SF Masterworks series: How many have you read?

[The Curious Squid]

Here's the list:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SF_Masterworks

I started reading them a few years back when I didn't really have any idea of who the good Sci-fi authors were, I only made it to the 9th one on the list before just reading random novels that took my fancy (Some of which appear later on in the list).

The ones I did read were all outstanding, anyone else make their way through these classics?

I've read 15 of them so far and fully intend to work my way through all of them.

[SteveB]

I read The Time Machine, but I'm not a sci-fi/fantasy fan.

[The Curious Squid]

What made you read The Time Machine?

I love most of his work, I went through a period of reading everything I could get my hands on. My favourite being a first edition of his Strange stories I got for 50p in a second hand shop, it looks like an old battered bible and has some surprising stories considering when it was written.

[SteveB]

It was free on Gutenberg.org and I had heard of it.

[Bella Fortuna]

I'm not a SF fan either (there is a thread somewhere asking for SF recommendations for non-SF fans) but I really have liked the Wells novels I've read, Time Machine among them.

(now off to look at the list)

[Bella Fortuna]

Having seen the link, after I made the thread referred to above, I had actually found this list and added a number of them to my Amazon wish list because they sounded good, but I haven't read any of them. I'm so slow with my reading these days, and I get easily distracted into other types of material...

[Xamonas Chegwé]

I've definitely read 24 of the original, numbered list and probably quite a lot more (but I read so much SF in my teens that I can't remember the titles!)

[Gawdzilla Sama]

1 The Forever War** Joe Haldeman 1974 ISBN 1-85798-808-6 1999
3 Cities in Flight James Blish 1950–1962 ISBN 1-85798-811-6 1999
4 Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? Philip K. Dick 1968 ISBN 1-85798-813-2 1999
5 The Stars My Destination** Alfred Bester 1956 ISBN 1-85798-814-0 1999
6 Babel-17 Samuel R. Delany 1966 ISBN 1-85798-805-1 1999
7 Lord of Light Roger Zelazny 1967 ISBN 1-85798-820-5 1999
9 Gateway Frederik Pohl 1977 ISBN 1-85798-818-3 1999
12 Earth Abides George R. Stewart 1949 ISBN 1-85798-821-3 1999
14 The Demolished Man Alfred Bester 1953 ISBN 1-85798-822-1 1999
15 Stand on Zanzibar John Brunner 1968 ISBN 1-85798-836-1 1999
17 The Drowned World J. G. Ballard 1962 ISBN 1-85798-883-3 1999
18 The Sirens of Titan Kurt Vonnegut 1959 ISBN 1-85798-884-1 1999
20 A Scanner Darkly Philip K. Dick 1977 ISBN 1-85798-847-7 1999
22 Behold the Man Michael Moorcock 1969 ISBN 1-85798-848-5 1999
23 The Book of Skulls Robert Silverberg 1972 ISBN 1-85798-914-7 1999
24 The Time Machine and The War of the Worlds H. G. Wells 1895 & 1898 ISBN 1-85798-887-6 1999
25 Flowers for Algernon Daniel Keyes 1966 ISBN 1-85798-938-4 1999
28 More Than Human Theodore Sturgeon 1953 ISBN 1-85798-852-3 2000
29 Man Plus Frederik Pohl 1976 ISBN 1-85798-946-5 2000
30 A Case of Conscience James Blish 1958 ISBN 1-85798-924-4 2000
34 The Fountains of Paradise Arthur C. Clarke 1979 ISBN 1-85798-721-7 2000
36 Now Wait for Last Year Philip K. Dick 1966 ISBN 1-85798-701-2 2000
37 Nova Samuel R. Delany 1968 ISBN 1-85798-742-X 2001
38 The First Men in the Moon H. G. Wells 1901 ISBN 1-85798-746-2 2001
39 The City and the Stars Arthur C. Clarke 1956 ISBN 1-85798-763-2 2001
41 Jem Frederik Pohl 1980 ISBN 1-85798-789-6 2001
44 The Lathe of Heaven Ursula K. Le Guin 1971 ISBN 1-85798-951-1 2001
47 The Invisible Man H. G. Wells 1897 ISBN 1-85798-949-X 2001
49 A Fall of Moondust Arthur C. Clarke 1961 ISBN 0-575-07317-9 2002
52 The Three Stigmata of Palmer Eldritch Philip K. Dick 1965 ISBN 0-575-07480-9 2003
53 The Dancers at the End of Time Michael Moorcock 1974–1976 ISBN 0-575-07476-0 2003
54 The Space Merchants Frederik Pohl and Cyril M. Kornbluth 1953 ISBN 0-575-07528-7 2003
55 Time Out of Joint Philip K. Dick 1959 ISBN 0-575-07458-2 2003
56 Downward to the Earth Robert Silverberg 1970 ISBN 0-575-07523-6 2004
57 The Simulacra Philip K. Dick 1964 ISBN 0-575-07460-4 2004
58 The Penultimate Truth Philip K. Dick 1964 ISBN 0-575-07481-7 2005
59 Dying Inside Robert Silverberg 1972 ISBN 0-575-07525-2 2005
60 Ringworld** Larry Niven 1970 ISBN 0-575-07702-6 2005
62 Mission of Gravity Hal Clement 1954 ISBN 0-575-07708-5 2005
64 Tau Zero Poul Anderson 1970 ISBN 0-575-07732-8 2006
65 Rendezvous with Rama Arthur C. Clarke 1972 ISBN 0-575-07733-6 2006
71 Dune** Frank Herbert 1965 ISBN 0-575-08150-3 2007
72 The Moon Is a Harsh Mistress** Robert A. Heinlein 1966 ISBN 0-575-08241-0 2008
73*** The Man in the High Castle**

