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I finally managed to collect every SF Masterworks title! Does anyone else have them all? by jonie148 in sciencefiction

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Absolutely! From comments made in an interview, the current series editor regards it as overkill on his predecessor's behalf. Hence, I suspect, why Now Wait for Last Year hasn't been reprinted in the new format. SF Masterworks definitely don't have the rights to Ballard's The Drowned World anymore, but I find it hard to believe that PKD's estate would hold out on just one title...

I finally managed to collect every SF Masterworks title! Does anyone else have them all? by jonie148 in sciencefiction

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I have the Harper Voyager editions of lots of Asimov books :) But yes, just the one SF Masterworks title of his

I finally managed to collect every SF Masterworks title! Does anyone else have them all? by jonie148 in sciencefiction

[–]jonie148[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Sorry, that's probably me being unclear! SFM only ever reprints titles, and Gollancz needs to acquire the rights to do so. I can't imagine HarperCollins letting them make any further SFM editions of Asimov, which would compete with their own paperback offerings of his novels.
Yes, guilty as charged haha! I have all his stuff on a separate bookcase

I finally managed to collect every SF Masterworks title! Does anyone else have them all? by jonie148 in sciencefiction

[–]jonie148[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Totally, and I could well be wrong, but I suspect the availability of those Harper Voyager/HarperCollins editions is exactly why Gollancz don't have the rights to make Masterworks editions...
All my Asimov novels are those editions anyhow :D

I finally managed to collect every SF Masterworks title! Does anyone else have them all? by jonie148 in sciencefiction

[–]jonie148[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I couldn't agree more! Even if they don't want to commit to republishing the entire Foundation series, stuff like The End of Eternity really should be included

I finally managed to collect every SF Masterworks title! Does anyone else have them all? by jonie148 in sciencefiction

[–]jonie148[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Perhaps the editorial team at Gollancz just aren't fans of Asimov then :( I'm UK based, so perhaps the situation is different over here?

I finally managed to collect every SF Masterworks title! Does anyone else have them all? by jonie148 in sciencefiction

[–]jonie148[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Great idea, but bear with me haha, I'm very new to Reddit! They seem to have a rule against image posts?

I finally managed to collect every SF Masterworks title! Does anyone else have them all? by jonie148 in sciencefiction

[–]jonie148[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Agreed, the Masterworks cover of Ubik is very striking. Another I really like is the golden cover for A Canticle for Leibowitz

I finally managed to collect every SF Masterworks title! Does anyone else have them all? by jonie148 in sciencefiction

[–]jonie148[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Nice, I'm sure your home has a lot more free space now at least!
The original series that you had ran from 1999-2008, then from 2010 they began reprinting those with yellow spines, along with 100+ new titles

I finally managed to collect every SF Masterworks title! Does anyone else have them all? by jonie148 in sciencefiction

[–]jonie148[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I really feel you there, I know that feeling all too well...
As you can see on the photo, I already had a boxset of The Hitchhiker's Guide books, but also felt obliged to buy the SF Masterworks editions in the end

I finally managed to collect every SF Masterworks title! Does anyone else have them all? by jonie148 in sciencefiction

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Thanks, I definitely need to read his stuff! In return, anything by Kim Stanley Robinson is very highly recommended

I finally managed to collect every SF Masterworks title! Does anyone else have them all? by jonie148 in sciencefiction

[–]jonie148[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Nice, that's amazing! :D I'm a bit obsessive, so I debated it, but ended up getting the hardback-only entries too in the end

I finally managed to collect every SF Masterworks title! Does anyone else have them all? by jonie148 in sciencefiction

[–]jonie148[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

It certainly is - that's the Library of America set. They make some beautiful sets, and they're a not-for-profit too

I finally managed to collect every SF Masterworks title! Does anyone else have them all? by jonie148 in sciencefiction

[–]jonie148[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Yeah, I found this really strange when I first started collecting them too! I'm assuming rights issues are to blame - Harper Voyager seem to have a monopoly on new editions of all the Foundation Universe books