SF Masterworks


S.F. 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 UK and Australian markets, but many editions are distributed to the United States and Canada by Hachette Book Group., 199 unique titles and approximately 308 volumes, including hardcover, revised, or reprinted editions, have been published.
Superseding the earlier series Gollancz Classic SF and VGSF Classics, 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". 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)

Not all printings include a number stamp. Some printings do not include markings or cover designs to indicate they are volumes of any series.
In 2010, several volumes were reprinted with cover designs and colored spines matching the relaunch series. The ISBNs for those volumes were not changed.
TitleAuthorReprint dateISBN
1The Forever WarJoe Haldeman21 January 1999
2I Am LegendRichard Matheson21 January 1999
3Cities in FlightJames Blish11 February 1999
4Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?Philip K. Dick11 February 1999
5The Stars My DestinationAlfred Bester11 March 1999
6Babel-17Samuel R. Delany11 March 1999
7Lord of LightRoger Zelazny8 April 1999
8The Fifth Head of CerberusGene Wolfe8 April 1999
9GatewayFrederik Pohl13 May 1999
10The Rediscovery of ManCordwainer Smith13 May 1999
11Last and First MenOlaf Stapledon10 June 1999
12Earth AbidesGeorge R. Stewart10 June 1999
13Martian Time-SlipPhilip K. Dick8 July 1999
14The Demolished Man ^Alfred Bester8 July 1999
15Stand on ZanzibarJohn Brunner12 August 1999
16The DispossessedUrsula K. Le Guin12 August 1999
17The Drowned World ^J. G. Ballard9 September 1999
18The Sirens of Titan ^Kurt Vonnegut9 September 1999
19EmphyrioJack Vance14 October 1999
20A Scanner DarklyPhilip K. Dick14 October 1999
21Star MakerOlaf Stapledon11 November 1999
22Behold the Man ^Michael Moorcock11 November 1999
23The Book of SkullsRobert Silverberg16 December 1999
24The Time Machineand The War of the WorldsH. G. Wells16 December 1999
25Flowers for AlgernonDaniel Keyes13 January 2000
26UbikPhilip K. Dick10 February 2000
27TimescapeGregory Benford9 March 2000
28More Than HumanTheodore Sturgeon13 April 2000
29Man Plus ^Frederik Pohl11 May 2000
30A Case of ConscienceJames Blish15 June 2000
31The Centauri DeviceM. John Harrison13 July 2000
32Dr. BloodmoneyPhilip K. Dick10 August 2000
33Non-StopBrian Aldiss14 November 2000
34The Fountains of ParadiseArthur C. Clarke12 October 2000
35PavaneKeith Roberts9 November 2000
36Now Wait for Last Year ^Philip K. Dick4 December 2000
37NovaSamuel R. Delany11 January 2001
38The First Men in the MoonH. G. Wells8 February 2001
39The City and the StarsArthur C. Clarke8 March 2001
40Blood MusicGreg Bear12 April 2001
41JemFrederik Pohl10 May 2001
42Bring the JubileeWard Moore14 June 2001
43VALISPhilip K. Dick12 July 2001
44The Lathe of HeavenUrsula K. Le Guin9 August 2001
45The Complete RoderickJohn Sladek12 October 2001
46Flow My Tears, the Policeman SaidPhilip K. Dick8 November 2001
47The Invisible ManH. G. Wells6 December 2001
48GrassSheri S. Tepper14 February 2002
49A Fall of MoondustArthur C. Clarke14 March 2002
50EonGreg Bear11 April 2002
51The Shrinking ManRichard Matheson9 January 2003
52The Three Stigmata of Palmer EldritchPhilip K. Dick31 July 2008
53The Dancers at the End of Time ^Michael Moorcock8 May 2003
54The Space Merchants ^Frederik Pohl and Cyril M. Kornbluth10 July 2003
55Time Out of JointPhilip K. Dick11 September 2003
56Downward to the EarthRobert Silverberg12 February 2004
57The SimulacraPhilip K. Dick9 September 2004
58The Penultimate TruthPhilip K. Dick10 February 2005
59Dying InsideRobert Silverberg14 April 2005
60Ringworld ^Larry Niven9 June 2005
61The Child GardenGeoff Ryman11 August 2005
62Mission of GravityHal Clement13 October 2005
63A Maze of DeathPhilip K. Dick1 December 2005
64Tau ZeroPoul Anderson9 February 2006
65Rendezvous with RamaArthur C. Clarke13 April 2006
66Life During WartimeLucius Shepard8 June 2006
67Where Late the Sweet Birds SangKate Wilhelm12 October 2006
68Roadside PicnicArkady and Boris Strugatsky8 February 2007
69Dark BenedictionWalter M. Miller Jr.12 April 2007
70MockingbirdWalter Tevis14 June 2007
71DuneFrank Herbert18 October 2007
72The Moon Is a Harsh Mistress †^Robert A. Heinlein11 December 2008
73The Man in the High CastlePhilip K. Dick17 September 2009

