SF Masterworks

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S.F. Masterworks
CountryUnited Kingdom
LanguageEnglish
GenreScience fiction
Publisher
Published1999–present
Media typePrint (Hardcover / Paperback)
No. of books230 (estimate)
Websitesfgateway.com

S.F. Masterworks is a series of science fiction novel reprints published by the Orion Publishing Group. The series is intended for the United Kingdom and Australian markets, but many editions are distributed to the United States and Canada by Hachette. As of July 2021, approximately 230 volumes, including hardcover and revised editions, have been published as part of the numbered and relaunched series.

Developed to feature important and out of print science fiction novels, the selections were described by science fiction author Iain M. Banks as "amazing" and "genuinely the best novels from sixty years of SF".[1] Many of the selections had been out of print in the United Kingdom for many years.

Its companion series include Fantasy Masterworks and Gateway Essentials.

Numbered series[]

Softcover editions (1999–2007)[]

No. Title Author(s) Date ISBN
1 The Forever War Joe Haldeman 21 January 1999 1-85798-808-6
2 I Am Legend Richard Matheson 1-85798-809-4
3 Cities in Flight James Blish 11 February 1999 1-85798-811-6
4 Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? Philip K. Dick 1-85798-813-2
5 The Stars My Destination Alfred Bester 11 March 1999 1-85798-814-0
6 Babel-17 Samuel R. Delany 1-85798-805-1
7 Lord of Light Roger Zelazny 8 April 1999 1-85798-820-5
8 The Fifth Head of Cerberus Gene Wolfe 1-85798-817-5
9 Gateway Frederik Pohl 13 May 1999 1-85798-818-3
10 The Rediscovery of Man Cordwainer Smith 1-85798-819-1
11 Last and First Men Olaf Stapledon 10 June 1999 1-85798-806-X
12 Earth Abides George R. Stewart 1-85798-821-3
13 Martian Time-Slip Philip K. Dick 8 July 1999 1-85798-837-X
14 * The Demolished Man Alfred Bester 1-85798-822-1
15 * Stand on Zanzibar John Brunner 12 August 1999 1-85798-836-1
16 * The Dispossessed Ursula K. Le Guin 1-85798-882-5
17 * The Drowned World J. G. Ballard 9 September 1999 1-85798-883-3
18 The Sirens of Titan Kurt Vonnegut 1-85798-884-1
19 Emphyrio Jack Vance 14 October 1999 1-85798-885-X
20 A Scanner Darkly Philip K. Dick 1-85798-847-7
21 Star Maker Olaf Stapledon 11 November 1999 1-85798-807-8
22 Behold the Man Michael Moorcock 1-85798-848-5
23 The Book of Skulls Robert Silverberg 16 December 1999 1-85798-914-7
24 The Time Machine
  and The War of the Worlds 		H. G. Wells 1-85798-887-6
25 Flowers for Algernon Daniel Keyes 13 January 2000 1-85798-938-4
26 * Ubik Philip K. Dick 10 February 2000 1-85798-853-1
27 * Timescape Gregory Benford 9 March 2000 1-85798-935-X
28 * More Than Human Theodore Sturgeon 13 April 2000 1-85798-852-3
29 Man Plus Frederik Pohl 11 May 2000 1-85798-946-5
30 A Case of Conscience James Blish 15 June 2000 1-85798-924-4
31 The Centauri Device M. John Harrison 13 July 2000 1-85798-997-X
32 Dr. Bloodmoney Philip K. Dick 10 August 2000 1-85798-952-X
33 Non-Stop Brian Aldiss 14 November 2000 1-85798-998-8
34 The Fountains of Paradise Arthur C. Clarke 12 October 2000 1-85798-721-7
35 Pavane Keith Roberts 9 November 2000 1-85798-937-6
36 Now Wait for Last Year Philip K. Dick 4 December 2000 1-85798-701-2
37 Nova Samuel R. Delany 11 January 2001 1-85798-742-X
38 The First Men in the Moon H. G. Wells 8 February 2001 1-85798-746-2
39 The City and the Stars Arthur C. Clarke 8 March 2001 1-85798-763-2
40 Blood Music Greg Bear 12 April 2001 1-85798-762-4
41 Jem Frederik Pohl 10 May 2001 1-85798-789-6
42 Bring the Jubilee Ward Moore 14 June 2001 1-85798-764-0
43 VALIS Philip K. Dick 12 July 2001 1-85798-339-4
44 The Lathe of Heaven Ursula K. Le Guin 9 August 2001 1-85798-951-1
45 The Complete Roderick John Sladek 12 October 2001 1-85798-340-8
46 Flow My Tears, the Policeman Said Philip K. Dick 8 November 2001 1-85798-341-6
47 The Invisible Man H. G. Wells 6 December 2001 1-85798-949-X
48 Grass Sheri S. Tepper 14 February 2002 1-85798-798-5
49 A Fall of Moondust Arthur C. Clarke 14 March 2002 0-575-07317-9
50 * Eon Greg Bear 11 April 2002 0-575-07316-0
51 * The Shrinking Man Richard Matheson 9 January 2003 0-575-07463-9
52 * The Three Stigmata of Palmer Eldritch Philip K. Dick 31 July 2008 0-575-07480-9
53 * The Dancers at the End of Time Michael Moorcock 8 May 2003 0-575-07476-0
54 The Space Merchants Frederik Pohl and Cyril M. Kornbluth 10 July 2003 0-575-07528-7
55 Time Out of Joint Philip K. Dick 11 September 2003 0-575-07458-2
56 Downward to the Earth Robert Silverberg 12 February 2004 0-575-07523-6
57 The Simulacra Philip K. Dick 9 September 2004 0-575-07460-4
58 * The Penultimate Truth 10 February 2005 0-575-07481-7
59 * Dying Inside Robert Silverberg 14 April 2005 0-575-07525-2
60 * Ringworld Larry Niven 30 March 2009 0-575-07702-6
61 The Child Garden Geoff Ryman 11 August 2005 0-575-07690-9
62 Mission of Gravity Hal Clement 13 October 2005 0-575-07708-5
63 A Maze of Death Philip K. Dick 1 December 2005 0-575-07461-2
64 Tau Zero Poul Anderson 9 February 2006 0-575-07732-8
65 Rendezvous with Rama Arthur C. Clarke 13 April 2006 0-575-07733-6
66 * Life During Wartime Lucius Shepard 8 June 2006 0-575-07734-4
67 * Where Late the Sweet Birds Sang Kate Wilhelm 12 October 2006 0-575-07914-2
68 * Roadside Picnic Arkady and Boris Strugatsky 8 February 2007 978-0-575-07978-6
69 Dark Benediction Walter M. Miller Jr. 12 April 2007 978-0-575-07977-9
70 * Mockingbird Walter Tevis 14 June 2007 978-0-575-07915-1
71 * Dune ‡ Frank Herbert 18 October 2007 978-0-575-08150-5
72 * The Moon Is a Harsh Mistress ‡ Robert A. Heinlein 11 December 2008 978-0-575-08241-0
73 * The Man in the High Castle ‡ Philip K. Dick 17 September 2007 978-0-575-08205-2
  • ‡ Hardcover editions only. Orion Publishing did not have the rights to paperback editions.
  • * Some printings do not include a number stamp, or the incorrect number stamp appears on the cover.

