Alastair Reynolds First Editions

• Revelation Space — 2000 · Victor Gollancz, LondonFirst UK Gollancz hardcover stating 'First published in Great Britain in 2000 by Victor Gollancz' on the copyright page with no later-impression statement; a complete number line descending to 1 confirms the first impression; priced jacket on the front flap. Reynolds's debut novel; reportedly a small hardcover print run. The UK Gollancz hardcover is the true first; the US Ace edition (2001) is a later, separately set printing. A Gollancz trade paperback was issued around the same time, but the hardcover holds priority. The US Ace paperback and any US book-club issues are later. There is no priority book-club analog ahead of the UK hardcover. Confirm the Gollancz imprint, the 2000 'First published' statement, and the number line including 1.
• Chasm City — 2001 · Victor Gollancz, LondonFirst UK Gollancz hardcover stating 'First published in Great Britain in 2001 by Victor Gollancz' on the copyright page with no later-impression statement; a complete number line descending to 1 confirms the first impression; priced jacket on the front flap. BSFA Award winner; a standalone set in the Revelation Space universe. The UK Gollancz hardcover is the true first; the US Ace paperback (2002) follows. The hardcover holds priority over the Gollancz trade paperback. US and later editions and paperbacks are not the first. Confirm the Gollancz imprint, the 2001 'First published in Great Britain' statement, and the number line including 1.
• Redemption Ark — 2002 · GollanczGollancz UK hardcover, published 2002. Copyright page states First published in Great Britain in 2002 by Gollancz, with the first-impression number line including 1. Priced dust jacket. UK Gollancz hardcover (2002) is the true first; the US Ace edition followed in 2003. None notable.
• Absolution Gap — 2003 · GollanczGollancz UK hardcover, published 27 November 2003. Copyright page states First published in Great Britain in 2003 by Gollancz, with the first-impression number line including 1. Blue cloth with silver spine titles in the Chris Moore illustrated dust jacket, priced. UK Gollancz hardcover (27 November 2003) is the true first; the US Ace edition followed in 2004. A later Subterranean Press signed limited edition is a reissue, not the first. None notable.
• Diamond Dogs, Turquoise Days — 2003 · GollanczTwo Revelation Space novellas in one volume. True first is the Gollancz hardcover of January 2003 (ISBN 0-575-07526-0), copyright page stating first publication in Great Britain in 2003 with a complete number line including 1; priced dust jacket. A Gollancz paperback followed later in 2003. The UK Gollancz hardcover (January 2003) is the true first of the combined volume; the first US edition is Ace (2005). There was no Golden Gryphon edition of the combined book. The component novellas appeared earlier as separate limited editions: Diamond Dogs from PS Publishing (2001) and Turquoise Days as a Golden Gryphon chapbook (2002). None notable.
• Century Rain — 2004 · GollanczGollancz UK hardcover (November 2004), copyright page stating first publication in Great Britain in 2004 by Gollancz with a complete number line including 1; priced dust jacket. Issued alongside a simultaneous trade paperback; the hardcover is the collectible first. UK Gollancz hardcover (2004) is the true first; the US Ace edition followed in 2005. None notable.
• Pushing Ice — 2005 · GollanczGollancz UK hardcover (October 2005), copyright page stating first publication in Great Britain in 2005 by Gollancz with a complete number line including 1; priced dust jacket. Issued alongside a simultaneous trade paperback; the hardcover is the collectible first. UK Gollancz hardcover (2005) is the true first; the US Ace edition followed in 2006. None notable.
• Galactic North — 2006 · GollanczStory collection set in the Revelation Space universe. Gollancz UK hardcover (2006), copyright page stating first publication in Great Britain in 2006 by Gollancz with a complete number line including 1; priced dust jacket. Issued alongside a simultaneous trade paperback; the hardcover is the collectible first. UK Gollancz hardcover (2006) is the true first collection; the US Ace edition followed later. None notable.
• Zima Blue and Other Stories — 2006 · Night Shade BooksStory collection with an introduction by Paul J. McAuley. Night Shade US hardcover, issued as a trade hardcover and a signed/numbered limited edition of 150 copies; first printing stated on the copyright page. US Night Shade hardcover (2006) is the true first; the later UK Gollancz edition (2009) was expanded with additional stories. None notable.
• The Prefect (later 'Aurora Rising') — 2007 · GollanczGollancz UK hardcover (2007), copyright page stating first publication in Great Britain in 2007 by Gollancz with a complete number line including 1; priced dust jacket. Issued alongside a simultaneous trade paperback; the hardcover is the collectible first. First editions carry the original title The Prefect. UK Gollancz hardcover (2007) is the true first; the novel was later retitled Aurora Rising for reissue, so copies under that title are not firsts. None notable.
