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Worlds Without End Roll-Your-Own Reading Challenge

Sci-Fi Grand Master Challenge

Sci-Fi Grand Master Challenge

As of 2022, there are 38 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.

Damon Knight Memorial Grand Master Award

Challenge Details
Genre: Science Fiction, Fantasy and Horror
Challenge Span: January 2022 – December 2022

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.

Adele1967

Adele1967

The Demolished Man
The Faded Sun:  Kesrith
Manifest Destiny
Midnight Robber
Mission of Gravity
A Wizard of Earthsea
chuhl

chuhl

The Stainless Steel Rat Wants You
11
10
9
8
7
6
5
4
3
2
1
daxxh

daxxh

Cemetery World
Dandelion Wine
The Eye of the Heron
Paladin of the Lost Hour
The Star Pit
Tor Double #9: The Ugly Little Boy / The [Widget], The [Wadget], and Boff
finminer

finminer

Briar Rose
Dragonflight
Farmer in the Sky
The Forever War
Hunter
I Have No Mouth and I Must Scream
Job: A Comedy of Justice
Penric's Demon
The Peripheral
Remake
Soldier of the Mist
The Stars, Like Dust
The Voyage of the Space Beagle
The White Dragon
You're All Alone
3
2
1
gallyangel

gallyangel

Beyond the Barrier
The Emerald Circus
Midnight Robber
Shadows
This Fortress World
1
Hneite

Hneite

The Beast That Shouted Love at the Heart of the World
A Borrowed Man
City of Illusions
The Coming
Cyteen
Dandelion Wine
Dragonsong
The Einstein Intersection
Future Imperfect
Glory Road
In Calabria
The Interpreter
The Knight of the Swords
The Lovers
Mapping the Bones
A Midsummer Tempest
The Mote in God's Eye
Passage
Pattern Recognition
Penric's Mission
The Phoenix Unchained
Skin Folk
The Stainless Steel Rat's Revenge
A Time of Changes
imnotsusan

imnotsusan

Briar Rose
The Curse of Chalion
The Dark Light Years
Dead Reckoning
Double Star
Downbelow Station
Dying Inside
The Final Programme
Forever Peace
The Fountains of Paradise
Gateway
The Gods Themselves
The Humanoids
Mission of Gravity
Nova
Our Lady of Darkness
Pattern Recognition
Police Your Planet
Report From Planet Midnight
The Sword of the Lictor
The Three Stigmata of Palmer Eldritch
To Your Scattered Bodies Go
Virgin Planet
The World of Null-A
isaacfun

isaacfun

Fiasco
The Fifth Head of Cerberus
Foundation and Empire
Gateway
Neuromancer
Non-Stop
jontlaw

jontlaw

6
5
4
3
2
1
Lett

Lett

Brothers in Arms
A Civil Campaign
Cyteen
The Demolished Man
Diplomatic Immunity
Ethan of Athos
The Flowers of Vashnoi
Komarr
Lord Valentine's Castle
Memory
Mirror Dance
The Vor Game
Way Station
Winterfair Gifts
The World Inside
3
2
1
lisagarrity

lisagarrity

Cycle of Fire
The Draco Tavern
Ellison Wonderland
The Emerald Circus
Galaxies Like Grains of Sand
Gateway
The Hills Have Spies
Legacy
The Line Between
A Mind for Trade
Powers That Be
Sailing to Byzantium
MaggieK

MaggieK

Fledgling
Gentleman Junkie and Other Stories of the Hung-Up Generation
The Golden Apples of the Sun
The Ministry for the Future
Nine Hundred Grandmothers
1
slightlyfoxed

slightlyfoxed

12
11
10
9
8
7
6
5
4
3
2
1
TheRealPeteJM

TheRealPeteJM

12
11
10
9
8
7
6
5
4
3
2
1
thereddeath

thereddeath

6
5
4
3
2
1
Weesam

Weesam

Buying Time
By the Sword
Cycle of Fire
A Heritage of Stars
Sailing to Byzantium
The Stainless Steel Rat for President