Hardcover editions (2001)[]

Not all printings include a volume number stamp. Printings distributed to the United States do not include any markings to indicate they are part of a series.

Vol. Title Author(s) Date ISBN
I Dune Frank Herbert 25 October 2001 0-575-07334-9
II The Left Hand of Darkness Ursula K. Le Guin 18 October 2001 0-575-07219-9
III The Man in the High Castle Philip K. Dick 0-575-07335-7
IV The Stars My Destination Alfred Bester 0-575-07337-3
V A Canticle for Leibowitz Walter M. Miller Jr. 0-575-07220-2
VI Childhood's End Arthur C. Clarke 0-575-07263-6
VII The Moon Is a Harsh Mistress Robert A. Heinlein 0-575-07336-5
VIII Ringworld Larry Niven 0-575-07339-X
IX The Forever War Joe Haldeman 0-575-07318-7
X The Day of the Triffids John Wyndham 0-575-07338-1

Unpublished editions[]

The following were announced for publication in 2006, but were withdrawn in 2007.

Tentative Title Author Scheduled ISBN
Camp Concentration Thomas Disch 10 August 2006 0-575-07877-4
334 9 November 2006 0-575-07897-9

Relaunch series[]

A selection of titles from the series on display at a London bookshop.

Softcover editions (2010–present)[]

The new designs sport yellow/white spines, with the SF Masterworks logo written vertically on the cover. The original 10 numbered titles were re-issued first. For titles that were previously issued in the original series, generally the cover artwork is tinted in a different colour from the original version; for example: The Dispossessed cover artwork is primarily red in the original release, and was tinted green when reprinted as part of the relaunch.

