SFBC 50th Anniversary Collection

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A series of reprints of classic works commemorating the 50th anniversary of the Science Fiction Book Club. Eight representative titles were selected from each of the five previous decades, (ten of the titles had never had SFBC editions, noted by +). The first title appeared in February 2003 and continued on a roughly bi-monthly basis until December 2007. All were published by the Science Fiction Book Club using either the "SFBC Science Fiction" or the "SFBC Fantasy" imprint. One artist was commissioned to create the cover art for each of the eight volumes in a specific decade.

The 1950s (Cover art by Donato Giancola)

The 1960s (Cover art by Bob Eggleton)

The 1970s (Cover art by Bruce Jensen)

The 1980s (Cover art by Jim Burns)

The 1990s (Cover art by Stephan Martiniere)


+ First SFBC edition.

All other books were reprinted by the SFBC within months of their original trade editions with the following exceptions:

  • The Space Merchants was reprinted in an exclusive SFBC omnibus in 1985, thirty-two years after its original trade edition. This is its first separate SFBC edition.
  • Under Pressure had a SFBC edition as The Dragon in the Sea.
  • The Stars My Destination was in a SFBC reprint of the anthology A Treasury of Great Science Fiction in 1960, but had its first separate edition in 1996.
  • To Your Scattered Bodies Go was reprinted in 1980, nine years after its original trade edition.
  • A Canticle for Leibowitz was reprinted in 1978, eighteen years after its original trade edition.
  • The Forever War was reprinted in 1997, twenty-two years after its original trade edition. The SFBC edition followed the slightly revised Avon edition.
  • Her Smoke Rose Up Forever, originally published in 1990, follows the slightly revised Tachyon edition.
  • Deathbird Stories was reprinted in 1984, nine years after its original trade edition. The SFBC edition followed the slightly revised Bluejay edition.
  • Ender's Game was reprinted in an exclusive SFBC omnibus. This is its first separate SFBC edition.
  • Startide Rising was reprinted in an exclusive 1987 SFBC omnibus, four years after its original trade edition. This is its first separate SFBC edition.
  • Snow Crash was reprinted in 1999, seven years after its original trade edition.
  • Rats and Gargoyles was reprinted by the BOMC when it was originally published. This is its first SFBC edition.
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