Hardcover editions (2001)

Not all printings include a number stamp. Some printings do not include markings or cover designs to indicate they are volumes of any series.
TitleAuthorReprint dateISBN
1DuneFrank Herbert25 October 2001
2The Left Hand of DarknessUrsula K. Le Guin18 October 2001
3The Man in the High CastlePhilip K. Dick18 October 2001
4The Stars My DestinationAlfred Bester18 October 2001
5A Canticle for LeibowitzWalter M. Miller Jr.18 October 2001
6Childhood's EndArthur C. Clarke18 October 2001
7The Moon Is a Harsh MistressRobert A. Heinlein18 October 2001
8RingworldLarry Niven18 October 2001
9The Forever WarJoe Haldeman18 October 2001
10The Day of the TriffidsJohn Wyndham18 October 2001

Relaunch series

Softcover editions (2010–present)

The relaunched series features yellow–white spines, the S.F. Masterworks marquee printed vertically atop tinted artwork, and newly typeset and corrected text. As with the numbered volumes, many printings, with identical ISBNs, do not include markings or cover designs to indicate they are volumes of any series.
TitleAuthorReprint dateISBN
The Forever WarJoe Haldeman29 March 2010
I Am LegendRichard Matheson29 March 2010
Cities in FlightJames Blish29 March 2010
Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?Philip K. Dick29 March 2010
The Stars My DestinationAlfred Bester29 March 2010
Babel-17Samuel R. Delany29 March 2010
Lord of LightRoger Zelazny29 March 2010
The Fifth Head of CerberusGene Wolfe29 March 2010
GatewayFrederik Pohl29 March 2010
The Rediscovery of ManCordwainer Smith29 March 2010
The Three Stigmata of Palmer EldritchPhilip K. Dick1 April 2010
UbikPhilip K. Dick1 April 2010
Inverted WorldChristopher Priest13 May 2010
The SimulacraPhilip K. Dick14 May 2010
Flow My Tears, the Policeman SaidPhilip K. Dick14 May 2010
Time Out of JointPhilip K. Dick14 May 2010
VALISPhilip K. Dick14 May 2010
Bring the JubileeWard Moore14 June 2010
DhalgrenSamuel R. Delany22 July 2010
HelliconiaBrian Aldiss12 August 2010
The Lathe of HeavenUrsula K. Le Guin19 August 2010
The Body SnatchersJack Finney14 October 2010
The Female ManJoanna Russ11 November 2010
The Complete RoderickJohn Sladek11 November 2010
ArslanM. J. Engh9 December 2010
Tau ZeroPoul Anderson30 December 2010
The Centauri DeviceM. John Harrison30 December 2010
The Difference EngineWilliam Gibson and Bruce Sterling13 January 2011
The PrestigeChristopher Priest10 February 2011
GreybeardBrian Aldiss18 March 2011
Martian Time-SlipPhilip K. Dick24 March 2011
SiriusOlaf Stapledon14 April 2011
HyperionDan Simmons12 May 2011
Non-StopBrian Aldiss12 May 2011
The City and the StarsArthur C. Clarke2 June 2011
CityClifford D. Simak9 June 2011
Hellstrom's HiveFrank Herbert14 July 2011
Of Men and MonstersWilliam Tenn11 August 2011
PavaneKeith Roberts29 September 2011
TimescapeGregory Benford29 September 2011
Dying InsideRobert Silverberg29 September 2011
GrassSheri S. Tepper29 September 2011
More Than HumanTheodore Sturgeon29 September 2011
The AffirmationChristopher Priest13 October 2011
R.U.R. and War with the NewtsKarel Čapek13 October 2011
