SF Masterworks

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SF Masterworks is a series of science fiction books started by Millennium and currently published by Victor Gollancz Ltd (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]

Numbered paperback series (1999-2009)[edit]

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

* Also published in the 2001 SF Masterworks numbered 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 Originally Published ISBN
Camp Concentration Thomas Disch 1968 0-575-07877-4
334 Thomas Disch 1972 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 Originally Published ISBN
I Dune * Frank Herbert 1965 0-575-07334-9
II The Left Hand of Darkness Ursula K. Le Guin 1969 0-575-07219-9
III The Man in the High Castle * Philip K. Dick 1962 0-575-07335-7
IV The Stars My Destination * ** Alfred Bester 1956 0-575-07337-3
V A Canticle for Leibowitz ** Walter M. Miller, Jr. 1960 0-575-07220-2
VI Childhood's End ** Arthur C. Clarke 1953 0-575-07263-6
VII The Moon Is a Harsh Mistress * Robert A. Heinlein 1966 0-575-07336-5
VIII Ringworld * Larry Niven 1970 0-575-07339-X
IX The Forever War * ** Joe Haldeman 1974 0-575-07318-7
X The Day of the Triffids ** John Wyndham 1951 0-575-07338-1

* Also published in the 1999-2009 SF Masterworks numbered paperback series.

** Also published in the current (since 2010) SF Masterworks new design series.

New design[edit]

A selection of titles from the series on display at a London bookshop.

The new designs sport yellow/white spines, with the SF Masterworks logo written vertically down the left hand side of the cover. For titles that were previously issued in the original series, generally the cover artwork is tinted in a different colour from the original version; for example, The Dispossessed cover artwork is primarily red in the original release, but was partly tinted green when republished in the new series.