Title Author(s) Date ISBN
The Forever War (reprint) Joe Haldeman 29 March 2010 978-0-575-09414-7
I Am Legend (reprint) Richard Matheson 978-0-575-09416-1
Cities in Flight (reprint) James Blish 978-0-575-09417-8
Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? (reprint) Philip K. Dick 978-0-575-09418-5
The Stars My Destination (reprint) Alfred Bester 978-0-575-09419-2
Babel-17 (reprint) Samuel R. Delany 978-0-575-09420-8
Lord of Light (reprint) Roger Zelazny 978-0-575-09421-5
The Fifth Head of Cerberus (reprint) Gene Wolfe 978-0-575-09422-2
Gateway (reprint) Frederik Pohl 978-0-575-09423-9
The Rediscovery of Man (reprint) Cordwainer Smith 978-0-575-09424-6
Dhalgren Samuel R. Delany 22 Jul 2010 978-0-575-09099-6
Helliconia Brian Aldiss 12 August 2010 978-0-575-08615-9
The Body Snatchers Jack Finney 14 October 2010 978-0-575-08531-2
Inverted World Christopher Priest 26 October 2010 978-0-575-08210-6
The Female Man Joanna Russ 11 November 2010 978-0-575-09499-4
Arslan M. J. Engh 9 December 2010 978-0-575-09501-4
The Difference Engine William Gibson and Bruce Sterling 13 January 2011 978-0-575-09940-1
The Prestige Christopher Priest 10 February 2011 978-0-575-09941-8
Greybeard Brian Aldiss 18 March 2011 978-0-575-07113-1
Sirius Olaf Stapledon 14 April 2011 978-0-575-09942-5
Hyperion Dan Simmons 12 May 2011 978-0-575-09943-2
City Clifford D. Simak 9 June 2011 978-0-575-10523-2
Hellstrom's Hive Frank Herbert 14 July 2011 978-0-575-10108-1
Of Men and Monsters William Tenn 11 August 2011 978-0-575-09944-9
The Affirmation Christopher Priest 13 October 2011 978-0-575-09946-3
R.U.R. and War with the Newts Karel Čapek 27 October 2011 978-0-575-09945-6
Floating Worlds Cecelia Holland 30 December 2011 978-0-575-10823-3
Rogue Moon Algis Budrys 12 January 2012 978-0-575-10800-4
Dangerous Visions Harlan Ellison 9 February 2012 978-0-575-10802-8
Odd John Olaf Stapledon 8 March 2012 978-0-575-07224-4
The Fall of Hyperion Dan Simmons 12 April 2012 978-0-575-09948-7
Synners Pat Cadigan 9 August 2012 978-0-575-11954-3
Sarah Canary Karen Joy Fowler 13 September 2012 978-0-575-13136-1
Ammonite Nicola Griffith 978-0-575-11823-2
The Continuous Katherine Mortenhoe D. G. Compton 11 October 2012 978-0-575-11831-7
Frankenstein Mary Shelley 978-0-575-09960-9
Roadside Picnic (new translation) Arkady and Boris Strugatsky 978-0-575-09313-3
Doomsday Book Connie Willis 8 November 2012 978-0-575-13109-5
Unquenchable Fire Rachel Pollack 13 December 2012 978-0-575-11854-6
The Caltraps of Time David I. Masson 978-0-575-11828-7
Engine Summer John Crowley 10 January 2013 978-0-575-08281-6
Take Back Plenty Colin Greenland 978-0-575-11952-9
Slow River Nicola Griffith 14 February 2013 978-0-575-11825-6
The Gate to Women's Country Sheri S. Tepper 14 March 2013 978-0-575-13104-0
The Sea and Summer George Turner 978-0-575-11869-0
Wasp Eric Frank Russell 9 May 2013 978-0-575-12904-7
To Say Nothing of the Dog Connie Willis 978-0-575-11312-1
The Gods Themselves Isaac Asimov 13 June 2013 978-0-575-12905-4
This Is the Way the World Ends James Morrow 978-0-575-08118-5
The Deep John Crowley 11 July 2013 978-0-575-08264-9
Time is the Fire: The Best of Connie Willis Connie Willis 8 August 2013 978-0-575-13114-9
No Enemy But Time Michael Bishop 978-0-575-09311-9
Double Star Robert A. Heinlein 12 September 2013 978-0-575-12203-1
Revelation Space Alastair Reynolds 978-0-575-12906-1
Random Acts of Senseless Violence Jack Womack 10 October 2013 978-0-575-13230-6
Transfigurations Michael Bishop 14 November 2013 978-0-575-09309-6
The Door Into Summer Robert A. Heinlein 31 December 2013 978-0-575-12072-3
Dr. Bloodmoney (reprint) Philip K. Dick 9 January 2014 978-1-4732-0168-2
Half Past Human T. J. Bass 30 January 2014 978-0-575-12962-7
The Long Tomorrow Leigh Brackett 13 February 2014 978-0-575-13156-9
The Godwhale T. J. Bass 13 March 2014 978-0-575-12993-1
Jem (reprint) Frederik Pohl 10 April 2014 978-1-4732-0170-5
The Shrinking Man (reprint) Richard Matheson 978-1-4732-0169-9
A Case of Conscience (reprint) James Blish 15 May 2014 978-1-4732-0543-7
Her Smoke Rose Up Forever James Tiptree Jr 10 July 2014 978-1-4732-0324-2
