Fantasy Masterworks

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Template:Short description Fantasy Masterworks is a series of British paperbacks by Millennium (an imprint of Victor Gollancz). It is intended to comprise "some of the greatest, most original, and most influential fantasy ever written" and to contain "the books which, along with Tolkien, Peake and others, shaped modern fantasy." as claimed by its publisher. <ref name="blurb">According to the back cover of e.g. Template:Cite book</ref>

It has a companion series in the SF Masterworks line. A separate Future Classics<ref>Template:Usurped</ref> line has also started featuring eight science fiction novels from the last few decades.

The books were numbered only through No. 50; in the 2013 reboot of the series, the books are unnumbered, have a uniform look, and feature introductions by well-known writers and critics.

Numbered paperback series (2000–2007)Edit

# Title Author Originally Published ISBN Year
1 The Book of the New Sun Gene Wolfe 1983 Template:ISBN 2000
2 Time and the Gods Lord Dunsany 1905–1916 Template:ISBN 2000
3 The Worm Ouroboros E. R. Eddison 1922 Template:ISBN 2000
4 Tales of the Dying Earth Jack Vance 1950–1984 Template:ISBN 2000
5 Little, Big John Crowley 1981 Template:ISBN 2000
6 The Chronicles of Amber Roger Zelazny 1970–1978 Template:ISBN 2000
7 Viriconium M. John Harrison 1971–1985 Template:ISBN 2000
8 The Conan Chronicles Volume 1: The People of the Black Circle Robert E. Howard 1933-2000 Template:ISBN 2000
9 The Land of Laughs Jonathan Carroll 1980 Template:ISBN 2000
10 The Compleat Enchanter: The Magical Misadventures of Harold Shea L. Sprague de Camp and Fletcher Pratt 1940–1954 Template:ISBN 2000
11 Lud-in-the-Mist Hope Mirrlees 1926 Template:ISBN 2000
12 The Book of the New Sun, Volume 2: Sword and Citadel Gene Wolfe 1982 & 1983 Template:ISBN 2000
13 Fevre Dream George R. R. Martin 1982 Template:ISBN 2001
14 Beauty Sheri S. Tepper 1991 Template:ISBN 2001
15 The King of Elfland's Daughter Lord Dunsany 1924 Template:ISBN 2001
16 The Conan Chronicles Volume 2: The Hour of the Dragon Robert E. Howard 1932-2001 Template:ISBN 2001
17 Elric Michael Moorcock 1961–1965 Template:ISBN 2001
18 The First Book of Lankhmar Fritz Leiber 1968–1970 Template:ISBN 2001
19 The Riddle-Master's Game Patricia A. McKillip 1976–1979 Template:ISBN 2001
20 Time and Again Jack Finney 1970 Template:ISBN 2001
21 Mistress of Mistresses E.R. Eddison 1935 Template:ISBN 2001
22 Gloriana Michael Moorcock 1978 Template:ISBN 2001
23 The Well of the Unicorn Fletcher Pratt 1948 Template:ISBN 2001
24 The Second Book of Lankhmar Fritz Leiber 1968–1988 Template:ISBN 2001
25 Voice of Our Shadow Jonathan Carroll 1983 Template:ISBN 2002
26 The Emperor of Dreams Clark Ashton Smith 1928-2002 Template:ISBN 2002
27 Lyonesse I: Suldrun's Garden Jack Vance 1983 Template:ISBN 2002
28 Peace Gene Wolfe 1975 Template:ISBN 2002
29 The Dragon Waiting John M. Ford 1983 Template:ISBN 2002
30 Chronicles of Corum Michael Moorcock 1977 Template:ISBN 2002
31 Black Gods and Scarlet Dream C. L. Moore 1933–1939 Template:ISBN 2002
32 The Broken Sword Poul Anderson 1954 Template:ISBN 2002
33 The House on the Borderland and Other Novels William Hope Hodgson 1907-1946 Template:ISBN 2002
34 The Drawing of the Dark Tim Powers 1979 Template:ISBN 2002
35 Lyonesse II and III: The Green Pearl and Madouc Jack Vance 1985 & 1989 Template:ISBN 2003
36 The History of the Runestaff Michael Moorcock 1979 Template:ISBN 2003
37 A Voyage to Arcturus David Lindsay 1920 Template:ISBN 2003
38 Darker Than You Think Jack Williamson 1948 Template:ISBN 2003
39 The Mabinogion Evangeline Walton 1936-2002 Template:ISBN 2003
40 Three Hearts & Three Lions Poul Anderson 1961 Template:ISBN 2003
41 Grendel John Gardner 1971 Template:ISBN 2004
42 The Iron Dragon's Daughter Michael Swanwick 1993 Template:ISBN 2004
43 Was Geoff Ryman 1992 Template:ISBN 2005
44 Song of Kali Dan Simmons 1985 Template:ISBN 2005
45 Replay Ken Grimwood 1986 Template:ISBN 2005
46 Sea-Kings of Mars and Otherworldly Stories Leigh Brackett 1942-2005 Template:ISBN 2005
47 The Anubis Gates Tim Powers 1983 Template:ISBN 2005
48 The Forgotten Beasts of Eld Patricia A. McKillip 1974 Template:ISBN 2005
49 Something Wicked This Way Comes Ray Bradbury 1962 Template:ISBN 2006
50 The Mark of the Beast and Other Fantastical Tales Rudyard Kipling 1884-2007 Template:ISBN 2007

Reboot series, with new design (2013 - 2016)Edit

# Title Author Originally Published ISBN Year
(1) Aegypt John Crowley 1987 Template:ISBN 2013
(2) The Dragon Griaule Lucius Shepard 2013 Template:ISBN 2013
(3) Last Call Tim Powers 1992 Template:ISBN 2013
(4) The Falling Woman Pat Murphy 1986 Template:ISBN 2013
(5) The Phoenix and the Mirror Avram Davidson 1969 Template:ISBN 2013
(6) Lord Darcy Randall Garrett 1964–1979 Template:ISBN 2014
(7) Votan and Other Novels John James 1966–1969 Template:ISBN 2014
(8) The Broken Sword * Poul Anderson 1954 Template:ISBN 2014
(9) Ombria in Shadow Patricia A. McKillip 2002 Template:ISBN 2014
(10) Beauty * Sheri S. Tepper 1991 Template:ISBN 2014
(11) Mythago Wood Robert Holdstock 1984 Template:ISBN 2014
(12) Little, Big * John Crowley 1981 Template:ISBN 2015
(13) The Book of the New Sun, Volume 1: Shadow and Claw * Gene Wolfe 1983 Template:ISBN 2015
(14) Expiration Date Tim Powers 1996 Template:ISBN 2015
(15) The Forgotten Beasts of Eld * Patricia A. McKillip 1974 Template:ISBN 2015
(16) Lavondyss Robert Holdstock 1988 Template:ISBN 2015
(17) Earthquake Weather Tim Powers 1997 Template:ISBN 2015
(18) Thomas the Rhymer Ellen Kushner 1990 Template:ISBN 2015
(19) The Anvil of Ice Michael Scott Rohan 1986 Template:ISBN 2015
(20) Elleander Morning Jerry Yulsman 1984 Template:ISBN 2015
(21) The Circus of Dr. Lao Charles G. Finney 1935 Template:ISBN 2016

* Also published in the Fantasy Masterworks numbered series.

See alsoEdit

ReferencesEdit

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