EmphyrioJack Vance14 November 2011
Star MakerOlaf Stapledon14 November 2011
The Book of SkullsRobert Silverberg14 November 2011
Floating WorldsCecelia Holland8 December 2011
Blood MusicGreg Bear12 December 2011
Rogue MoonAlgis Budrys12 January 2012
Dangerous VisionsHarlan Ellison9 February 2012
Rendezvous with RamaArthur C. Clarke5 March 2012
EonGreg Bear5 March 2012
Odd JohnOlaf Stapledon8 March 2012
The Fountains of ParadiseArthur C. Clarke19 March 2012
Last and First MenOlaf Stapledon19 March 2012
The Fall of HyperionDan Simmons12 April 2012
Where Late the Sweet Birds SangKate Wilhelm14 June 2012
Roadside Picnic Arkady and Boris Strugatsky12 July 2012
SynnersPat Cadigan9 August 2012
Sarah CanaryKaren Joy Fowler13 September 2012
AmmoniteNicola Griffith13 September 2012
The Continuous Katherine MortenhoeD. G. Compton11 October 2012
FrankensteinMary Shelley11 October 2012
Doomsday BookConnie Willis8 November 2012
Flowers for AlgernonDaniel Keyes15 November 2012
Unquenchable FireRachel Pollack13 December 2012
The Caltraps of TimeDavid I. Masson13 December 2012
Engine SummerJohn Crowley10 January 2013
Take Back PlentyColin Greenland10 January 2013
Slow RiverNicola Griffith14 February 2013
The Gate to Women's CountrySheri S. Tepper14 March 2013
The Sea and SummerGeorge Turner14 March 2013
WaspEric Frank Russell9 May 2013
To Say Nothing of the DogConnie Willis9 May 2013
The Gods ThemselvesIsaac Asimov13 June 2013
This Is the Way the World EndsJames Morrow13 June 2013
The DeepJohn Crowley11 July 2013
Time is the Fire: [The Best of Connie Willis]Connie Willis8 August 2013
No Enemy But TimeMichael Bishop8 August 2013
Double StarRobert A. Heinlein12 September 2013
Revelation SpaceAlastair Reynolds12 September 2013
A Fall of MoondustArthur C. Clarke16 September 2013
A Maze of DeathPhilip K. Dick16 September 2013
The Penultimate TruthPhilip K. Dick16 September 2013
Random Acts of Senseless ViolenceJack Womack10 October 2013
TransfigurationsMichael Bishop14 November 2013
The Door Into SummerRobert A. Heinlein12 December 2013
Dr. BloodmoneyPhilip K. Dick9 January 2014
Half Past HumanT. J. Bass30 January 2014
The Long TomorrowLeigh Brackett13 February 2014
The GodwhaleT. J. Bass13 March 2014
JemFrederik Pohl10 April 2014
The Shrinking ManRichard Matheson10 April 2014
A Case of ConscienceJames Blish15 May 2014
Her Smoke Rose Up ForeverJames Tiptree Jr10 July 2014
A Scanner DarklyPhilip K. Dick28 August 2014
Stand on ZanzibarJohn Brunner11 September 2014
The Child GardenGeoff Ryman27 November 2014
Mission of GravityHal Clement11 December 2014
MockingbirdWalter Tevis27 February 2015
The Word for World Is ForestUrsula K. Le Guin26 March 2015
Downward to the EarthRobert Silverberg9 April 2015
Hard to Be a GodArkady and Boris Strugatsky9 April 2015
Night LampJack Vance14 May 2015
Life During WartimeLucius Shepard11 June 2015
Earth AbidesGeorge R. Stewart30 June 2015
Dark BenedictionWalter M. Miller13 August 2015
The Wind's Twelve Quartersand The Compass RoseUrsula K. Le Guin13 August 2015
Dying of the LightGeorge R. R. Martin10 September 2015
