SF Masterworks

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Template:Short description Template:Use dmy dates Template:Italic title Template:Infobox book series SF Masterworks is a series of science fiction novel reprints published by UK-based company Orion Publishing Group, a subsidiary of Hachette UK. The series is intended for the United Kingdom and Australian markets, but many editions are distributed to the United States and Canada by Hachette Book Group. Template:As of, there are 188 unique titles in the series, 186 of which have been printed in the relaunched series. Approximately 230 volumes, including hardcover and revised editions, have been published in total.

Superseding the earlier series Gollancz Classic SF (1986–1987) and VGSF Classics (1988–1990),[1] the SF Masterworks series began publication in 1999. Developed to feature important and out of print science fiction novels, the selections were described by science fiction author Iain M. Banks as "amazing" and "genuinely the best novels from sixty years of SF".[2] Many of the selections had been out of print in the United Kingdom for many years.

Its companion series include Fantasy Masterworks and Gateway Essentials.

Numbered series

Softcover editions (1999–2007)

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Hardcover editions (2001)

Not all printings include a volume number stamp. Printings distributed to the United States do not include any markings to indicate they are part of a series.

Relaunch series

File:SF Masterworks table display at London bookshop, May 2017.jpg
A selection of titles from the series on display at a London bookshop.

Softcover editions (2010–present)

The new designs sport yellow/white spines, with the SF Masterworks logo written vertically on the cover. The original 10 numbered titles were re-issued first. 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, and was tinted green when reprinted as part of the relaunch.

Only two titles from the numbered series have not yet been reprinted in the relaunch series: The Drowned World and Now Wait for Last Year. Since these are also the only entries missing from the "Complete List" of titles published by Gollancz in 2016,[3] the delay in reprinting both titles is likely a publisher oversight.

