Fantasy Masterworks is a series of British paperbacks intended to comprise "some of the greatest, most original, and most influential fantasy ever written", and claimed by its publisher Millennium (an imprint of Victor Gollancz) to be "the books which, along with Tolkien, Peake and others, shaped modern fantasy."[1]

It has a companion series in the SF Masterworks line. A separate Future Classics[2] 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)

Number Title Author Originally Published ISBN Masterworks Published
1 The Book of the New Sun Gene Wolfe 1983 ISBN 978-1-857-98977-9 2000
2 Time and the Gods Lord Dunsany 1905–1916 ISBN 978-1-857-98989-2 2000
3 The Worm Ouroboros E. R. Eddison 1922 ISBN 978-1-857-98993-9 2000
4 Tales of the Dying Earth Jack Vance 1950–1984 ISBN 978-1-857-98994-6 2000
5 Little, Big John Crowley 1981 ISBN 978-1-857-98711-9 2000
6 The Chronicles of Amber Roger Zelazny 1970–1978 ISBN 978-1-857-98726-3 2000
7 Viriconium M. John Harrison 1971–1985 ISBN 978-1-857-98995-3 2000
8 The Conan Chronicles Volume 1: The People of the Black Circle Robert E. Howard 1933-2000 ISBN 978-1-857-98996-0 2000
9 The Land of Laughs Jonathan Carroll 1980 ISBN 978-1-857-98999-1 2000
10 The Compleat Enchanter: The Magical Misadventures of Harold Shea L. Sprague de Camp and Fletcher Pratt 1940–1954 ISBN 978-1-857-98757-7 2000
11 Lud-in-the-Mist Hope Mirrlees 1926 ISBN 978-1-857-98767-6 2000
12 The Book of the New Sun, Volume 2: Sword and Citadel Gene Wolfe 1982 & 1983 ISBN 978-1-857-98700-3 2000
13 Fevre Dream George R. R. Martin 1982 ISBN 978-1-857-98331-9 2001
14 Beauty Sheri S. Tepper 1991 ISBN 978-1-857-98722-5 2001
15 The King of Elfland's Daughter Lord Dunsany 1924 ISBN 978-1-857-98790-4 2001
16 The Conan Chronicles Volume 2: The Hour of the Dragon Robert E. Howard 1932-2001 ISBN 978-1-857-98747-8 2001
17 Elric Michael Moorcock 1961–1965 ISBN 978-1-857-98743-0 2001
18 The First Book of Lankhmar Fritz Leiber 1968–1970 ISBN 978-1-857-98327-2 2001
19 The Riddle-Master's Game Patricia A. McKillip 1976–1979 ISBN 978-1-857-98796-6 2001
20 Time and Again Jack Finney 1970 ISBN 978-0-575-07360-9 2001
21 Mistress of Mistresses E.R. Eddison 1935 ISBN 978-0-575-07284-8 2001
22 Gloriana Michael Moorcock 1978 ISBN 978-0-575-07359-3 2001
23 The Well of the Unicorn Fletcher Pratt 1948 ISBN 978-0-575-07267-1 2001
24 The Second Book of Lankhmar Fritz Leiber 1968–1988 ISBN 978-0-575-07358-6 2001
25 Voice of Our Shadow Jonathan Carroll 1983 ISBN 978-0-575-07367-8 2002
26 The Emperor of Dreams Clark Ashton Smith 1928-2002 ISBN 978-0-575-07373-9 2002
27 Lyonesse I: Suldrun's Garden Jack Vance 1983 ISBN 978-0-575-07374-6 2002
28 Peace Gene Wolfe 1975 ISBN 978-0-575-07376-0 2002
29 The Dragon Waiting John M. Ford 1983 ISBN 978-0-575-07378-4 2002
30 Chronicles of Corum Michael Moorcock 1977 ISBN 978-0-575-07366-1 2002
31 Black Gods and Scarlet Dream C. L. Moore 1933–1939 ISBN 978-0-575-07417-0 2002
32 The Broken Sword Poul Anderson 1954 ISBN 978-0-575-07425-5 2002
33 The House on the Borderland and Other Novels William Hope Hodgson 1907-1946 ISBN 978-0-575-07372-2 2002
34 The Drawing of the Dark Tim Powers 1979 ISBN 978-0-575-07426-2 2002
35 Lyonesse II and III: The Green Pearl and Madouc Jack Vance 1985 & 1989 ISBN 978-0-575-07517-7 2003
36 The History of the Runestaff Michael Moorcock 1979 ISBN 978-0-575-07469-9 2003
37 A Voyage to Arcturus David Lindsay 1920 ISBN 978-0-575-07483-5 2003
38 Darker Than You Think Jack Williamson 1948 ISBN 978-0-575-07546-7 2003
39 The Mabinogion Evangeline Walton 1936-2002 ISBN 978-0-575-07538-2 2003
40 Three Hearts & Three Lions Poul Anderson 1961 ISBN 978-0-575-07498-9 2003
41 Grendel John Gardner 1971 ISBN 978-0-575-07582-5 2004
42 The Iron Dragon's Daughter Michael Swanwick 1993 ISBN 978-0-575-07605-1 2004
43 Was Geoff Ryman 1992 ISBN 978-0-575-07669-3 2005
44 Song of Kali Dan Simmons 1985 ISBN 978-0-575-07659-4 2005
45 Replay Ken Grimwood 1986 ISBN 978-0-575-07559-7 2005
46 Sea-Kings of Mars and Otherworldly Stories Leigh Brackett 1942-2005 ISBN 978-0-575-07689-1 2005
47 The Anubis Gates Tim Powers 1983 ISBN 978-0-575-07725-6 2005
48 The Forgotten Beasts of Eld Patricia A. McKillip 1974 ISBN 978-0-575-07765-2 2005
49 Something Wicked This Way Comes Ray Bradbury 1962 ISBN 978-0-575-07874-1 2006
50 The Mark of the Beast and Other Fantastical Tales Rudyard Kipling 1884-2007 ISBN 978-0-575-07791-1 2007

