Fantasy Masterworks is a series of British
paperback
A paperback (softcover, softback) book is one with a thick paper or paperboard cover, also known as wrappers, and often held together with adhesive, glue rather than stitch (textile arts), stitches or Staple (fastener), staples. In contrast, ...
s by Millennium (an
imprint of
Victor Gollancz
Sir Victor Gollancz (; 9 April 1893 – 8 February 1967) was a British publisher and humanitarian. Gollancz was known as a supporter of left-wing politics. His loyalties shifted between liberalism and communism; he defined himself as a Christian ...
). It is intended to comprise "some of the greatest, most original, and most influential
fantasy
Fantasy is a genre of speculative fiction that involves supernatural or Magic (supernatural), magical elements, often including Fictional universe, imaginary places and Legendary creature, creatures.
The genre's roots lie in oral traditions, ...
ever written" and to contain "the books which, along with
Tolkien
John Ronald Reuel Tolkien (, 3 January 1892 – 2 September 1973) was an English writer and philologist. He was the author of the high fantasy works ''The Hobbit'' and ''The Lord of the Rings''.
From 1925 to 1945, Tolkien was the Rawlinson ...
,
Peake and others, shaped modern fantasy." as claimed by its publisher.
[According to the back cover of e.g. ]
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 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)
Reboot series, with new design (2013 - 2016)
* Also published in the ''Fantasy Masterworks'' numbered series.
See also
*
SF Masterworks
References
External links
List of Fantasy Masterworks in order of publication with extensive reviews
��List of Fantasy Masterworks numbered series in reverse order of publication with shorter reviews at
The SF Site.
The Fantasy Masterworks List��A graphical presentation of the Fantasy Masterworks.
{{Fantasy fiction
Fantasy books by series
Lists of fantasy books