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Worlds Without End Roll-Your-Own Reading Challenge

Sci-Fi Grand Master Challenge 2025

Sci-Fi Grand Master Challenge 2025

As of 2025, there are 40 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 WWEnd 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 2025 – December 2025

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

 Patzer = 4 books + 0 reviews
 Journeyman = 8 books + 0 reviews
 Master = 12 books + 0 reviews
 Grand Master = 16 books + 0 reviews

Note: You must be a logged in member of WWEnd to join this challenge. Join WWEnd
CDR_Bill

CDR_Bill

Arch of Bone
Blackheart Man
Blackout
Breed to Come
Cryptozoic!
The Dancers at the End of Time
Forever Peace
A Heritage of Stars
The Innkeeper's Song
Over Sea, Under Stone
Paladin of Souls
Shards of Honor
Tau Zero
A Time of Changes
To Say Nothing of the Dog
The Wanderer
daxxh

daxxh

The Anome
Crashlander
Half Life
Hestia
Inside Outside
The Jewels of Aptor
Judgment on Janus
Pattern Recognition
Pstalemate
Satan's World
Sister Light, Sister Dark
Those Who Watch
finminer

finminer

Beyond the Blue Event Horizon
Black Gods and Scarlet Dreams
Dangerous Visions
Gateway
The Hallowed Hunt
A Midsummer Tempest
The Urth of the New Sun
9
8
7
6
5
4
3
2
1
Hneite

Hneite

The Dispossessed
Starship Troopers
14
13
12
11
10
9
8
7
6
5
4
3
2
1
lanawritenow

lanawritenow

4
3
2
1
Momosnyx

Momosnyx

16
15
14
13
12
11
10
9
8
7
6
5
4
3
2
1
Ozz Exonar

Ozz Exonar

4
3
2
1