SF Masterworks


S.F. Masterworks is a series of science fiction novel reprints published by the Orion Publishing Group. The series is intended for the United Kingdom and Australian markets, but many editions are distributed to the United States and Canada by Hachette.
Developed to feature important 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 selected novels had been out of print in the United Kingdom for decades.
Its companion series include Fantasy Masterworks and Gateway Essentials.

Numbered series

Softcover editions (1999–2007)

Hardcover editions (2001)

First edition dust jackets included roman numeral number stamp. Reprints and editions distributed worldwide were stamped with arabic numerals.
TitleAuthorDateISBN
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

Unpublished editions

The following were announced for publication in 2006, but were withdrawn in 2007.
Tentative TitleAuthorScheduledISBN
Camp ConcentrationThomas Disch10 August 2006
334Thomas Disch9 November 2006

Relaunch series

Softcover editions (2010–present)

The new designs sport yellow/white spines, with the SF Masterworks logo written vertically on the cover. 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, but was partly tinted green when republished in the new series.
TitleAuthorDateISBN
The Forever War Joe Haldeman29 March 2010
I Am Legend Richard Matheson29 March 2010
Cities in Flight James Blish29 March 2010
Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? Philip K. Dick29 March 2010
The Stars My Destination Alfred Bester29 March 2010
Babel-17 Samuel R. Delany29 March 2010
Lord of Light Roger Zelazny29 March 2010
The Fifth Head of Cerberus Gene Wolfe29 March 2010
Gateway Frederik Pohl29 March 2010
The Rediscovery of Man Cordwainer Smith29 March 2010
DhalgrenSamuel R. Delany22 Jul 2010
HelliconiaBrian Aldiss12 August 2010
The Body SnatchersJack Finney14 October 2010
Inverted WorldChristopher Priest26 October 2010
The Female ManJoanna Russ11 November 2010
ArslanM. J. Engh9 December 2010
The Difference EngineWilliam Gibson and Bruce Sterling13 January 2011
The PrestigeChristopher Priest10 February 2011
GreybeardBrian Aldiss18 March 2011
SiriusOlaf Stapledon14 April 2011
HyperionDan Simmons12 May 2011
CityClifford D. Simak9 June 2011
Hellstrom's HiveFrank Herbert14 July 2011
Of Men and MonstersWilliam Tenn11 August 2011
The AffirmationChristopher Priest13 October 2011
R.U.R. and War with the NewtsKarel Čapek27 October 2011
Floating WorldsCecelia Holland30 December 2011
Rogue MoonAlgis Budrys12 January 2012
Dangerous VisionsHarlan Ellison9 February 2012
Odd JohnOlaf Stapledon8 March 2012
The Fall of HyperionDan Simmons12 April 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
Roadside Picnic Arkady and Boris Strugatsky11 October 2012
Doomsday BookConnie Willis8 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
Connie Willis8 August 2013
No Enemy But TimeMichael Bishop8 August 2013
Double StarRobert A. Heinlein12 September 2013
Revelation SpaceAlastair Reynolds12 September 2013
Random Acts of Senseless ViolenceJack Womack10 October 2013
TransfigurationsMichael Bishop14 November 2013
The Door Into SummerRobert A. Heinlein31 December 2013
Dr. Bloodmoney Philip K. Dick9 January 2014
Half Past HumanT. J. Bass30 January 2014
The Long TomorrowLeigh Brackett13 February 2014
The GodwhaleT. J. Bass13 March 2014
Jem Frederik Pohl10 April 2014
The Shrinking Man Richard Matheson10 April 2014
A Case of Conscience James Blish15 May 2014
Her Smoke Rose Up ForeverJames Tiptree Jr10 July 2014
Stand on Zanzibar John Brunner11 September 2014
Mission of Gravity Hal Clement11 December 2014
The Word for World Is ForestUrsula K. Le Guin26 March 2015
Downward to the Earth Robert Silverberg9 April 2014
Hard to Be a GodArkady and Boris Strugatsky9 April 2014
Night LampJack Vance14 May 2015
Life During Wartime Lucius Shepard11 June 2015
Dark Benediction Walter 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
Nova Samuel R. Delany12 November 2015
A Fire Upon the DeepVernor Vinge7 January 2016
NorstriliaCordwainer Smith11 February 2016
Monday Begins on SaturdayArkady and Boris Strugatsky28 April 2016
FairylandPaul J. McAuley12 May 2016
The Man Who Fell to EarthWalter Tevis26 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. McHugh3 November 2016
Shadow and ClawGene Wolfe10 November 2016
Sword and CitadelGene Wolfe10 November 2016
LimboBernard Wolfe8 December 2016
The Left Hand of DarknessUrsula K. Le Guin13 April 2017
The Island of Doctor Moreau ‡H. G. Wells2 May 2017
The Invisible Man ‡ H. G. Wells2 May 2017
The Shape of Things to ComeH. G. Wells8 June 2017
The Food of the Gods ‡H. G. Wells4 July 2017
The First Men in the Moon ‡ H. G. Wells4 July 2017
The War of the Worlds ‡ H. G. Wells18 July 2017
The Time Machine ‡ H. G. Wells18 July 2017
The Doomed CityArkady and Boris Strugatsky27 July 2017
Raising the StonesSheri S. Tepper10 August 2017
The EmbeddingIan Watson19 October 2017
CryptozoicBrian Aldiss2 November 2017
Land Under EnglandJoseph O'Neill28 June 2018
RaftStephen Baxter11 July 2018
Dreaming in SmokeTricia Sullivan23 August 2018
FoolsPat Cadigan7 March 2019
The Best of R. A. LaffertyR. A. Lafferty4 April 2019
LightM. John Harrison9 July 2019
Native TongueSuzette Haden Elgin22 August 2019
The 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 Changes Robert Silverberg20 August 2020
The Andromeda Anthology Fred Hoyle and John Elliot1 October 2020
Worlds of Exile and Illusion Ursula K. Le Guin15 October 2020
Bold as Love Gwyneth Jones12 November 2020
Desolation Road Ian McDonald10 December 2020
Castles Made of Sand Gwyneth Jones7 January 2021

Hardcover editions (2010–2017)

Unpublished editions

The following were announced, but appear to have been withdrawn:
Tentative TitleAuthorScheduledISBN
The Long Loud SilenceWilson TuckerFebruary 2015—
The Forge of GodGreg Bear2017–2018
The Iron DreamNorman Spinrad14 November 2017

Other series

50th Anniversary (2011)

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.
TitleAuthorDateISBN
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)

Published to celebrate the 20th anniversary. The novels are marketed as S.F. Golden Age Masterworks.
TitleAuthorDateISBN
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
Judgement NightC. L. Moore13 June 2019
The Stainless Steel RatHarry Harrison19 September 2019
The Deathworld OmnibusHarry Harrison14 November 2019
Sidewise in Time Murray Leinster3 September 2020