SF Masterworks Synopsis Site

Here you'll find the plot descriptions and author information as shown on the back covers of each edition in the SF Masterworks series. I'll also grade the books out of ten and try to give my own verdict on the books.

Wednesday, 1 August 2018

#166. LAND UNDER ENGLAND By Joseph O’Neill

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Published : 1935 Pages : 296 Overall Mark : 6/10 While searching for his missing father, Anthony Julian embarks on a terrifying journey ...
Friday, 1 June 2018

#165. CRYPTOZOIC! By Brian Aldiss

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Published : 1967 Pages : 224 Overall Mark : 8/10 In the year 2093, human consciousness has expanded to the point that man can visit the ...
Sunday, 1 April 2018

#164. THE EMBEDDING By Ian Watson

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Published : 1973 Pages : 254 Overall Mark : 6/10 In a quiet British research institute, Chris Sole is investigating a strange language w...
Thursday, 1 February 2018

#163. RAISING THE STONES By Sheri S Tepper

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Published : 1990 Pages : 453 Overall Mark : 8/10 When the human settlers arrived on Hobbs Land, the native Owlbrit were almost extinct, ...
Friday, 1 December 2017

#162. THE DOOMED CITY By Arkady & Boris Strugatsky

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Published : 1989 Pages : Overall Mark : 8/10 It is a mysterious city with an artificial sun, bordered by an abyss on one side and an imp...
Sunday, 1 October 2017

#161. THE SHAPE OF THINGS TO COME By H G Wells

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Published : 1933 Pages : 424 Overall Mark : 4/10 When Dr Philip Raven, a diplomat working for the League of Nations, dies in the 1930s, ...
Tuesday, 1 August 2017

#159. THE LEFT HAND OF DARKNESS By Ursula K Le Guin

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Published : 1969 Pages : 304 Overall Mark : 8/10 Genly Ai is an ethnologist observing the people of the winter-world Gethen. The people ...
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