[Pappa]

I haven't read much sci-fi for years, but I was browsing a lot in Hay-on-Wye today, hunting for things I remember. I couldn't find the first book in the Amtrak Wars series, but did pick up a copy of Elric of Melniboné.

As for the list, I think I've read about three.

[Gawdzilla Sama]

I haven't read much sci-fi for years, but I was browsing a lot in Hay-on-Wye today, hunting for things I remember. I couldn't find the first book in the Amtrak Wars series, but did pick up a copy of Elric of Melniboné.

As for the list, I think I've read about three.

DOH!

[The Curious Squid]

Having seen the link, after I made the thread referred to above, I had actually found this list and added a number of them to my Amazon wish list because they sounded good, but I haven't read any of them. I'm so slow with my reading these days, and I get easily distracted into other types of material...

I was the same until Twoflower let me use her Kindle account on my phone, then my reading got back to a decent rate and I got my own account. It's so convenient because I always have my phone so I'll read whenever I have a few minutes to spare. The 5 minutes here or there add up.

[Gawdzilla Sama]

Having seen the link, after I made the thread referred to above, I had actually found this list and added a number of them to my Amazon wish list because they sounded good, but I haven't read any of them. I'm so slow with my reading these days, and I get easily distracted into other types of material...

I was the same until Twoflower let me use her Kindle account on my phone, then my reading got back to a decent rate and I got my own account. It's so convenient because I always have my phone so I'll read whenever I have a few minutes to spare. The 5 minutes here or there add up.

I keep my recreational reading in my bathroom and my "street bag." Two hours waiting for an X-ray? Two hours more for reading.

[Mallardz]

I have Tau Zero and it's SF masterworks.
That's not even on that there list.

[Gawdzilla Sama]

I have Tau Zero and it's SF masterworks.
That's not even on that there list.

Yes it is.

[Mallardz]

I have Tau Zero and it's SF masterworks.
That's not even on that there list.

Yes it is.

So it is.
My ctrl+F let me down.
So make that one.