I’ve promised that each month I will bring to you guys a list of the following month’s Fantasy Book Releases (if you missed April/May’s post, click here). However, I also wanted to put together a post about the upcoming re-releases of Gollancz’s Masterworks series, because I think it’s important as many modern SFF readers check them out as possible.

Today Fantasy and Science-Fiction bookshelves are (excuse the pun) stacked with incredible titles. Where we are today is a product of the writers who led the genre in a certain direction by inspiring today’s authors and shaping the market by revealing what readers wanted more of.

Too many titles have been lost to the ages, but the Science Fiction & Fantasy Masterworks series by Gollancz have done a good job of bringing some of the books in the aforementioned category to today’s readers. They’ve done this consistently over the years by releasing and re-releasing books they think will strike a chord with readers of today, but their most recent choice of books to put in front of today’s readers and cover designs is pretty damned impressive. There’s a perfect mix of magic, grittiness, high-concepts and weirdness in there.

Future publications in the series are set to include:

The Forgotten Beasts of Eld – 14 May 2015

by Patricia A. McKillip

Votan and Other Novels – 28 May 2015

by John James

Lavondyss – 11 Jun 2015

by Robert Holdstock



Thomas the Rhymer – 9 Jul 2015

by Ellen Kushner

Grendel – 9 Jul 2015

by John C. Gardner

The Riddle-Master’s Game – 13 Aug 2015

by Patricia A. McKillip

The Anvil of Ice – 10 Sep 2015

by Michael Scott Rohan

Something Wicked This Way Comes * – 8 Oct 2015

by Ray Bradbury

Earthquake Weather – 12 Nov 2015

by Tim Powers

*COVER STILL IN PRODUCTION*

Elleander Morning * – 10 Dec 2015

by Jerry Yulsman

*COVER STILL IN PRODUCTION*

The Circus of Dr Lao – 7 Jan 2016

by Charles G. Finney

Published so far (2014 & 2015):



Aegypt by John Crowley



The Dragon Griaule – Lucius Shepard



Last Call – Tim Powers



The Falling Woman – Pat Murphy



The Phoenix and the Mirror – Avram Davidson



Lord Darcy – Randall Garrett



The Broken Sword – Poul Anderson



Ombria in Shadow – Patricia A. McKillip



Beauty – Sheri S. Tepper



Mythago Wood – Robert Holdstock



Little, Big – John Crowley



The Book of the New Sun, Volume 1: Shadow and Claw – Gene Wolfe



Expiration Date – Tim Powers

Have you guys read any of Gollancz’s Masterworks series?

Are there any you’d recommend to our fellow readers?

What do you think of the covers?

Do you have a favourite?

Let us know what you think!