SF Masterworks

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SF Masterworks is a series of science fiction books originally published by Millennium, but currently 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 - genuinely the best novels from sixty years of SF".

It has a companion series in the Fantasy Masterworks line. A separate Future Classics line has also started featuring eight science fiction novels from the last 10 years.

Contents

[edit] Paperback titles

Number Title Author Year* ISBN
Published in 1999
1 The Forever War Joe Haldeman 1974 ISBN 1-85798-808-6
2 I Am Legend Richard Matheson 1954 ISBN 1-85798-809-4
3 Cities in Flight James Blish 1950-1962 ISBN 1-85798-811-6
4 Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? Philip K. Dick 1968 ISBN 1-85798-813-2
5 The Stars My Destination Alfred Bester 1956 ISBN 1-85798-814-0
6 Babel-17 Samuel R. Delany 1966 ISBN 1-85798-805-1
7 Lord of Light Roger Zelazny 1967 ISBN 1-85798-820-5
8 The Fifth Head of Cerberus Gene Wolfe 1972 ISBN 1-85798-817-5
9 Gateway Frederik Pohl 1977 ISBN 1-85798-818-3
10 The Rediscovery of Man Cordwainer Smith 1950-1966 ISBN 1-85798-819-1
11 Last and First Men Olaf Stapledon 1930 ISBN 1-85798-806-X
12 Earth Abides George R. Stewart 1949 ISBN 1-85798-821-3
13 Martian Time-Slip Philip K. Dick 1964 ISBN 1-85798-837-X
14 The Demolished Man Alfred Bester 1953 ISBN 1-85798-822-1
15 Stand on Zanzibar John Brunner 1968 ISBN 1-85798-836-1
16 The Dispossessed Ursula K. Le Guin 1974 ISBN 1-85798-882-5
17 The Drowned World J.G. Ballard 1962 ISBN 1-85798-883-3
18 The Sirens of Titan Kurt Vonnegut 1959 ISBN 1-85798-884-1
19 Emphyrio Jack Vance 1969 ISBN 1-85798-885-X
20 A Scanner Darkly Philip K. Dick 1977 ISBN 1-85798-847-7
21 Star Maker Olaf Stapledon 1937 ISBN 1-85798-807-8
22 Behold the Man Michael Moorcock 1969 ISBN 1-85798-848-5
23 The Book of Skulls Robert Silverberg 1972 ISBN 1-85798-914-7
24 The Time Machine and The War of the Worlds H.G. Wells 1895 & 1898 ISBN 1-85798-887-6
25 Flowers for Algernon Daniel Keyes 1966 ISBN 1-85798-938-4
Published in 2000
26 Ubik Philip K. Dick 1969 ISBN 1-85798-853-1
27 Timescape Gregory Benford 1980 ISBN 1-85798-935-X
28 More Than Human Theodore Sturgeon 1953 ISBN 0-575-60207-4
29 Man Plus Frederik Pohl 1976 ISBN 1-85798-946-5
30 A Case of Conscience James Blish 1958 ISBN 1-85798-924-4
31 The Centauri Device M. John Harrison 1975 ISBN 1-85798-997-X
32 Dr. Bloodmoney Philip K. Dick 1965 ISBN 1-85798-952-X
33 Non-Stop Brian W. Aldiss 1958 ISBN 1-85798-998-8
34 The Fountains of Paradise Arthur C. Clarke 1979 ISBN 1-85798-721-7
35 Pavane Keith Roberts 1968 ISBN 1-85798-937-6
36 Now Wait for Last Year Philip K. Dick 1966 ISBN 1-85798-701-2
Published in 2001
37 Nova Samuel R. Delany 1968 ISBN 1-85798-742-X
38 The First Men in the Moon H.G. Wells 1901 ISBN 1-85798-746-2
39 The City and the Stars Arthur C. Clarke 1956 ISBN 1-85798-763-2
40 Blood Music Greg Bear 1985 ISBN 1-85798-762-4
41 Jem Frederik Pohl 1980 ISBN 1-85798-789-6
42 Bring the Jubilee Ward Moore 1953 ISBN 1-85798-764-0
43 Valis Philip K. Dick 1981 ISBN 1-85798-339-4
44 The Lathe of Heaven Ursula K. Le Guin 1971 ISBN 1-85798-951-1
45 The Complete Roderick John Sladek 1980 & 1983 ISBN 1-85798-340-8
46 Flow, My Tears, the Policeman Said Philip K. Dick 1974 ISBN 1-85798-341-6
47 The Invisible Man H.G. Wells 1897 ISBN 1-85798-949-X
Published in 2002
48 Grass Sheri S. Tepper 1989 ISBN 1-85798-798-5
49 A Fall of Moondust Arthur C. Clarke 1961 ISBN 0-575-07317-9
50 Eon Greg Bear 1985 ISBN 0-575-07316-0
Published in 2003
51 The Shrinking Man Richard Matheson 1956 ISBN 0-575-07463-9
52 The Three Stigmata of Palmer Eldritch Philip K. Dick 1965 ISBN 0-575-07480-9
53 The Dancers at the End of Time Michael Moorcock 1974-1976 ISBN 0-575-07476-0
54 The Space Merchants Frederik Pohl and Cyril M. Kornbluth 1953 ISBN 0-575-07528-7
55 Time Out Of Joint Philip K. Dick 1959 ISBN 0-575-07458-2
Published in 2004
56 Downward to the Earth Robert Silverberg 1970 ISBN 0-575-07523-6
57 The Simulacra Philip K. Dick 1964 ISBN 0-575-07460-4
Published in 2005
58 The Penultimate Truth Philip K. Dick 1964 ISBN 0-575-07481-7
59 Dying Inside Robert Silverberg 1972 ISBN 0-575-07525-2
60 Ringworld Larry Niven 1970 ISBN 0-575-07702-6
61 The Child Garden Geoff Ryman 1989 ISBN 0-575-07690-9
62 Mission of Gravity Hal Clement 1954 ISBN 0-575-07708-5
63 A Maze of Death Philip K. Dick 1970 ISBN 0-575-07461-2
Published in 2006
64 Tau Zero Poul Anderson 1970 ISBN 0-575-07732-8
65 Rendezvous With Rama Arthur C. Clarke 1972 ISBN 0-575-07733-6
66 Life During Wartime Lucius Shepard 1987 ISBN 0-575-07734-4
67 Where Late the Sweet Birds Sang Kate Wilhelm 1976 ISBN 0-575-07914-2
Published in 2007
68 Roadside Picnic Arkady and Boris Strugatsky 1972 ISBN 0-575-07978-9
69 Dark Benediction Walter M. Miller Jr. 1951 ISBN 0-575-07977-0
70 Mockingbird Walter Tevis 1980 ISBN 0-575-07915-0
71 Dune** Frank Herbert 1965 ISBN 0-575-08150-5

