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by blacktav 259 days ago
The SciFi Masterworks series includes some of the best SF writing https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SF_Masterworks
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Great collection. I have read at least half of them. I'm going to bookmark this and read the rest, re-read some of them.

Wikipedia article mentions also these overlapping series that have some great additions.

I looked also Gollancz Classic SF (1986–1987) https://store.gollancz.co.uk/collections/classic-science-fic...

and VGSF Classics (1988–1990) mentioned. https://sfandfantasy.co.uk/php/gallery-a.php?subsection=100

Piggybacking off this, "old" (pre 1980) sci-fi tends to hold up surprisingly well, for me, at least