Title Author(s) Date[3] ISBN
Template:Sort Joe Haldeman 29 March 2010 Template:ISBNT
I Am Legend Richard Matheson Template:ISBNT
Cities in Flight James Blish Template:ISBNT
Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? Philip K. Dick Template:ISBNT
Template:Sort Alfred Bester Template:ISBNT
Babel-17 Samuel R. Delany Template:ISBNT
Lord of Light Roger Zelazny Template:ISBNT
Template:Sort Gene Wolfe Template:ISBNT
Gateway Frederik Pohl Template:ISBNT
Template:Sort Cordwainer Smith Template:ISBNT
Template:Sort Philip K. Dick 1 April 2010 Template:ISBNT
Ubik Template:ISBNT
Inverted World Christopher Priest 13 May 2010 Template:ISBNT
Template:Sort Philip K. Dick 14 May 2010 Template:ISBNT
Flow My Tears, the Policeman Said Template:ISBNT
Time Out of Joint Template:ISBNT
VALIS Template:ISBNT
Bring the Jubilee Ward Moore 14 June 2010 Template:ISBNT
Dhalgren Samuel R. Delany 22 July 2010 Template:ISBNT
Helliconia Brian Aldiss 12 August 2010 Template:ISBNT
Template:Sort Ursula K. Le Guin 19 August 2010 Template:ISBNT
Template:Sort Jack Finney 14 October 2010 Template:ISBNT
Template:Sort Joanna Russ 11 November 2010 Template:ISBNT
Template:Sort John Sladek Template:ISBNT
Arslan M. J. Engh 9 December 2010 Template:ISBNT
Tau Zero Poul Anderson 30 December 2010 Template:ISBNT
Template:Sort M. John Harrison Template:ISBNT
Template:Sort William Gibson and Bruce Sterling 13 January 2011 Template:ISBNT
Template:Sort Christopher Priest 10 February 2011 Template:ISBNT
Greybeard Brian Aldiss 18 March 2011 Template:ISBNT
Martian Time-Slip Philip K. Dick 24 March 2011 Template:ISBNT
Sirius Olaf Stapledon 14 April 2011 Template:ISBNT
Hyperion Dan Simmons 12 May 2011 Template:ISBNT
Non-Stop Brian Aldiss Template:ISBNT
Template:Sort Arthur C. Clarke 2 June 2011 Template:ISBNT
City Clifford D. Simak 9 June 2011 Template:ISBNT
Hellstrom's Hive Frank Herbert 14 July 2011 Template:ISBNT
Of Men and Monsters William Tenn 11 August 2011 Template:ISBNT
Pavane Keith Roberts 29 September 2011 Template:ISBNT
Timescape Gregory Benford Template:ISBNT
Dying Inside Robert Silverberg Template:ISBNT
Grass Sheri S. Tepper Template:ISBNT
More Than Human Theodore Sturgeon Template:ISBNT
Template:Sort Christopher Priest 13 October 2011 Template:ISBNT
R.U.R. and War with the Newts Karel Čapek Template:ISBNT
Emphyrio Jack Vance 14 November 2011 Template:ISBNT
Star Maker Olaf Stapledon Template:ISBNT
Template:Sort Robert Silverberg Template:ISBNT
Floating Worlds Cecelia Holland 8 December 2011 Template:ISBNT
Blood Music Greg Bear 12 December 2011 Template:ISBNT
Rogue Moon Algis Budrys 12 January 2012 Template:ISBNT
Dangerous Visions Harlan Ellison 9 February 2012 Template:ISBNT
Rendezvous with Rama Arthur C. Clarke 5 March 2012 Template:ISBNT
Eon Greg Bear Template:ISBNT
Odd John Olaf Stapledon 8 March 2012 Template:ISBNT
Template:Sort Arthur C. Clarke 19 March 2012 Template:ISBNT
Last and First Men Olaf Stapledon Template:ISBNT
Template:Sort Dan Simmons 12 April 2012 Template:ISBNT
Where Late the Sweet Birds Sang Kate Wilhelm 14 June 2012 Template:ISBNT
Roadside Picnic (new trans.) Arkady and Boris Strugatsky 12 July 2012 Template:ISBNT
Synners Pat Cadigan 9 August 2012 Template:ISBNT
Sarah Canary Karen Joy Fowler 13 September 2012 Template:ISBNT
Ammonite Nicola Griffith Template:ISBNT
Template:Sort D. G. Compton 11 October 2012 Template:ISBNT
Frankenstein Mary Shelley Template:ISBNT
Doomsday Book Connie Willis 8 November 2012 Template:ISBNT
Flowers for Algernon Daniel Keyes 15 November 2012 Template:ISBNT
Unquenchable Fire Rachel Pollack 13 December 2012 Template:ISBNT
Template:Sort David I. Masson Template:ISBNT
Engine Summer John Crowley 10 January 2013 Template:ISBNT
Take Back Plenty Colin Greenland Template:ISBNT
Slow River Nicola Griffith 14 February 2013 Template:ISBNT
Template:Sort Sheri S. Tepper 14 March 2013 Template:ISBNT
Template:Sort George Turner Template:ISBNT
Wasp Eric Frank Russell 9 May 2013 Template:ISBNT
To Say Nothing of the Dog Connie Willis Template:ISBNT
Template:Sort Isaac Asimov 13 June 2013 Template:ISBNT
This Is the Way the World Ends James Morrow Template:ISBNT
Template:Sort John Crowley 11 July 2013 Template:ISBNT
Time is the Fire: The Best of Connie Willis Connie Willis 8 August 2013 Template:ISBNT
No Enemy But Time Michael Bishop Template:ISBNT
Double Star Robert A. Heinlein 12 September 2013 Template:ISBNT
Revelation Space Alastair Reynolds Template:ISBNT
Template:Sort Arthur C. Clarke 16 September 2013 Template:ISBNT
Template:Sort Philip K. Dick Template:ISBNT
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Random Acts of Senseless Violence Jack Womack 10 October 2013 Template:ISBNT
Transfigurations Michael Bishop 14 November 2013 Template:ISBNT
Template:Sort Robert A. Heinlein 12 December 2013 Template:ISBNT
Dr. Bloodmoney Philip K. Dick 9 January 2014 Template:ISBNT
Half Past Human T. J. Bass 30 January 2014 Template:ISBNT
Template:Sort Leigh Brackett 13 February 2014 Template:ISBNT