The DispossessedUrsula K. Le Guin30 September 2015
NovaSamuel R. Delany12 November 2015
The Man Who Fell to EarthWalter Tevis12 November 2015
A Fire Upon the DeepVernor Vinge7 January 2016
NorstriliaCordwainer Smith11 February 2016
Monday Begins on SaturdayArkady and Boris Strugatsky14 April 2016
FairylandPaul J. McAuley12 May 2016
Always Coming HomeUrsula K. Le Guin14 July 2016
A Deepness in the SkyVernor Vinge14 July 2016
Swastika NightMurray Constantine11 August 2016
China Mountain ZhangMaureen F. McHugh13 October 2016
Shadow and ClawGene Wolfe10 November 2016
Sword and CitadelGene Wolfe10 November 2016
LimboBernard Wolfe15 December 2016
The Island of Doctor MoreauH. G. Wells12 January 2017
The Invisible ManH. G. Wells12 January 2017
The Shape of Things to ComeH. G. Wells12 January 2017
The Food of the GodsH. G. Wells12 January 2017
The First Men in the MoonH. G. Wells12 January 2017
The War of the WorldsH. G. Wells12 January 2017
The Time MachineH. G. Wells12 January 2017
The Left Hand of DarknessUrsula K. Le Guin12 April 2017
The Doomed CityArkady and Boris Strugatsky13 July 2017
Raising the StonesSheri S. Tepper10 August 2017
The EmbeddingIan Watson7 September 2017
CryptozoicBrian Aldiss30 November 2017
Land Under EnglandJoseph O'Neill26 June 2018
RaftStephen Baxter10 July 2018
Dreaming in SmokeTricia Sullivan23 August 2018
FoolsPat Cadigan7 March 2019
The Best of R. A. LaffertyR. A. Lafferty4 April 2019
LightM. John Harrison11 July 2019
Native TongueSuzette Haden Elgin22 August 2019
Snail on the SlopeArkady and Boris Strugatsky17 October 2019
The Shockwave RiderJohn Brunner9 January 2020
Lord Valentine's CastleRobert Silverberg6 February 2020
River of GodsIan McDonald19 March 2020
A Time of ChangesRobert Silverberg20 August 2020
The Andromeda AnthologyFred Hoyle and John Elliot29 October 2020
Worlds of Exile and IllusionUrsula K. Le Guin15 October 2020
Bold as LoveGwyneth Jones12 November 2020
Desolation RoadIan McDonald10 December 2020
Castles Made of SandGwyneth Jones21 January 2021
The Best of Greg EganGreg Egan18 March 2021
The Inhabited Island Arkady and Boris Strugatsky15 April 2021
The SeparationChristopher Priest13 May 2021
Needle in a TimestackRobert Silverberg10 June 2021
White QueenGwyneth Jones2 September 2021
KairosGwyneth Jones11 November 2021
Nineteen Eighty-FourGeorge Orwell20 January 2022
LifeGwyneth Jones17 February 2022
The Chronicles of AmberRoger Zelazny14 April 2022
The Second Chronicles of AmberRoger Zelazny18 August 2022
Growing Up WeightlessJohn M. Ford29 September 2022
The Secret of LifePaul J. McAuley13 October 2022
RoadmarksRoger Zelazny19 January 2023
Imperial EarthArthur C. Clarke16 February 2023
The Hammer of GodArthur C. Clarke16 March 2023
The Best of Roger ZelaznyRoger Zelazny26 October 2023
Hiero's JourneySterling Lanier25 April 2024
First BornMaureen Duffy4 July 2024
The Unforsaken HieroSterling Lanier12 September 2024
Barefoot in the HeadBrian Aldiss20 November 2025
Galaxies Like Grains of Sand Brian Aldiss19 February 2026
Beginning Operations James White19 March 2026
Alien Emergencies James White21 May 2026

