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Worlds Without End Roll-Your-Own Reading Challenge

Sci-Fi Grand Master Challenge

Sci-Fi Grand Master Challenge

As of 2021, there are 37 winners of the Damon Knight Memorial Grand Master Award, awarded semi-annually to a living author for lifetime achievement in science fiction and/or fantasy by the Science Fiction & Fantasy Writers of America.

The challenge is to read works by these specific authors who have reached this level of achievement, shown in the WWE link below. Only one book per author, re-reads are okay and no reviews are required since many of these will be classic books reviewed many times already.

SFWA Grand Masters

Challenge Details
Genre: Science Fiction, Fantasy and Horror
Challenge Span: January 2021 – December 2021

Reading Levels
Select your reading level below. You can adjust your level up or down at any time during the challenge.

 Patzer = 6 books + 0 reviews
 Player = 12 books + 0 reviews
 Master = 18 books + 0 reviews
 Grand Master = 24 books + 0 reviews

This challenge has expired. Please have a look at some of our other challenges for something that may interest you.

dragon_21

dragon_21

The Left Hand of Darkness
Methuselah's Children
Midnight Robber
3
2
1
finminer

finminer

A Boy and His Dog
The Caves of Steel
A Choice of Gods
Deathworld 1
The Difference Engine
Downward to the Earth
The Final Programme
Gather, Darkness!
Gifts
Glory Road
I See You
The Illustrated Man
The Integral Trees
Jem: The Making of a Utopia
The Legion of Time
Mindbridge
Mission of Gravity
The Pi Man
Police Your Planet
The Salt Roads
The Star Pit
There Will Be Time
To Say Nothing of the Dog
Weyr Search
gallyangel

gallyangel

The Black Sun
Rocket Jockey
A Scandal in Battersea
3
2
1
Hinkley54

Hinkley54

All Tomorrow's Parties
The Left Hand of Darkness
10
9
8
7
6
5
4
3
2
1
Hneite

Hneite

The Accidental Time Machine
Blackout
Briarheart
Burning Chrome
Childhood's End
Dhalgren
Downbelow Station
The Dying Earth
Dying Inside
Falling in Love with Hominids
Farmer in the Sky
The First Book of Lankhmar
I Have No Mouth and I Must Scream
I, Robot
Kampus:  A Mind-Expanding Trip to the College of Tomorrow
Lest Darkness Fall
Man Plus
Rocannon's World
The Stainless Steel Rat
The Stars My Destination
The Story of Kao Yu
Tau Zero
To Your Scattered Bodies Go
Wizard's Hall
Lett

Lett

Barrayar
Borders of Infinity
The Caves of Steel
Cyteen
The Demolished Man
The Midnight Circus
The Mountains of Mourning
Shards of Honor
Tau Zero
The Warrior's Apprentice
Way Station
Witch World
MaggieK

MaggieK

Brown Girl in the Ring
The Caves of Steel
City of Illusions
Have Space Suit - Will Travel
The Naked Sun
The New Moon's Arms
The Robots of Dawn
Virtual Light
Xanadu
3
2
1
Momosnyx

Momosnyx

Foundation
23
22
21
20
19
18
17
16
15
14
13
12
11
10
9
8
7
6
5
4
3
2
1
Naomi_uk72

Naomi_uk72

The Big Time
Robot Dreams
The Sundered Worlds
3
2
1
niriop

niriop

Behold the Man
The Dark Light Years
Driftglass
The Puppet Masters
Slan
The Small Assassin
nmly

nmly

Blackout
The Caves of Steel
The Fountains of Paradise
The Left Hand of Darkness
Rendezvous with Rama
Ringworld
PJohnGregson

PJohnGregson

Dune
The Moon is a Harsh Mistress
4
3
2
1
Prem

Prem

Foundation
Something Wicked This Way Comes
The Warrior's Apprentice
9
8
7
6
5
4
3
2
1
Scott Laz

Scott Laz

Brain Wave
The Fabulous Riverboat
Foundation
Swords Against Wizardry
To Your Scattered Bodies Go
1
walrii

walrii

The Flying Sorcerers
17
16
15
14
13
12
11
10
9
8
7
6
5
4
3
2
1
Weesam

Weesam

Brown Girl in the Ring
City of Illusions
The Coming
Daybreak - 2250 A.D.
Defender
The Devil's Arithmetic
Dragondrums
The Dreamers
A Fine and Private Place
Genesis
The Hammer of God
The Ice Schooner
Interlibrary Loan
The Languages of Pao
The Lovers
The Man in the Maze
Masquerade in Lodi
The Moment of Eclipse
Orphans of the Sky
The Stainless Steel Rat Wants You
Still River
Summer Morning, Summer Night
Time and Again
The Years of the City