Big Sky 3 August 2557 / 2O14

for big skY loncon 3 3 sf masterworks 1 sf masterworks 1 Sooner or later all Science Fiction comes true. 3 — J.G. Ballard, interviewed in Interzone #22, Winter 1987 Part-genzine, part-perzine, variable sercon/fannish content. If you are not satisfied with this product please contact your nearest SF Masterworks dealer. The next letters column will be in issue #5 – please be part of it ! Send all Letters of Comment, articles and artwork to [email protected]. Edited and published by Peter Young. This fanzine has been produced independently of both Gollancz and Loncon 3. Cover: The Sky Is Falling — Andrew Nelson, 2011 (cc) Fanzines in trade can be sent to: Pages 2–6: Spiral Space — ©2014 Sue Jones, used by permission 136/200 Emerald Hill Village, Soi 6, Hua Hin, Prachuap Khiri Khan 77110, Thailand Pages 7 & 11: ©2014 Peter Young or if postage is less: Page 85: The Time Machine/The War of the Worlds — ©1999 Chris Moore, used by c/o 22 Tippings Lane, Woodley, Berkshire, RG5 4RX, England permission Page 139: Flow My Tears, the Policeman Said – Weeping with Philip K. Dick — James Thanks to all contributors for use of their articles and artwork. Clayton, 2011 (cc) See page 225 for full credit details and brief author bios. Page 240: Just Testing — Andrew Nelson, 2013 (cc) contents SF Masterworks: One Reader’s Brief Overview Peter Young 7 1 Joe Haldeman, The Forever War Farah Mendlesohn, Charles Dee Mitchell 12 2 Richard Matheson, I Am Legend Chris Bekofske, Charles Dee Mitchell 15 3 James Blish, Cities in Flight Manny Rayner, Brian Clegg, Peter Young, Kate Sherrod 18 4 Philip K. Dick, Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? Jesse Hudson, Guy Salvidge 24 5 Alfred Bester, The Stars My Destination David Langford 27 6 Samuel R. Delany, Babel-17 Rob Weber 29 2014 7 Roger Zelazny, Lord of Light Jesse Hudson, Rich Horton 32 8 Gene Wolfe, The Fifth Head of Cerberus Kate Sherrod, Jesse Hudson 34 Spiral Space Spiral 9 Frederik Pohl, Gateway Rob Weber 37 10 Cordwainer Smith, The Rediscovery of Man Tony Atkins, Jaime Oria, Rhys Hughes, Simon McLeish 39 Sue Jones 2 sf masterworks 1 contents - continued 11 Olaf Stapledon, Last and First Men Alfred Searls, Nicholas Whyte, Kate Sherrod 42 12 George R. Stewart, Earth Abides Gary Lovisi, Manny Rayner 46 13 Philip K. Dick, Martian Time-Slip Charles Dee Mitchell 49 14 Alfred Bester, The Demolished Man Manny Rayner, Charles Dee Mitchell, Megan Medina, Andy Wixon 51 15 John Brunner, Stand on Zanzibar Karen Burnham, Kate Sherrod 55 16 Ursula Le Guin , The Dispossessed Bruce Gillespie, Mark Monday, Manny Rayner 61 17 J.G. Ballard, The Drowned World Peter Young, Kate Sherrod 65 18 Kurt Vonnegut, The Sirens of Titan Manny Rayner, Kedar, Christopher J Garcia 67 19 Jack Vance, Emphyrio Mark Monday 70 20 Philip K. Dick, A Scanner Darkly Guy Salvidge 72 21 Olaf Stapledon, Star Maker Jesse Hudson 74 22 Michael Moorcock, Behold the Man Charles Dee Mitchell, Manny Rayner, Peter Young 76 23 Robert Silverberg, The Book of Skulls John DeNardo 78 24 H.G. Wells, The Time Machine Anthony G. Williams, Amy H. Sturgis 80 24 H.G. Wells, The War of the Worlds Ben Babcock, Basil Williams, Jonathan Terrington, Nicholas Whyte 82 25 Daniel Keyes, Flowers for Algernon Manny Rayner, Peter Young, John Coxon 87 26 Philip K. Dick, Ubik Randy Byers 90 27 Gregory Benford, Timescape Chris Amies, Charles Dee Mitchell, Simon McLeish 92 28 Theodore Sturgeon, More Than Human Victoria Strauss 96 3 sf masterworks 1 contents - continued 29 Frederik Pohl, Man Plus Niall Alexander 98 30 James Blish, A Case of Conscience Christy Tidwell, Nicholas Whyte 100 31 M. John Harrison, The Centauri Device Charles Dee Mitchell, Bryan Alexander 102 32 Philip K. Dick, Dr. Bloodmoney Mark Monday, David Soyka 104 33 Brian Aldiss, Non-Stop Rich Horton, Charles Dee Mitchell 107 34 Arthur C. Clarke, The Fountains of Paradise Rob Weber, Glenn Myers 109 35 Keith Roberts, Pavane Brian Clegg, Manny Rayner, Margaret Johnson 112 36 Philip K. Dick, Now Wait for Last Year Charles Dee Mitchell, Guy Salvidge 114 37 Samuel R. Delany, Nova Jonathan Thornton 117 38 H.G. Wells, The First Men in the Moon Michael Battaglia 119 39 Arthur C. Clarke, The City and the Stars J.P. Lantern 121 40 Greg Bear, Blood Music Thomas M. Wagner, Neal Asher, David A. Hardy 123 41 Frederik Pohl, Jem Andrew Spong 126 42 Ward Moore, Bring the Jubilee Peter Young, Andrew Spong 128 43 Philip K. Dick, VALIS Bruce Gillespie, Patrick Clark, Tim Powers, Paul Williams 130 44 Ursula Le Guin, The Lathe of Heaven Bruce Gillespie, John DeNardo 133 45 John Sladek, The Complete Roderick Andrew Spong 135 46 Philip K. Dick, Flow My Tears, the Policeman Said