Stand on Zanzibar (reprint) John Brunner 11 September 2014 978-1-4732-0637-3
Mission of Gravity (reprint) Hal Clement 11 December 2014 978-1-4732-0638-0
The Word for World Is Forest Ursula K. Le Guin 26 March 2015 978-1-4732-0578-9
Downward to the Earth (reprint) Robert Silverberg 9 April 2014 978-1-4732-1192-6
Hard to Be a God Arkady and Boris Strugatsky 978-1-4732-0829-2
Night Lamp Jack Vance 14 May 2015 978-1-4732-0892-6
Life During Wartime (reprint) Lucius Shepard 11 June 2015 978-1-4732-1193-3
Dark Benediction (reprint) Walter M. Miller 13 August 2015 978-1-4732-1194-0
The Wind's Twelve Quarters
  and The Compass Rose 		Ursula K. Le Guin 978-1-4732-0576-5
Dying of the Light George R. R. Martin 10 September 2015 978-1-4732-1252-7
Nova (reprint) Samuel R. Delany 12 November 2015 978-1-4732-1191-9
A Fire Upon the Deep Vernor Vinge 7 January 2016 978-1-4732-1195-7
Norstrilia Cordwainer Smith 11 February 2016 978-1-4732-1253-4
Monday Begins on Saturday Arkady and Boris Strugatsky 28 April 2016 978-1-4732-0221-4
Fairyland Paul J. McAuley 12 May 2016 978-1-4732-1516-0
The Man Who Fell to Earth Walter Tevis 26 May 2016 978-1-4732-1311-1
Always Coming Home Ursula K. Le Guin 14 July 2016 978-1-4732-0580-2
A Deepness in the Sky Vernor Vinge 978-1-4732-1196-4
Swastika Night Murray Constantine 11 August 2016 978-1-4732-1466-8
China Mountain Zhang Maureen F. McHugh 3 November 2016 978-1-4732-1462-0
Shadow and Claw
  (The Book of the New Sun, Vol. 1) 		Gene Wolfe 10 November 2016 978-1-4732-1649-5
Sword and Citadel
  (The Book of the New Sun, Vol. 2) 		978-1-4732-1200-8
Limbo Bernard Wolfe 8 December 2016 978-1-4732-1247-3
The Left Hand of Darkness Ursula K. Le Guin 13 April 2017 978-1-4732-2162-8
The Island of Doctor Moreau ‡ H. G. Wells 2 May 2017 978-1-4732-1799-7
The Invisible Man ‡ (reprint) 978-1-4732-1798-0
The Shape of Things to Come 8 June 2017 978-1-4732-2165-9
The Food of the Gods ‡ 4 July 2017 978-1-4732-1801-7
The First Men in the Moon ‡ (reprint) 978-1-4732-1800-0
The War of the Worlds ‡ (reprint) 18 July 2017 978-1-4732-1802-4
The Time Machine ‡ (reprint) 978-1-4732-1797-3
The Doomed City Arkady and Boris Strugatsky 27 July 2017 978-1-4732-2228-1
Raising the Stones Sheri S. Tepper 10 August 2017 978-1-4732-2265-6
The Embedding Ian Watson 19 October 2017 978-1-4732-2267-0
Cryptozoic Brian Aldiss 2 November 2017 978-1-4732-2273-1
Land Under England Joseph O'Neill 28 June 2018 978-1-4732-2406-3
Raft Stephen Baxter 11 July 2018 978-1-4732-2405-6
Dreaming in Smoke Tricia Sullivan 23 August 2018 978-1-4732-2474-2
Fools Pat Cadigan 7 March 2019 978-1-4732-2602-9
The Best of R. A. Lafferty R. A. Lafferty 4 April 2019 978-1-4732-1344-9
Light M. John Harrison 9 July 2019 978-1-4732-2767-5
Native Tongue Suzette Haden Elgin 22 August 2019 978-1-4732-2756-9
Snail on the Slope Arkady and Boris Strugatsky 17 October 2019 978-1-4732-2828-3
The Shockwave Rider John Brunner 9 January 2020 978-1-4732-2830-6
Lord Valentine's Castle Robert Silverberg 6 February 2020 978-1-4732-2922-8
River of Gods Ian McDonald 19 March 2020 978-1-4732-2950-1
A Time of Changes Robert Silverberg 20 August 2020 978-1-4732-2923-5
The Andromeda Anthology Fred Hoyle and John Elliot 1 October 2020 978-1-4732-3011-8
Worlds of Exile and Illusion Ursula K. Le Guin 15 October 2020 978-1-4732-3098-9
Bold as Love Gwyneth Jones 12 November 2020 978-1-4732-3019-4
Desolation Road Ian McDonald 10 December 2020 978-1-4732-3099-6
Castles Made of Sand Gwyneth Jones 7 January 2021 978-1-4732-3020-0
The Best of Greg Egan Greg Egan 18 March 2021 978-1-4732-3229-7
The Inhabited Island (new translation) Arkady and Boris Strugatsky 15 April 2021 978-1-4732-3244-0
The Separation Christopher Priest 13 May 2021 978-1-4732-3305-8
Needle in a Timestack Robert Silverberg 10 June 2021 978-1-4732-2920-4
White Queen (forthcoming) Gwyneth Jones 2 September 2021[2] 978-1-4732-3465-9
Growing Up Weightless (forthcoming) John M. Ford 14 October 2021[3] 978-1-4732-3282-2
Kairos (forthcoming) Gwyneth Jones 11 November 2021[4] 978-1-4732-3466-6
Nineteen Eighty-Four (forthcoming) George Orwell 20 January 2022[5] 978-1-4732-3480-2
Life (forthcoming) Gwyneth Jones 17 February 2022 978-1-4732-3467-3