New design

Title Author Originally Published ISBN Masterworks Published
Aegypt John Crowley 1987 ISBN 978-0-575-08300-4 2013
The Dragon Griaule Lucius Shepard 2013 ISBN 978-0-575-08992-1 2013
Last Call Tim Powers 1992 ISBN 978-0-575-11681-8 2013
The Falling Woman Pat Murphy 1986 ISBN 978-0-575-13314-3 2013
The Phoenix and the Mirror Avram Davidson 1969 ISBN 978-0-575-13038-8 2013
Lord Darcy Randall Garrett 1964–1979 ISBN 978-1-473-20104-0 2014
Votan and Other Novels John James 1966–1969 ISBN 978-0-575-10550-8 2014
The Broken Sword * Poul Anderson 1954 ISBN 978-1-473-20544-4 2014
Ombria in Shadow Patricia A. McKillip 2002 ISBN 978-1-473-20574-1 2014
Beauty * Sheri S. Tepper 1991 ISBN 978-1-473-20659-5 2014
Mythago Wood Robert Holdstock 1984 ISBN 978-1-473-20545-1 2014
Little, Big * John Crowley 1981 ISBN 978-1-473-20547-5 2015
The Book of the New Sun, Volume 1: Shadow and Claw * Gene Wolfe 1983 ISBN 978-1-473-21197-1 2015
Expiration Date Tim Powers 1996 ISBN 978-1-473-21198-8 2015
The Forgotten Beasts of Eld * Patricia A. McKillip 1974 ISBN 978-1-473-21203-9 2015
Lavondyss Robert Holdstock 1988 ISBN 978-1-473-21199-5 2015
Earthquake Weather Tim Powers 1997 ISBN 978-1-473-21205-3 2015
Thomas the Rhymer Ellen Kushner 1990 ISBN 978-1-473-21162-9 2015
The Anvil of Ice Michael Scott Rohan 1986 ISBN 978-0-575-09221-1 2015
Elleander Morning Jerry Yulsman 1984 ISBN 978-1-473-21169-8 2015
The Circus of Dr. Lao Charles G. Finney 1935 ISBN 978-1-473-21367-8 2016

* Also published in the Fantasy Masterworks numbered series.

See also

References

  1. ^ According to the back cover of e.g. Howard, Robert E. (2000). The Conan Chronicles Volume 1: The People of the Black Circle. Fantasy Masterworks. Millennium. ISBN 1-85798-996-1.
  2. ^ Gollancz editor Simon Spanton on the Future Classics promotion

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