Title Author Originally Published ISBN Masterworks Published
The Forever War * Joe Haldeman 1974 978-0-575-09414-7 2010
I Am Legend * Richard Matheson 1954 978-0-575-09416-1 2010
Cities in Flight * James Blish 1950–1962 978-0-575-09417-8 2010
Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? * Philip K. Dick 1968 978-0-575-09418-5 2010
The Stars My Destination * Alfred Bester 1956 978-0-575-09419-2 2010
Babel-17 * Samuel R. Delany 1966 978-0-575-09420-8 2010
Lord of Light * Roger Zelazny 1967 978-0-575-09421-5 2010
The Fifth Head of Cerberus * Gene Wolfe 1972 978-0-575-09422-2 2010
Gateway * Frederik Pohl 1977 978-0-575-09423-9 2010
The Rediscovery of Man * Cordwainer Smith 1950–1966 978-0-575-09424-6 2010
Inverted World Christopher Priest 1974 978-0-575-08210-6 2010
Cat's Cradle ** Kurt Vonnegut 1963 978-0-575-08195-6 2010
Childhood's End ** Arthur C. Clarke 1953 978-0-575-08235-9 2010
The Island of Doctor Moreau ** H. G. Wells 1896 978-0-575-09516-8 (hb) / 978-1-473-21799-7 (pb) 2010 (hb) / 2017 (pb)
Dhalgren Samuel R. Delany 1974 978-0-575-09099-6 2010
The Time Machine * ** H. G. Wells 1895 978-0-575-09517-5 (hb) / 978-1-473-21797-3 (pb) 2010 (hb) / 2017 (pb)
Helliconia Brian Aldiss 1982–1985 978-0-575-08615-9 2010
The Food of the Gods ** H. G. Wells 1904 978-0-575-09518-2 (hb) / 978-1-473-21801-7 (pb) 2010 (hb) / 2017 (pb)
The Body Snatchers Jack Finney 1955 978-0-575-08531-2 2010
The Female Man Joanna Russ 1975 978-0-575-09499-4 2010
Arslan M. J. Engh 1976 978-0-575-09501-4 2010
The Difference Engine William Gibson and Bruce Sterling 1990 978-0-575-09940-1 2011
The Prestige Christopher Priest 1995 978-0-575-09941-8 2011
Greybeard Brian Aldiss 1964 978-0-575-07113-1 2011
Sirius Olaf Stapledon 1944 978-0-575-09942-5 2011
Hyperion Dan Simmons 1989 978-0-575-09943-2 2011
City Clifford D. Simak 1952 978-0-575-10523-2 2011
Hellstrom's Hive Frank Herbert 1973 978-0-575-10108-1 2011
Of Men and Monsters William Tenn 1968 978-0-575-09944-9 2011
R.U.R. and War with the Newts Karel Čapek 1921 & 1936 978-0-575-09945-6 2011
The Affirmation Christopher Priest 1981 978-0-575-09946-3 2011
Floating Worlds Cecelia Holland 1975 978-0-575-10823-3 2011
Rogue Moon Algis Budrys 1960 978-0-575-10800-4 2012
Dangerous Visions Harlan Ellison 1967 978-0-575-10802-8 2012
Odd John Olaf Stapledon 1935 978-0-575-07224-4 2012
The Fall of Hyperion Dan Simmons 1990 978-0-575-09948-7 2012
The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy ** Douglas Adams 1979 978-0-575-11534-7 2012
The War of the Worlds * ** H. G. Wells 1898 978-0-575-11535-4 (hb) / 978-1-473-21802-4 (pb) 2012 (hb) / 2017 (pb)
Synners Pat Cadigan 1991 978-0-575-11954-3 2012
Sarah Canary Karen Joy Fowler 1991 978-0-575-13136-1 2012
Ammonite Nicola Griffith 1992 978-0-575-11823-2 2012
The Continuous Katherine Mortenhoe D. G. Compton 1973 978-0-575-11831-7 2012
Frankenstein Mary Shelley 1818 978-0-575-09960-9 2012
Roadside Picnic * Arkady and Boris Strugatsky 1972 978-0-575-09313-3 2012
Riddley Walker ** Russell Hoban 1980 978-0-575-11951-2 2012
Doomsday Book Connie Willis 1992 978-0-575-13109-5 2012
Unquenchable Fire Rachel Pollack 1988 978-0-575-11854-6 2012
The Caltraps of Time David I. Masson 1968 978-0-575-11828-7 2012
Engine Summer John Crowley 1979 978-0-575-08281-6 2013
Take Back Plenty Colin Greenland 1990 978-0-575-11952-9 2013
Slow River Nicola Griffith 1995 978-0-575-11825-6 2013
The Gate to Women's Country Sheri S. Tepper 1988 978-0-575-13104-0 2013
The Sea and Summer George Turner 1987 978-0-575-11869-0 2013
The Invisible Man * ** H. G. Wells 1897 978-0-575-11537-8 (hb) / 978-1-473-21798-0 (pb) 2013 (hb) / 2017 (pb)
A Canticle for Leibowitz ** Walter M. Miller 1960 978-0-575-07357-9 2013
Wasp Eric Frank Russell 1957 978-0-575-12904-7 2013
To Say Nothing of the Dog Connie Willis 1997 978-0-575-11312-1 2013
The Gods Themselves Isaac Asimov 1972 978-0-575-12905-4 2013
This Is the Way the World Ends James Morrow 1985 978-0-575-08118-5 2013
The First Men in the Moon * ** H. G. Wells 1901 978-0-575-11538-5 (hb) / 978-1-473-21800-0 (pb) 2013 (hb) / 2017 (pb)
The Deep John Crowley 1975 978-0-575-08264-9 2013
Time is the Fire: The Best of Connie Willis Connie Willis 2013 978-0-575-13114-9 2013
No Enemy But Time Michael Bishop 1982 978-0-575-09311-9 2013
Double Star Robert A. Heinlein 1956 978-0-575-12203-1 2013
Revelation Space Alastair Reynolds 2000 978-0-575-12906-1 2013
Random Acts of Senseless Violence Jack Womack 1995 978-0-575-13230-6 2013
Transfigurations Michael Bishop 1979 978-0-575-09309-6 2013
The Restaurant at the End of the Universe ** Douglas Adams 1980 978-1-473-20066-1 2013
The Door Into Summer Robert A. Heinlein 1957 978-0-575-12072-3 2013
Life, the Universe and Everything ** Douglas Adams 1982 978-1-473-20067-8 2013
Dr. Bloodmoney * Philip K. Dick 1965 978-1-473-20168-2 2014
Half Past Human T. J. Bass 1971 978-0-575-12962-7 2014
The Long Tomorrow Leigh Brackett 1955 978-0-575-13156-9 2014
The Godwhale T. J. Bass 1974 978-0-575-12993-1 2014
Jem * Frederik Pohl 1980 978-1-473-20170-5 2014
The Shrinking Man * Richard Matheson 1956 978-1-473-20169-9 2014
A Case of Conscience * James Blish 1958 978-1-473-20543-7 2014
Her Smoke Rose Up Forever James Tiptree, Jr 1990 978-1-473-20324-2 2014
Stand on Zanzibar * John Brunner 1968 978-1-473-20637-3 2014
Mission of Gravity * Hal Clement 1954 978-1-473-20638-0 2014
The Word for World Is Forest Ursula K. Le Guin 1976 978-1-473-20578-9 2015
Downward to the Earth * Robert Silverberg 1970 978-1-473-21192-6 2015
Hard to Be a God Arkady and Boris Strugatsky 1964 978-1-473-20829-2 2015
Night Lamp Jack Vance 1996 978-1-473-20892-6 2015
Life During Wartime * Lucius Shepard 1987 978-1-473-21193-3 2015
Nova * Samuel R. Delany 1968 978-1-473-21191-9 2015
Monday Begins on Saturday Arkady and Boris Strugatsky 1965 978-1-473-20221-4 2015
Dark Benediction * Walter M. Miller 1951 978-1-473-21194-0 2015
The Wind's Twelve Quarters and The Compass Rose Ursula K. Le Guin 1975 and 1982 978-1-473-20576-5 2015
Dying of the Light George R. R. Martin 1977 978-1-473-21252-7 2015
A Fire Upon the Deep Vernor Vinge 1992 978-1-473-21195-7 2016
Norstrilia Cordwainer Smith 1975 978-1-473-21253-4 2016
Limbo Bernard Wolfe 1952 978-1-473-21247-3 2016
The Day of the Triffids ** John Wyndham 1951 978-1-473-21267-1 2016
Fairyland Paul J. McAuley 1995 978-1-473-21516-0 2016
The Chrysalids ** John Wyndham 1955 978-1-473-21268-8 2016
The Man Who Fell to Earth Walter Tevis 1963 978-1-473-21311-1 2016
Always Coming Home Ursula K. Le Guin 1985 978-1-473-20580-2 2016
Feersum Endjinn ** Iain M. Banks 1994 978-1-473-20251-1 2016
A Deepness in the Sky Vernor Vinge 1999 978-1-473-21196-4 2016
Starship Troopers ** Robert A. Heinlein 1959 978-1-473-21748-5 2016
The Midwich Cuckoos ** John Wyndham 1957 978-1-473-21269-5 2016
Swastika Night Murray Constantine 1937 978-1-473-21466-8 2016
China Mountain Zhang Maureen F. McHugh 1992 978-1-473-21462-0 2016
The Book of the New Sun Volume 1: Shadow and Claw Gene Wolfe 1980–1981 978-1-473-21649-5 2016
The Book of the New Sun Volume 2: Sword and Citadel Gene Wolfe 1982–1983 978-1-473-21200-8 2016
The Left Hand of Darkness Ursula K. Le Guin 1969 978-1-473-22162-8 2017
Neuromancer ** William Gibson 1984 978-1-473-21737-9 2017
The Shape of Things to Come H. G. Wells 1933 978-1-473-22165-9 2017
The Doomed City Arkady and Boris Strugatsky 1975 978-1-473-22228-1 2017
Raising the Stones Sheri S. Tepper 1990 978-1-473-22265-6 2017
The Embedding Ian Watson 1973 978-1-473-22267-0 2017
Cryptozoic Brian Aldiss 1967 978-1-473-22273-1 2017

