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Fantasy Masterworks

Fantasy Masterworks is a series of British paperbacks by Millennium. 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.

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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.

It has a companion series in the SF Masterworks line. A separate Future Classics line has also started featuring eight science fiction novels from the last few decades.1

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 series (2000–2007)

# Title Author Originally published ISBN Reprinted
1 Shadow and Claw
  (The Book of the New Sun, Volume 1) 		Gene Wolfe 1983 1-85798-977-5 2000
2 Time and the Gods Lord Dunsany 1905–1916 1-85798-989-9 2000
3 The Worm Ouroboros E. R. Eddison 1922 1-85798-993-7 2000
4 Tales of the Dying Earth Jack Vance 1950–1984 1-85798-994-5 2000
5 Little, Big John Crowley 1981 1-85798-711-X 2000
6 The Chronicles of Amber Roger Zelazny 1970–1978 1-85798-726-8 2000
7 Viriconium M. John Harrison 1971–1985 1-85798-995-3 2000
8 The People of the Black Circle
  (The Conan Chronicles, Volume 1) 		Robert E. Howard 1933-2000 1-85798-996-1 2000
9 The Land of Laughs Jonathan Carroll 1980 1-85798-999-6 2000
10 The Complete Compleat Enchanter L. Sprague de Camp and Fletcher Pratt 1940–1954 1-85798-757-8 2000
11 Lud-in-the-Mist Hope Mirrlees 1926 1-85798-767-5 2000
12 Sword and Citadel
  (The Book of the New Sun, Volume 2) 		Gene Wolfe 1982 & 1983 1-85798-700-4 2000
13 Fevre Dream George R. R. Martin 1982 1-85798-331-9 2001
14 Beauty Sheri S. Tepper 1991 1-85798-722-5 2001
15 The King of Elfland's Daughter Lord Dunsany 1924 1-85798-790-X 2001
16 The Hour of the Dragon
  (The Conan Chronicles, Volume 2) 		Robert E. Howard 1932-2001 1-85798-747-0 2001
17 Elric Michael Moorcock 1961–1965 1-85798-743-8 2001
18 The First Book of Lankhmar Fritz Leiber 1968–1970 1-85798-327-0 2001
19 The Riddle-Master's Game Patricia A. McKillip 1976–1979 1-85798-796-9 2001
20 Time and Again Jack Finney 1970 0-575-07360-8 2001
21 Mistress of Mistresses E.R. Eddison 1935 0-575-07284-9 2001
22 Gloriana Michael Moorcock 1978 0-575-07359-4 2001
23 The Well of the Unicorn Fletcher Pratt 1948 0-575-07267-9 2001
24 The Second Book of Lankhmar Fritz Leiber 1968–1988 0-575-07358-6 2001
25 Voice of Our Shadow Jonathan Carroll 1983 0-575-07367-5 2002
26 The Emperor of Dreams Clark Ashton Smith 1928-2002 0-575-07373-X 2002
27 Suldrun's Garden
  (Lyonesse, Volume 1) 		Jack Vance 1983 0-575-07374-8 2002
28 Peace Gene Wolfe 1975 0-575-07376-4 2002
29 The Dragon Waiting John M. Ford 1983 0-575-07378-0 2002
30 Chronicles of Corum Michael Moorcock 1977 0-575-07366-7 2002
31 Black Gods and Scarlet Dream C. L. Moore 1933–1939 0-575-07417-5 2002
32 The Broken Sword Poul Anderson 1954 0-575-07425-6 2002
33 The House on the Borderland and Other Novels William Hope Hodgson 1907-1946 0-575-07372-1 2002
34 The Drawing of the Dark Tim Powers 1979 0-575-07426-4 2002
35 The Green Pearl and Madouc
  (Lyonesse, Volume 2) 		Jack Vance 1985 & 1989 0-575-07517-1 2003
36 The History of the Runestaff Michael Moorcock 1979 0-575-07469-8 2003
37 A Voyage to Arcturus David Lindsay 1920 0-575-07483-3 2003
38 Darker Than You Think Jack Williamson 1948 0-575-07546-5 2003
39 The Mabinogion Evangeline Walton 1936-2002 0-575-07538-4 2003
40 Three Hearts & Three Lions Poul Anderson 1961 0-575-07498-1 2003
41 Grendel John Gardner 1971 0-575-07582-1 2004
42 The Iron Dragon's Daughter Michael Swanwick 1993 0-575-07605-4 2004
43 Was Geoff Ryman 1992 0-575-07669-0 2005
44 Song of Kali Dan Simmons 1985 0-575-07659-3 2005
45 Replay Ken Grimwood 1986 0-575-07559-7 2005
46 Sea-Kings of Mars and Otherworldly Stories Leigh Brackett 1942-2005 0-575-07689-5 2005
47 The Anubis Gates Tim Powers 1983 0-575-07725-5 2005
48 The Forgotten Beasts of Eld Patricia A. McKillip 1974 0-575-07765-4 2005
49 Something Wicked This Way Comes Ray Bradbury 1962 0-575-07874-X 2006
50 The Mark of the Beast and Other Fantastical Tales Rudyard Kipling 1884-2007 0-575-07791-3 2007

Relaunch series (2013–2016)

^ Also published in the Fantasy Masterworks numbered series.

Title Author Originally published ISBN Reprinted
Aegypt John Crowley 1987 978-0-575-08300-4 2013
The Dragon Griaule Lucius Shepard 2013 978-0-575-08992-1 2013
Last Call Tim Powers 1992 978-0-575-11681-8 2013
The Falling Woman Pat Murphy 1986 978-0-575-13314-3 2013
The Phoenix and the Mirror Avram Davidson 1969 978-0-575-13038-8 2013
Lord Darcy Randall Garrett 1964–1979 978-1-4732-0104-0 2014
Votan and Other Novels John James 1966–1969 978-0-575-10550-8 2014
The Broken Sword ^ Poul Anderson 1954 978-1-4732-0544-4 2014
Ombria in Shadow Patricia A. McKillip 2002 978-1-4732-0574-1 2014
Beauty ^ Sheri S. Tepper 1991 978-1-4732-0659-5 2014
Mythago Wood Robert Holdstock 1984 978-1-4732-0545-1 2014
Little, Big ^ John Crowley 1981 978-1-4732-0547-5 2015
Shadow and Claw
  (The Book of the New Sun, Volume 1) 		Gene Wolfe 1983 978-1-4732-1197-1 2015
Expiration Date Tim Powers 1996 978-1-4732-1198-8 2015
The Forgotten Beasts of Eld ^ Patricia A. McKillip 1974 978-1-4732-1203-9 2015
Lavondyss Robert Holdstock 1988 978-1-4732-1199-5 2015
Earthquake Weather Tim Powers 1997 978-1-4732-1205-3 2015
Thomas the Rhymer Ellen Kushner 1990 978-1-4732-1162-9 2015
The Anvil of Ice Michael Scott Rohan 1986 978-0-575-09221-1 2015
Elleander Morning Jerry Yulsman 1984 978-1-4732-1169-8 2015
The Circus of Dr. Lao Charles G. Finney 1935 978-1-4732-1367-8 2016
See also

See also

References

References

  1. "Gollancz editor Simon Spanton on the Future Classics promotion". The UK SF Book News Network. 6 September 2007. Archived from the original on 21 February 2008. Retrieved 9 June 2026.
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