Template:Sort T. J. Bass 13 March 2014 Template:ISBNT
Jem Frederik Pohl 10 April 2014 Template:ISBNT
Template:Sort Richard Matheson Template:ISBNT
Template:Sort James Blish 15 May 2014 Template:ISBNT
Her Smoke Rose Up Forever James Tiptree Jr 10 July 2014 Template:ISBNT
Template:Sort Philip K. Dick 28 August 2014 Template:ISBNT
Stand on Zanzibar John Brunner 11 September 2014 Template:ISBNT
Template:Sort Geoff Ryman 27 November 2014 Template:ISBNT
Mission of Gravity Hal Clement 11 December 2014 Template:ISBNT
Mockingbird Walter Tevis 27 February 2015 Template:ISBNT
Template:Sort Ursula K. Le Guin 26 March 2015 Template:ISBNT
Downward to the Earth Robert Silverberg 9 April 2015 Template:ISBNT
Hard to Be a God Arkady and Boris Strugatsky Template:ISBNT
Night Lamp Jack Vance 14 May 2015 Template:ISBNT
Life During Wartime Lucius Shepard 11 June 2015 Template:ISBNT
Earth Abides George R. Stewart 30 June 2015 Template:ISBNT
Dark Benediction Walter M. Miller 13 August 2015 Template:ISBNT
Template:Sort Ursula K. Le Guin Template:ISBNT
Dying of the Light George R. R. Martin 10 September 2015 Template:ISBNT
Template:Sort Ursula K. Le Guin 30 September 2015 Template:ISBNT
Nova Samuel R. Delany 12 November 2015 Template:ISBNT
Template:Sort Walter Tevis Template:ISBNT
Template:Sort Vernor Vinge 7 January 2016 Template:ISBNT
Norstrilia Cordwainer Smith 11 February 2016 Template:ISBNT
Monday Begins on Saturday Arkady and Boris Strugatsky 14 April 2016 Template:ISBNT
Fairyland Paul J. McAuley 12 May 2016 Template:ISBNT
Always Coming Home Ursula K. Le Guin 14 July 2016 Template:ISBNT
Template:Sort Vernor Vinge Template:ISBNT
Swastika Night Murray Constantine 11 August 2016 Template:ISBNT
China Mountain Zhang Maureen F. McHugh 13 October 2016 Template:ISBNT
Template:Sort Gene Wolfe 10 November 2016 Template:ISBNT
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Limbo Bernard Wolfe 15 December 2016 Template:ISBNT
Template:Sort H. G. Wells 12 January 2017 Template:ISBNT
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Template:Sort Ursula K. Le Guin 12 April 2017 Template:ISBNT
Template:Sort Arkady and Boris Strugatsky 13 July 2017 Template:ISBNT
Raising the Stones Sheri S. Tepper 10 August 2017 Template:ISBNT
Template:Sort Ian Watson 7 September 2017 Template:ISBNT
Cryptozoic Brian Aldiss 30 November 2017 Template:ISBNT
Land Under England Joseph O'Neill 26 June 2018 Template:ISBNT
Raft Stephen Baxter 10 July 2018 Template:ISBNT
Dreaming in Smoke Tricia Sullivan 23 August 2018 Template:ISBNT
Fools Pat Cadigan 7 March 2019 Template:ISBNT
Template:Sort R. A. Lafferty 4 April 2019 Template:ISBNT
Light M. John Harrison 11 July 2019 Template:ISBNT
Native Tongue Suzette Haden Elgin 22 August 2019 Template:ISBNT
Snail on the Slope Arkady and Boris Strugatsky 17 October 2019 Template:ISBNT
Template:Sort John Brunner 9 January 2020 Template:ISBNT
Lord Valentine's Castle Robert Silverberg 6 February 2020 Template:ISBNT
River of Gods Ian McDonald 19 March 2020 Template:ISBNT
Template:Sort Robert Silverberg 20 August 2020 Template:ISBNT
Template:Sort Fred Hoyle and John Elliot 29 October 2020 Template:ISBNT
Worlds of Exile and Illusion Ursula K. Le Guin 15 October 2020 Template:ISBNT
Bold as Love Gwyneth Jones 12 November 2020 Template:ISBNT
Desolation Road Ian McDonald 10 December 2020 Template:ISBNT
Castles Made of Sand Gwyneth Jones 21 January 2021 Template:ISBNT
Template:Sort Greg Egan 18 March 2021 Template:ISBNT
Template:Sort (new trans.) Arkady and Boris Strugatsky 15 April 2021 Template:ISBNT
Template:Sort Christopher Priest 13 May 2021 Template:ISBNT
Needle in a Timestack Robert Silverberg 10 June 2021 Template:ISBNT
White Queen Gwyneth Jones 2 September 2021 Template:ISBNT
Kairos Gwyneth Jones 11 November 2021 Template:ISBNT
Nineteen Eighty-Four George Orwell 20 January 2022 Template:ISBNT
Life Gwyneth Jones 17 February 2022 Template:ISBNT
Template:Sort Roger Zelazny 14 April 2022 Template:ISBNT
The Second Chronicles of Amber Roger Zelazny 18 August 2022 Template:ISBNT
Growing Up Weightless John M. Ford 29 September 2022 Template:ISBNT
The Secret of Life Paul McAuley 13 October 2022 Template:ISBNT
Roadmarks Roger Zelazny 19 January 2023 Template:ISBNT
Imperial Earth Arthur C. Clarke 16 February 2023 Template:ISBNT
The Hammer of God Arthur C. Clarke 16 March 2023 Template:ISBNT
The Best of Roger Zelazny Roger Zelazny 26 October 2023 Template:ISBNT
Hiero's Journey Sterling Lanier 25 April 2024 Template:ISBNT
First Born Maureen Duffy 4 July 2024 Template:ISBNT
The Unforsaken Hiero Sterling Lanier 12 September 2024 Template:ISBNT
Template:Sort Alfred Bester Unknown Template:ISBNT
Template:Sort Kurt Vonnegut Template:ISBNT
Behold the Man Michael Moorcock Template:ISBNT
Man Plus Frederik Pohl Template:ISBNT
Template:Sort Michael Moorcock Template:ISBNT
Template:Sort Frederik Pohl and C. M. Kornbuth Template:ISBNT
Ringworld Larry Niven Template:ISBNT