‡ Also reprinted as hardcover edition

Hardcover editions (2010–2017)[]

Title Author(s) Date ISBN
Cat's Cradle Kurt Vonnegut 20 May 2010 978-0-575-08195-6
Childhood's End Arthur C. Clarke 17 June 2010 978-0-575-08235-9
The Island of Doctor Moreau H. G. Wells 978-0-575-09516-8
The Time Machine 15 July 2010 978-0-575-09517-5
The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy Douglas Adams 10 May 2012 978-0-575-11534-7
Riddley Walker Russell Hoban 8 November 2012 978-0-575-11951-2
The Food of the Gods H. G. Wells 11 April 2013 978-0-575-09518-2
The Invisible Man 978-0-575-11537-8
A Canticle for Leibowitz Walter M. Miller 25 April 2013 978-0-575-07357-9
The First Men in the Moon H. G. Wells 11 July 2013 978-0-575-11538-5
The War of the Worlds 1 September 2013 978-0-575-11535-4
The Restaurant at the End of the Universe
  (The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy) 		Douglas Adams 28 November 2013 978-1-4732-0066-1
Life, the Universe and Everything
  (The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy) 		31 December 2013 978-1-4732-0067-8
Feersum Endjinn Iain M. Banks 14 April 2016 978-1-4732-0251-1
The Day of the Triffids John Wyndham 12 May 2016 978-1-4732-1267-1
The Chrysalids 9 June 2016 978-1-4732-1268-8
The Midwich Cuckoos 8 September 2016 978-1-4732-1269-5
Starship Troopers Robert A. Heinlein 13 October 2016 978-1-4732-1748-5
Neuromancer William Gibson 11 May 2017 978-1-4732-1737-9