Mike Philbin 138 47 H.G. Wells, The Invisible Man Amy H. Sturgis, Chris Hill 141 4 sf masterworks 1 contents - continued I Frank Herbert, Dune Manny Rayner, Andrew Spong, Christopher J Garcia 143 II Ursula Le Guin, The Left Hand of Darkness Jonathan Thornton, Megan Medina, Tanya Brown 147 III Philip K. Dick, The Man in the High Castle Charles Dee Mitchell, Jonathan Terrington 152 V Walter M. Miller, Jr., A Canticle for Leibowitz Eli Johnson, Mark Monday, Peter Young 155 VI Arthur C. Clarke, Childhood’s End Ian McDonald, Mark Monday 157 VII Robert A. Heinlein, The Moon Is a Harsh Mistress Jesse Hudson 159 VIII Larry Niven, Ringworld Anthony G. Williams, Andrew Spong, Peter Young 161 X John Wyndham, The Day of the Triffids Tony Keen, Penny Hill, Andy Wixon 164 48 Sheri S. Tepper, Grass Cheryl Morgan, Andrew Spong 169 49 Arthur C. Clarke, A Fall of Moondust Kate Atherton, Lee A. Butler 172 50 Greg Bear, Eon Charles Dee Mitchell, Mark Chitty 175 51 Richard Matheson, The Shrinking Man Charles Dee Mitchell, J.P. Lantern 178 52 Philip K. Dick, The Three Stigmata of Palmer Eldritch Alma Alexander, Charles Dee Mitchell 181 53 Michael Moorcock, The Dancers at the End of Time Charles Dee Mitchell 183 54 Frederik Pohl & Cyril M. Kornbluth, The Space Merchants Eric Brown, Anthony G. Williams 185 55 Philip K. Dick, Time Out of Joint Guy Salvidge 188 56 Robert Silverberg, Downward to the Earth Mark Monday, A.C. Fellows 191 57 Philip K. Dick, The Simulacra Charles Dee Mitchell, L.J. Hurst 193 59 Philip K. Dick, The Penultimate Truth Charles Dee Mitchell, Joe Pfeiffer, Simon McLeish 195 5 sf masterworks 1 contents - continued 60 Robert Silverberg, Dying Inside Cécile Cristofari, Peter Young, Tony Atkins 198 61 Geoff Ryman, The Child Garden Randy McDonald 200 62 Hal Clement, Mission of Gravity A.C. Fellows, Scott Lynch, Tony Atkins, Manny Rayner 203 63 Philip K. Dick, A Maze of Death Mike Philbin 206 64 Poul Anderson, Tau Zero Anthony G. Williams, Kate Atherton, Tony Atkins, Chris Mander 208 65 Arthur C. Clarke, Rendezvous with Rama Jesse Hudson, Anthony G. Williams, Dave O’Neill 212 66 Lucius Shepard, Life During Wartime Ross E. Lockhart, Simon McLeish, Cécile Cristofari 215 67 Kate Wilhelm, Where Late the Sweet Birds Sang Amy H. Sturgis, Megan Medina 217 68 Arkady & Boris Strugatsky, Roadside Picnic Annalee Newitz 219 69 Walter M. Miller, Jr., Dark Benediction Andrew Spong 221 70 Walter Tevis, Mockingbird Simon McLeish, Lars Guthrie 223 The Contributors 225 6 SF Masterworks: One Reader’s Brief Overview Peter Young OT LONG BEFORE my abduction into fandom in the year 2000 – something I blame entirely on the regular n Monday night meetings of the Reading Science Fiction Group – Millennium launched their SF Masterworks list with a couple of titles in January 1999. I remember discovering them, plus several later editions, one Spring afternoon in Reading’s own specialist SF store (the now-disappeared Friar Street Bookshop), and headed home with a handful of titles and a reinvigorated optimism for British SF publishing. I’d spent roughly fifteen years away from reading anything remotely genre-related (excepting Samuel R. Delany’s autobiography The Motion of Light in Water) up until the point, in 1997, when I discovered Mary Doria Russell’s The Sparrow on the mainstream shelves at WHSmiths on Waterloo Station, before taking the Eurostar to Paris for the first time. Russell and her story stole that journey from me, but I’ve long forgiven her – and I also had a lot of catching up to do. For most of the time since, I’ve looked forward to a new Masterworks publication almost every month, and part of the fun in the early years of the series was not knowing what was to hit the shelves next. A Clarke? Maybe a Pohl? Another PKD? Another PKD? And if that wasn’t enough, there was the Fantasy Masterworks list as well, plus Gollancz’s handsome SF Collectors’ Editions, and on other shelves we had Orion’s Crime Masterworks series. We have Malcolm Edwards and his colleagues at Gollancz/Orion to thank for all of these. Now in the days of Amazon and the ISFDB it’s easy to learn what’s coming many months before it hits the bookstore shelves. And now that it’s 2014, a further fifteen years down the line, I realise I’ve spent those fifteen years enthusing about this beautifully produced series of some – or perhaps most – of the best British and American SF ever published, with occasional glances towards Russia, Eastern Europe and Australia. The series took a haitus for nearly a year in 2002 before finally adding Richard Matheson’s The Shrinking Man in 2003, then 014 a slow trickle of new titles followed.

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