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.
The books were originally numbered 1 to 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)
#TitleAuthorOriginally publishedISBNReprinted1Shadow and ClawGene Wolfe198320002Time and the GodsLord Dunsany1905–191620003The Worm OuroborosE. R. Eddison192220004Tales of the Dying EarthJack Vance1950–198420005Little, BigJohn Crowley198120006The Chronicles of AmberRoger Zelazny1970–197820007ViriconiumM. John Harrison1971–198520008The People of the Black CircleRobert E. Howard1933-200020009The Land of LaughsJonathan Carroll1980200010The Complete Compleat EnchanterL. Sprague de Camp and Fletcher Pratt1940–1954200011Lud-in-the-MistHope Mirrlees1926200012Sword and CitadelGene Wolfe1982 & 1983200013Fevre DreamGeorge R. R. Martin1982200114BeautySheri S. Tepper1991200115The King of Elfland's DaughterLord Dunsany1924200116The Hour of the DragonRobert E. Howard1932-2001200117ElricMichael Moorcock1961–1965200118The First Book of LankhmarFritz Leiber1968–1970200119The Riddle-Master's GamePatricia A. McKillip1976–1979200120Time and AgainJack Finney1970200121Mistress of MistressesE.R. Eddison1935200122GlorianaMichael Moorcock1978200123The Well of the UnicornFletcher Pratt1948200124The Second Book of LankhmarFritz Leiber1968–1988200125Voice of Our ShadowJonathan Carroll1983200226The Emperor of DreamsClark Ashton Smith1928-2002200227Suldrun's GardenJack Vance1983200228PeaceGene Wolfe1975200229The Dragon WaitingJohn M. Ford1983200230Chronicles of CorumMichael Moorcock1977200231Black Gods and Scarlet DreamC. L. Moore1933–1939200232The Broken SwordPoul Anderson1954200233The House on the Borderland and Other NovelsWilliam Hope Hodgson1907-1946200234The Drawing of the DarkTim Powers1979200235The Green Pearl and MadoucJack Vance1985 & 1989200336The History of the RunestaffMichael Moorcock1979200337A Voyage to ArcturusDavid Lindsay1920200338Darker Than You ThinkJack Williamson1948200339The MabinogionEvangeline Walton1936-2002200340Three Hearts & Three LionsPoul Anderson1961200341GrendelJohn Gardner1971200442The Iron Dragon's DaughterMichael Swanwick1993200443WasGeoff Ryman1992200544Song of KaliDan Simmons1985200545ReplayKen Grimwood1986200546Sea-Kings of Mars and Otherworldly StoriesLeigh Brackett1942-2005200547The Anubis GatesTim Powers1983200548The Forgotten Beasts of EldPatricia A. McKillip1974200549Something Wicked This Way ComesRay Bradbury1962200650The Mark of the Beast and Other Fantastical TalesRudyard Kipling1884-20072007
Relaunch series (2013–2016)
^ Also published in the Fantasy Masterworks numbered series. TitleAuthorOriginally publishedISBNReprintedAegyptJohn Crowley19872013The Dragon GriauleLucius Shepard20132013Last CallTim Powers19922013The Falling WomanPat Murphy19862013The Phoenix and the MirrorAvram Davidson19692013Lord DarcyRandall Garrett1964–19792014Votan and Other NovelsJohn James1966–19692014The Broken Sword ^Poul Anderson19542014Ombria in ShadowPatricia A. McKillip20022014Beauty ^Sheri S. Tepper19912014Mythago WoodRobert Holdstock19842014Little, Big ^John Crowley19812015Shadow and ClawGene Wolfe19832015Expiration DateTim Powers19962015The Forgotten Beasts of Eld ^Patricia A. McKillip19742015LavondyssRobert Holdstock19882015Earthquake WeatherTim Powers19972015Thomas the RhymerEllen Kushner19902015The Anvil of IceMichael Scott Rohan19862015Elleander MorningJerry Yulsman19842015The Circus of Dr. LaoCharles G. Finney19352016
See also SF Masterworks
References
External links
– reviews published by the SF Site Fantasy Masterworks checklist maintained by Worlds Without End Fantasy Masterworks Inex checklist maintained by blog Science Fiction & Fantasy Masterworks Review