Unpublished editions[]

The following editions were announced, but appear to have been withdrawn:

Tentative Title Author(s) Scheduled ISBN
The Long Loud Silence Wilson Tucker February 2015 —
The Forge of God Greg Bear 2017 978-1-4732-2266-3
The Iron Dream Norman Spinrad 14 November 2017 978-1-4732-2264-9

Related series[]

Gollancz 50th Anniversary (2011)[]

To celebrate the 50th anniversary of the Gollancz imprint, Orion published ten fan-chosen editions. Each novel featured Gollancz's red-on-yellow cover design. The series was initially marketed as part the S.F. Masterworks series.

No. Title Author(s) Date ISBN
1 Shadow and Claw
  (The Book of the New Sun, Vol. 1) 		Gene Wolfe 1 September 2011 978-0-575-11673-3
2 Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? Philip K. Dick 978-0-575-11676-4
3 Flowers for Algernon Daniel Keyes 978-0-575-11674-0
4 I Am Legend Richard Matheson 978-0-575-11670-2
5 Dune Frank Herbert 978-0-575-11678-8
6 The Lies of Locke Lamora Scott Lynch 978-0-575-11672-6
7 Eric Terry Pratchett 978-0-575-11669-6
8 Hyperion Dan Simmons 978-0-575-11677-1
9 The Name of the Wind Patrick Rothfuss 978-0-575-11671-9
10 The Time Machine H. G. Wells 978-0-575-11675-7

Golden Age Masterworks (2019–present)[]

Initially marketed as part the S.F. Masterworks series.

Title Author(s) Date ISBN
Doomsday Morning C. L. Moore 10 January 2019 978-1-4732-2326-4
Galactic Patrol E. E. 'Doc' Smith 978-1-4732-2470-4
Fury Henry Kuttner 978-1-4732-2255-7
The Sands of Mars Arthur C. Clarke 978-1-4732-2236-6
Earthlight 7 February 2019 978-1-4732-2237-3
Grey Lensman E. E. 'Doc' Smith 978-1-4732-2471-1
Second Stage Lensman 7 March 2019 978-1-4732-2472-8
Northwest of Earth C. L. Moore 978-1-4732-2254-0
Jirel of Joiry 4 April 2019 978-1-4732-2252-6
Children of the Lens E. E. 'Doc' Smith 978-1-4732-2473-5
Against the Fall of Night Arthur C. Clarke 2 May 2019 978-1-4732-2234-2
Judgement Night C. L. Moore 13 June 2019 978-1-4732-2253-3
The Stainless Steel Rat Harry Harrison 19 September 2019 978-1-4732-2768-2
The Deathworld Omnibus 14 November 2019 978-1-4732-2837-5
Sidewise in Time Murray Leinster 3 September 2020 978-1-4732-2739-2
The Outward Urge John Wyndham 5 August 2021 978-1-4732-3072-9

See also[]

References[]

  1. ^ "Locus Online: Malcolm Edwards interview excerpts". www.locusmag.com. Retrieved 2019-11-25.
  2. ^ "White Queen by Gwyneth Jones". sfgateway.com. Retrieved 2021-07-21.
  3. ^ https://forbiddenplanet.com/332350-sf-masterworks-growing-up-weightless/
  4. ^ "Kairos by Gwyneth Jones". sfgateway.com. Retrieved 2021-07-21.
  5. ^ "Nineteen Eighty-Four by George Orwell". sfgateway.com. Retrieved 2021-07-21.

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