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.
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[edit] Paperback titles
* 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[edit] Unpublished paperback titles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 |
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? | 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 |
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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
[edit] External links
- Official SF Masterworks Website — An incomplete list of all novels published to date (several titles are missing).
- SF Masterworks overview and reviews — Overview and reviews of the series.