* Also published in the SF Masterworks numbered paperback series.

** Published as hardcover, possibly due to licensing issue. Some have been subsequently published in paperback.

Announced titles[edit]

The following have been listed for future publication on the Orion Books website[5].

Title Author Originally Published ISBN Masterworks Scheduled
The Forge of God Greg Bear 1987 978-1-473-22266-3 February 2018

2011 50th Anniversary Hardcover titles[edit]

To celebrate the 50th anniversary of the Gollancz imprint, in 2011 the "top ten" titles were chosen based on a readers' vote[6] (from a Gollancz selected longlist). They were published in the iconic yellow covers, and included new introductions from recent authors.

Number Title Author Originally Published ISBN
1 The Book of the New Sun Gene Wolfe 1980-1983 0-575-11673-0
2 Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? Philip K. Dick 1968 0-575-11676-5
3 Flowers for Algernon Daniel Keyes 1966 0-575-11674-9
4 I Am Legend Richard Matheson 1955 0-575-11670-6
5 Dune Frank Herbert 1965 0-575-11678-1
6 The Lies of Locke Lamora Scott Lynch 2006 0-575-11672-2
7 Eric Terry Pratchett 1990 0-575-11669-2
8 Hyperion Dan Simmons 1989 0-575-11677-3
9 The Name of the Wind Patrick Rothfuss 2007 0-575-11671-4
10 The Time Machine H. G. Wells 1895 0-575-11675-7

References[edit]

  1. ^ Locus Online: Malcolm Edwards interview excerpts
  2. ^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2013-06-21. Retrieved 2012-08-17.  Orion Books Masterworks Website
  3. ^ Gollancz editor Simon Spanton on the Future Classics promotion Archived September 14, 2008, at the Wayback Machine.
  4. ^ Gollancz Science Fiction and Fantasy New Books Catalogue: Jan-July 2010.
  5. ^ https://www.orionbooks.co.uk/books/no-keyword/all-pubs/0/13/Date/Increasing/159-160-161-162-163-164/all-initials/all-formats/coming-soon/from-all/to-all
  6. ^ http://www.gollancz.co.uk/2011/10/celebrating-50-years-of-gollancz/

External links[edit]

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