Hardcover editions (2010–2019)

Hardcover editions distributed to the U.K. market, initially. Many printings distributed outside the U.K. market do not include markings or cover designs to indicate they are volumes of any series.
TitleAuthorReprint dateISBN
Cat's CradleKurt Vonnegut20 May 2010
Childhood's EndArthur C. Clarke17 June 2010
The Island of Doctor MoreauH. G. Wells17 June 2010
The Time MachineH. G. Wells15 July 2010
The Food of the GodsH. G. Wells16 September 2010
DuneFrank Herbert30 December 2010
The Hitchhiker's Guide to the GalaxyDouglas Adams10 May 2012
The War of the WorldsH. G. Wells12 July 2012
Riddley WalkerRussell Hoban8 November 2012
The Invisible ManH. G. Wells11 April 2013
A Canticle for LeibowitzWalter M. Miller25 April 2013
The First Men in the MoonH. G. Wells11 July 2013
The Restaurant at the End of the UniverseDouglas Adams28 November 2013
Life, the Universe and EverythingDouglas Adams31 December 2013
Feersum EndjinnIain M. Banks16 April 2016
The Day of the TriffidsJohn Wyndham12 May 2016
The ChrysalidsJohn Wyndham9 June 2016
The Midwich CuckoosJohn Wyndham8 September 2016
Starship TroopersRobert A. Heinlein13 October 2016
NeuromancerWilliam Gibson11 May 2017
The Man in the High CastlePhilip K. Dick14 November 2019

Unpublished softcover editions

The following editions were announced, but appear to have been withdrawn:
Tentative TitleAuthorScheduledKnown ISBN
Camp ConcentrationThomas Disch10 August 20060-575-07877-4
334Thomas Disch9 November 20060-575-07897-9
The Long Loud SilenceWilson TuckerFebruary 2015978-1-4732-0773-8
The Iron DreamNorman Spinrad14 November 2017978-1-4732-2264-9
Forge of GodGreg Bear2017; 31 December 2025

Related series

Other series originally marketed as S.F. Masterworks by Gollancz and its publishing partners. Many printings do not include markings or cover designs to indicate they are volumes of any series.

Rounded-corner editions (2006)

A special edition collection with matte, non-glossy covers, rounded corners and minimalist cover art by Marc Adams.
TitleAuthorRelease dateISBN
Cities in FlightJames Blish1 August 2006
Flowers for AlgernonDaniel Keyes1 August 2006
I Am LegendRichard Matheson1 August 2006
Lord of LightRoger Zelazny1 August 2006
The Sirens of TitanKurt Vonnegut1 August 2006
The Forever WarJoe Haldeman1 August 2006
The DispossessedUrsula K. Le Guin1 August 2006
GatewayFrederik Pohl1 August 2006
UbikPhilip K. Dick1 August 2006
The Stars My DestinationAlfred Bester1 August 2006

Gollancz 50th Anniversary (2011)

To celebrate the 50th anniversary of the Gollancz imprint, Orion published a ten-volume series of fan-chosen volumes. Each volume featured a yellow–red typeset cover designs similar to designs used by Gollancz from 1929 until the mid-1980s.
TitleAuthorRelease dateISBN
1Shadow and ClawGene Wolfe1 September 2011
2Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?Philip K. Dick1 September 2011
3Flowers for AlgernonDaniel Keyes1 September 2011
4I Am LegendRichard Matheson1 September 2011
5DuneFrank Herbert1 September 2011
6The Lies of Locke LamoraScott Lynch1 September 2011
7EricTerry Pratchett1 September 2011
8HyperionDan Simmons1 September 2011
9The Name of the WindPatrick Rothfuss1 September 2011
10The Time MachineH. G. Wells1 September 2011

Golden Age Masterworks (2019–present)

Initially marketed as part the S.F. Masterworks series until adopting the Gold Age Masterworks series name. Yellow cover designs for the series were inspired by cover designs used by Gollancz from 1929 until the mid-1980s.
TitleAuthorRelease dateISBN
Doomsday MorningC. L. Moore10 January 2019
Galactic PatrolE. E. 'Doc' Smith10 January 2019
FuryHenry Kuttner10 January 2019
The Sands of MarsArthur C. Clarke10 January 2019
EarthlightArthur C. Clarke7 February 2019
Grey LensmanE. E. 'Doc' Smith7 February 2019
Second Stage LensmanE. E. 'Doc' Smith7 March 2019
Northwest of EarthC. L. Moore7 March 2019
Jirel of JoiryC. L. Moore4 April 2019
Children of the LensE. E. 'Doc' Smith4 April 2019
Against the Fall of NightArthur C. Clarke2 May 2019
Judgment NightC. L. Moore13 June 2019
The Stainless Steel RatHarry Harrison19 September 2019
The Deathworld OmnibusHarry Harrison14 November 2019
Sidewise in TimeMurray Leinster3 September 2020
The Outward UrgeJohn Wyndham5 August 2021
Stories of MarsEdgar Rice Burroughs17 March 2022