575-08235-9 2010
The Island of Doctor Moreau H. G. Wells 1896 ISBN 978-0-575-09516-8 2010
Dhalgren Samuel R. Delany 1974 ISBN 978-0-575-09099-6 2010
The Time Machine** H. G. Wells 1895 ISBN 978-0-575-09517-5 2010
Helliconia Brian Aldiss 1982–1985 ISBN 978-0-575-08615-9 2010
The Food of the Gods H. G. Wells 1904 ISBN 978-0-575-09518-2 2010
The Body Snatchers Jack Finney 1955 ISBN 978-0-575-08531-2 2010
The Female Man Joanna Russ 1975 ISBN 978-0-575-09499-4 2010
Arslan M. J. Engh 1976 ISBN 978-0-575-09501-4 2010
The Difference Engine William Gibson and Bruce Sterling 1990 ISBN 978-0-575-09940-1 2011
The Prestige Christopher Priest 1995 ISBN 978-0-575-09941-8 2011
Greybeard Brian Aldiss 1964 ISBN 978-0-575-07113-1 2011
Sirius Olaf Stapledon 1944 ISBN 978-0-575-09942-5 2011
Hyperion Dan Simmons 1989 ISBN 978-0-575-09943-2 2011
City Clifford D. Simak 1952 ISBN 978-0-575-10523-2 2011
Hellstrom's Hive Frank Herbert 1973 ISBN 978-0-575-10108-1 2011
Of Men and Monsters William Tenn 1968 ISBN 978-0-575-09944-9 2011
R.U.R. and War with the Newts Karel Čapek 1921 and 1936 ISBN 978-0-575-09945-6 2011
The Affirmation Christopher Priest 1981 ISBN 978-0-575-09946-3 2011
Floating Worlds Cecelia Holland 1975 ISBN 978-0-575-10823-3 2011
Rogue Moon Algis Budrys 1960 ISBN 978-0-575-10800-4 2012
Dangerous Visions Harlan Ellison 1967 ISBN 978-0-575-10802-8 2012
Odd John Olaf Stapledon 1935 ISBN 978-0-575-07224-4 2012
The Fall of Hyperion Dan Simmons 1990 ISBN 978-0-575-09948-7 2012
The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy Douglas Adams 1979 ISBN 978-0-575-11534-7 2012
The War of the Worlds** H. G. Wells 1898 ISBN 978-0-575-11535-4 2012
Synners Pat Cadigan 1991 ISBN 978-0-575-11954-3 2012
Sarah Canary Karen Joy Fowler 1991 ISBN 978-0-575-13136-1 2012
Ammonite Nicola Griffith 1992 ISBN 978-0-575-11823-2 2012
The Continuous Katherine Mortenhoe D. G. Compton 1973 ISBN 978-0-575-11831-7 2012
Frankenstein Mary Shelley 1818 ISBN 978-0-575-09960-9 2012
Riddley Walker Russell Hoban 1980 ISBN 978-0-575-11951-2 2012
Doomsday Book Connie Willis 1992 ISBN 978-0-575-13109-5 2012
Unquenchable Fire Rachel Pollack 1988 ISBN 978-0-575-11854-6 2012
The Caltraps of Time David I. Masson 1968 ISBN 978-0-575-11828-7 2012
Engine Summer John Crowley 1979 ISBN 978-0-575-08281-6 2013
Take Back Plenty Colin Greenland 1990 ISBN 978-0-575-11952-9 2013
Slow River Nicola Griffith 1995 ISBN 978-0-575-11825-6 2013
The Gate to Women's Country Sheri S. Tepper 1988 ISBN 978-0-575-13104-0 2013
The Sea and Summer George Turner 1987 ISBN 978-0-575-11869-0 2013
The Invisible Man** H. G. Wells 1897 ISBN 978-0-575-11537-8 2013
A Canticle for Leibowitz*** Walter M. Miller 1960 ISBN 978-0-575-07357-9 2013
Wasp Eric Frank Russell 1957 ISBN 978-0-575-12904-7 2013
To Say Nothing of the Dog Connie Willis 1997 ISBN 978-0-575-11312-1 2013
The Gods Themselves Isaac Asimov 1972 ISBN 978-0-575-12905-4 2013
This Is the Way the World Ends James Morrow 1985 ISBN 978-0-575-08118-5 2013
The First Men in the Moon** H. G. Wells 1901 ISBN 978-0-575-11538-5 2013
The Deep John Crowley 1975 ISBN 978-0-575-08264-9 2013
Time is the Fire: The Best of Connie Willis Connie Willis 2013 ISBN 978-0-575-13114-9 2013
No Enemy But Time Michael Bishop 1982 ISBN 978-0-575-09311-9 2013
Double Star Robert A. Heinlein 1956 ISBN 978-0-575-12203-1 2013
Revelation Space Alastair Reynolds 2000 ISBN 978-0-575-12906-1 2013
Random Acts of Senseless Violence Jack Womack 1995 ISBN 978-0-575-13230-6 2013
Half Past Human T. J. Bass 1971 ISBN 978-0-575-12962-7 2013
Transfigurations Michael Bishop 1979 ISBN 978-0-575-09309-6 2013
The Door Into Summer Robert A. Heinlein 1957 ISBN 978-0-575-12072-3 2013

* Year of original publication.

** Also published in the SF Masterworks numbered pb series.

*** Also published in the SF Masterworks numbered hc series.

References [edit]

  1. ^ Locus Online: Malcolm Edwards interview excerpts
  2. ^ http://www.orionbooks.co.uk/promotions/gollancz-sf-masterworks Orion Books Masterworks Website
  3. ^ Gollancz editor Simon Spanton on the Future Classics promotion[dead link]
  4. ^ Gollancz Science Fiction and Fantasy New Books Catalogue: Jan-July 2010.

External links [edit]

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