* Year of original publication.

** This entry in the SF Masterworks collection is unusual; it is the only entry so far to be printed as both a hardcover and a paperback in the (up until this point) non-hardcover series. The hardcover is clearly identified as #71 in the regular series by the number on the spine. The 2001 SF Masterworks hardcover series (which includes another edition of Dune) are identified by dust jackets and Roman Numerals on their spines. This edition is also different from the 2001 edition in that the text has been completely reset, making it unique among currently published versions of Dune.

Some titles have been reprinted as movie tie-in versions, such as A Scanner Darkly and I Am Legend.

[edit] Unpublished paperback titles

The following were solicited for publication in 2006, but never actually appeared in print under the SF Masterworks banner.

Number Title Author Year* ISBN
 ? Camp Concentration Thomas M. Disch 1968 ISBN 0-575-07877-4
 ? 334 Thomas M. Disch 1972 ISBN 0-575-07897-9

* Year of original publication.

[edit] Hardcover titles

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 0-575-07702-6
IX The Forever War Joe Haldeman 1974 ISBN 1-85798-808-6
X The Day of the Triffids John Wyndham 1951 ISBN 0-575-07338-1

* Year of original publication.

[edit] References

  1. ^ Locus Online: Malcolm Edwards interview excerpts

[edit] External links