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Hardcover editions (2010–2017)

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Unpublished softcover editions

The following editions were announced, but appear to have been withdrawn:

Best of the Masterworks

Softcover (2022–23)

Title Author(s) Date ISBN
Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? Philip K. Dick 27 October 2022 Template:ISBNT
Flowers for Algernon Daniel Keyes Template:ISBNT
I Am Legend Richard Matheson Template:ISBNT
The Female Man Joanna Russ Template:ISBNT
Neuromancer William Gibson 24 November 2022 Template:ISBNT
The Forever War Joe Haldeman Template:ISBNT
The Word for World Is Forest Ursula K. Le Guin Template:ISBNT
Gateway Frederik Pohl Template:ISBNT
Revelation Space Alastair Reynolds 8 December 2022 Template:ISBNT
The Man Who Fell to Earth Walter Tevis Template:ISBNT
Grass Sheri S. Tepper Template:ISBNT
Sarah Canary Karen Joy Fowler 20 July 2023 Template:ISBNT
Rendezvous With Rama Arthur C. Clarke Template:ISBNT
Roadside Picnic Arkady and Boris Strugatsky Template:ISBNT
The Island Of Doctor Moreau H.G. Wells 24 August 2023 Template:ISBNT
The Body Snatchers Jack Finney Template:ISBNT
The Sirens Of Titan Kurt Vonnegut Template:ISBNT
Synners Pat Cadigan Template:ISBNT
To Say Nothing of the Dog Connie Willis Template:ISBNT

Hardcover (2022–23)

Title Author(s) Date ISBN
Dune Frank Herbert 27 October 2022 Template:ISBNT
The Hitchhiker's Guide To The Galaxy Douglas Adams 24 August 2023 Template:ISBNT

Related series

Gollancz 50th Anniversary (2011)

To celebrate the 50th anniversary of the Gollancz imprint, Orion published ten fan-chosen editions. Each novel featured Gollancz's red-on-yellow cover design. The series was initially marketed as part the SF Masterworks series.

Golden Age Masterworks (2019–present)

Initially marketed as part the SF Masterworks series.

Rounded-corner paperbacks (2006)

A special edition collection with matte, non-glossy covers, rounded corners and minimalist cover art by Marc Adams.

Title Author(s) Date ISBN
Cities in Flight James Blish 1 August 2006 Template:ISBNT
Flowers for Algernon Daniel Keyes Template:ISBNT
I Am Legend Richard Matheson Template:ISBNT
Lord of Light Roger Zelazny Template:ISBNT
The Sirens of Titan Kurt Vonnegut Template:ISBNT
The Forever War Joe Haldeman Template:ISBNT
The Dispossessed Ursula K. Le Guin Template:ISBNT
Gateway Frederik Pohl Template:ISBNT
Ubik Philip K. Dick Template:ISBNT
The Stars My Destination Alfred Bester Template:ISBNT

See also

References

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External links

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