Back on Dec. 26, I posted a best-of book list called Forbidden Planet’s “50 SF Books You MUST Read,” and a few days later a friend e-mailed me some information about a similar sci-fi book list called “SF Masterworks.”“SF Masterworks” is actually a series of classic science fiction novels published by Orion Publishing Group. Books in the series were selected by Orion managing editor Malcolm Edwards, and the first books in the series were published in 1999. The list is composed of “select science fiction books” and is was created “with the goal of bringing important books back to print.”
Books that made the list included the following titles:
1. The Affirmation by Christopher Priest (1981)
2. Ammonite by Nicola Griffith (1992)
3. Arslan by M.J. Engh (1976)
4. Babel-17 by Samuel R. Delany (1967)
5. Behold the Man by Michael Moorcock (1969)
6. Blood Music by Greg Bear (1985)
7. The Body Snatchers by Jack Finney (1955)
8. The Book of Skulls by Robert Silverberg (1972)
9. Bring the Jubilee by Ward Moore (1953)
10. The Caltraps of Time by David I. Masson (1968)
11. A Canticle for Leibowitz by Walter M. Miller Jr. (1960)
12. A Case of Conscience by James Blish (1958)
13. Cat’s Cradle by Kurt Vonnegut Jr. (1963)
14. The Centauri Device by M. John Harrison (1974)
15. The Child Garden by Geoff Ryman (1990)
16. Childhood’s End by Arthur C. Clarke (1953)
17. Cities in Flight by James Blish (2000)
18. City by Clifford D. Simak (1952)
19. The City and the Stars by Arthur C. Clarke (1956)
20. The Complete Roderick by John Sladek (1980)
21. The Continuous Katherine Mortenhoe by D.G. Compton (1973)
22. Dahlgren by Samuel R. Delany (1974)
23. The Dancers at the End of Time by Michael Moorcock (1972)
24. Dangerous Visions by Harlan Ellison (1967)
25. The Day of the Triffids by John Wyndham (1951)
26. Dark Benediction by Walter M. Miller Jr. (2007)
27. The Demolished Man by Alfred Bester (1953)
28. The Difference Engine by William Gibson and Bruce Sterling (1990)
29. The Dispossessed by Ursula K. LeGuin (1974)
30. Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? by Philip K. Dick (1968)
31. Downward to Earth by Robert Silverberg (1970)
32. Dr. Bloodmoney by Philip K. Dick (1965)
33. The Drowned World by J.G. Ballard (1962)
34. Dune by Frank Herbert (1965)
35. Dying Inside by Robert Silverberg (1972)
36. Earth Abides by George R. Stewart (1949)
37. Emphyrio by Jack Vance (1969)
38. Eon by Greg Bear (1985)
39. The Fall of Hyperion by Dan Simmons (1990)
40. A Fall of Moondust by Arthur C. Clarke (1961)
41. The Female Man by Joanna Russ (1975)
42. The Fifth Head of Cerberus by Gene Wolfe (1972)
43. The First Men in the Moon by H.G. Wells (1901)
44. Floating Worlds by Cecelia Holland (1975)
45. Flowers for Algernon by Daniel Keyes (1966)
46. Flow My Tears, the Policeman Said by Philip K. Dick (1974)
47. The Food of the Gods by H.G. Wells (1904)
48. The Forever War by Joe Haldeman (1974)
49. The Fountains of Paradise by Arthur C. Clarke (1979)
50. Frankenstein by Mary Shelley (1818)
51. Gateway by Fredrik Phol (1977)
52. Grass by Sheri S. Tepper (1989)
53. Greybeard by Brian Aldiss (1964)
54. Helliconia by Brian Aldiss (1986)
55. Hellstrom’s Hive by Frank Herbert (1973)
56. The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy by Douglas Adams (1979)
57. Hyperion by Dan Simmons (1989)
58. I Am Legend by Richard Matheson (1954)
59. The Inverted World by Christopher Priest (1974)
60. The Invisible Man by H.G. Wells (1897)
61. The Island of Dr. Moreau by H.G. Wells (1896)
62. Jems by Frederik Pohl (1979)
63. Last and First Men by Olaf Stapledon (1930)
64. The Lathe of Heaven by Ursula K. Le Guin (1971)
65. Life During War Time by Lucius Shepard (1987)
66. Lord of Light by Roger Zelazny (1967)
67. The Man in the High Castle by Philip K. Dick (1962)
68. Man Plus by Frederik Pohl (1976)
69. Martian Time-Slip by Philip K. Dick (1964)
70. Maze of Death by Philip K. Dick (1970)
71. Mission of Gravity by Hal Clement (1954)
72. Mockingbird by Walter Tevis (1980)
73. The Moon is a Harsh Mistress by Robert A. Heinlein (1966)
74. More Than Human by Theodore Sturgeon (1953)
75. Non-Stop by Brian Aldiss (1958)
76. Nova by Samuel R. Delany (1968)
77. Now Wait for Last Year by Philip K. Dick (1966)
78. Odd John by Olaf Stapledon (1935)
79. Of Men and Monsters by William Tenn (1968)
80. Pavane by Keith Roberts (1968)
81. The Penultimate Truth by Philip K. Dick (1964)
82. The Prestige by Christopher Priest (1995)
83. The Rediscovery of Man by Cordwainer Smith (1993)
84. Rendezvous with Rama by Arthur C. Clarke (1972)
85. Riddley Walker by Russell Hoban (1980)
86. Ringworld by Larry Niven (1970)
87. Rouge Moon by Algis Budrys (1960)
88. Roadside Picnic by Arkady Strugatsky and Boris Strugatsky (1977)
89. Rur & War with the Newts by Karel Capke (2011)
90. A Scanner Darkly by Philip K. Dick (1977)
91. The Sea and Summer by George Turner (1987)
92. The Sirens of Titan by Kurt Vonnegut Jr. (1959)
93. Sirius by Olaf Stapledon (1944)
94. The Shrinking Man by Richard Matheson (1956)
95. The Simulacra by Philip K. Dick (1964)
96. Slow River by Nicola Griffith (1995)
97. The Space Merchants by Frederik Phol and C.M. Cornbluth (1953)
98. Stand On Zanzibar by John Brunner (1968)
99. Star Maker by Olaf Stapleton (1937)
100. The Stars My Destination by Alfred Bester (1956)
101. Synners by Pat Cadigan (1991)
102. Take Back Plenty by Colin Greenland (1990)
103. Tau Zero by Poul Anderson (1970)
104. The Time Machine by H.G. Wells (1895)
105. Time Out of Joint by Philip K. Dick (1959)
106. Timescape by Gegory Benford (1980)
107. The Three Stigmata of Palmer Eldritch by Philip K. Dick (1965)
108. Ubik by Philip K. Dick (1969)
109. Unquenchable Fire by Rachel Pollack (1988)
110. VALIS by Philip K. Dick (1981)
111. The War of the Worlds by H.G. Wells (1895)
112. Wasp by Eric Frank Russell (1957)
113. Where Late the Sweet Birds Sang by Kate Wilhelm (1976)
In the end, how may of these books have you had the chance to read? Which did you like or dislike? Which would you recommend and why? Let us know in the comments section below.
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