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SF Masterworks
S.F. Masterworks is a series of science fiction novel reprints
published by the Orion Publishing Group. The series is intended S.F. Masterworks
for the United Kingdom and Australian markets, but many Country United Kingdom
editions are distributed to the United States and Canada by Language English
Hachette.
Genre Science fiction
Developed to feature important science fiction novels, the Publisher Millennium
selections were described by science fiction author Iain M. Banks
as "amazing" and "genuinely the best novels from sixty years of Gollancz
SF".[1] Many of the selected novels had been out of print in the Gateway
United Kingdom for decades. Published 1999–present
Its companion series include Fantasy Masterworks and Gateway Media type Print (Hardcover /
Essentials. Paperback)
Contents
Numbered series
Softcover editions (1999–2007)
Hardcover editions (2001)
Unpublished editions
Relaunch series
Softcover editions (2010–present)
Hardcover editions (2010–2017)
Unpublished editions
Other series
50th Anniversary (2011)
Golden Age Masterworks (2019–present)
See also
References
External links
Numbered series
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First edition dust jackets included roman numeral number stamp. Reprints and editions distributed
worldwide were stamped with arabic numerals.
Unpublished editions
The following were announced for publication in 2006, but were withdrawn in 2007.
Relaunch series
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8 December
Limbo Bernard Wolfe 978-1-4732-1247-3
2016
The Left Hand of Darkness Ursula K. Le Guin 13 April 2017 978-1-4732-2162-8
The Island of Doctor Moreau ‡ 978-1-4732-1799-7
2 May 2017
The Invisible Man ‡ (reprint) 978-1-4732-1798-0
The Shape of Things to Come 8 June 2017 978-1-4732-2165-9
The Food of the Gods ‡ H. G. Wells 978-1-4732-1801-7
4 July 2017
The First Men in the Moon ‡ (reprint) 978-1-4732-1800-0
The War of the Worlds ‡ (reprint) 978-1-4732-1802-4
18 July 2017
The Time Machine ‡ (reprint) 978-1-4732-1797-3
The Doomed City Arkady and Boris Strugatsky 27 July 2017 978-1-4732-2228-1
Raising the Stones Sheri S. Tepper 10 August 2017 978-1-4732-2265-6
19 October
The Embedding Ian Watson 978-1-4732-2267-0
2017
2 November
Cryptozoic Brian Aldiss 978-1-4732-2273-1
2017
Land Under England Joseph O'Neill 28 June 2018 978-1-4732-2406-3
Raft Stephen Baxter 11 July 2018 978-1-4732-2405-6
Dreaming in Smoke Tricia Sullivan 23 August 2018 978-1-4732-2474-2
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Unpublished editions
Other series
To celebrate the 50th anniversary of the Gollancz, Orion published ten fan-chosen editions. Each
were published with Gollancz's traditional red-on-yellow cover design. The series was marketed as
part the S.F. Masterworks series.
Published to celebrate the 20th anniversary. The novels are marketed as S.F. Golden Age
Masterworks.
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See also
Fantasy Masterworks
References
1. "Locus Online: Malcolm Edwards interview excerpts" (http://www.locusmag.com/2005/Issues/03E
dwards.html). www.locusmag.com. Retrieved 2019-11-25.
External links
Gollancz SF Masterworks (HC) (http://www.isfdb.org/cgi-bin/pe.cgi?7) series listing at the Internet
Speculative Fiction Database
Millennium / Gollancz SF Masterworks (http://www.isfdb.org/cgi-bin/pe.cgi?8) series listing at the
Internet Speculative Fiction Database
Gollancz SF Masterworks (II) (http://www.isfdb.org/cgi-bin/pe.cgi?9) series listing at the Internet
Speculative Fiction Database
SF Masterworks (https://www.librarything.com/publisherseries/SF+Masterworks) at LibraryThing
SF Masterworks (https://www.worldswithoutend.com/lists_sf_masterworks.asp) at Worlds Without
End (https://www.worldswithoutend.com/)
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