• House of Suns — 2008 · GollanczGollancz UK hardcover (2008), copyright page stating first publication in Great Britain in 2008 by Gollancz with a complete number line including 1; priced dust jacket. Issued alongside a simultaneous trade paperback; the hardcover is the collectible first. UK Gollancz hardcover (2008) is the true first; the US Ace edition followed in 2009. None notable.
• Terminal World — 2010 · GollanczGollancz UK hardcover, 2010 (ISBN 978-0-575-08493-3), first impression identified by a complete number line running 10 down to 1. Issued in the Chris Moore illustrated dust jacket, which should retain its printed price on the front flap. Signed copies are typically signed by the author on the title page. UK Gollancz hardcover (March 2010) is the true first. Later printings differ; reprint copies lack the complete first-impression number line descending to 1.
• Blue Remembered Earth — 2012 · GollanczGollancz UK hardcover, published 19 January 2012, in publisher's black cloth boards with silver titling to the spine, issued in the Dominic Harman illustrated dustwrapper. First printing carries a number line descending to 1 on the copyright page, and the price should be present on the front jacket flap in an unclipped copy. Poseidon's Children volume 1. UK Gollancz hardcover (2012) is the true first, preceding the US and all later editions. None notable.
• Doctor Who: The Harvest of Time — 2013 · BBC Books/EburyFirst edition, first printing, BBC Books (Ebury Publishing/Random House) UK hardcover, June 2013, 368 pages, ISBN 978-1-84990-418-6; issued in a printed dust jacket which on a first state should retain the original printed price. A first printing carries the full descending number line reading down to 1. The UK BBC Books hardcover, published 3 June 2013, is the true first edition. It precedes the US issue, which appeared from Broadway Books as a paperback (ISBN 978-0-385-34680-1); there was no competing US hardcover, so the BBC Books hardcover stands as the sole first hardcover printing. No book-club edition was issued for this title. The tell for a first printing is the complete number line running to 1 with no stated later-printing notice; later BBC Books runs and the separate US paperback are distinguished by imprint and binding rather than a book-club marking.
• On the Steel Breeze — 2013 · GollanczGollancz UK hardcover (2013) in publisher's boards with gilt spine titling, issued in the Dominic Harman illustrated dustwrapper. First printing carries a number line descending to 1 on the copyright page; the price should be present on the front jacket flap in an unclipped copy. Poseidon's Children volume 2. UK Gollancz hardcover (2013) is the true first. None notable.
• Poseidon's Wake — 2015 · GollanczGollancz UK hardcover, published 30 April 2015, in publisher's boards with gilt titling to the spine. First printing carries a number line descending to 1 on the copyright page; the price should be present on the front jacket flap in an unclipped copy. Poseidon's Children volume 3, concluding the trilogy. UK Gollancz hardcover (2015) is the true first. None notable.
• Slow Bullets — 2015 · Tachyon PublicationsNovella. Tachyon Publications (San Francisco) US trade paperback original, first printing, published June 2015, ISBN 978-1-61696-193-0. As a paperback original its cover should retain the printed price. The Tachyon US trade paperback original of June 2015 is the true first: it preceded the WSFA Press signed limited hardcover (also 2015) by about four months, and there was no earlier UK print edition. The WSFA Press hardcover is a later, separate limited issue, not the first. No book-club edition; the only hardcover of the year is the WSFA Press signed limited, which is a later state than the Tachyon paperback.
• Revenger — 2016 · GollanczGollancz, London, 2016; first edition, first printing, with the statement 'First published in Great Britain in 2016' and the full descending number line 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 on the copyright page. Octavo of 425 pages in boards with a priced dust jacket, the cover design by Black Sheep; the first-issue jacket carries the printed UK price. Revenger trilogy volume 1. UK Gollancz hardcover (15 September 2016) is the true first; the Orbit US trade paperback followed in February 2017. None notable. Gollancz also issued a signed, numbered limited edition of 100 copies in 2016; this is a distinct limited issue, not a book-club printing.
• Elysium Fire — 2018 · GollanczGollancz (London) first hardcover, 25 January 2018, ISBN 978-0-575-09058-3, with the printer's key running 1 3 5 7 9 10 8 6 4 2 and the priced Gollancz jacket present on a first-state copy. Second volume of the Prefect Dreyfus Emergency sequence. A separately numbered/signed limited Gollancz issue also exists alongside the trade hardcover. Publication was nearly simultaneous: the Orbit US trade paperback appeared 23 January 2018, two days before the Gollancz UK hardcover (25 January 2018). The Gollancz hardcover is the first hardcover edition and the one collectors treat as primary, but it is not strictly the earliest printing. None notable; a signed/numbered limited Gollancz hardcover exists as a collectible variant of the first edition.
• Shadow Captain — 2019 · GollanczGollancz (London) first edition hardcover in octavo boards, the copyright page reading 'First published in Great Britain in 2019 by Gollancz' with the number line descending to 1. Priced dust jacket present (the printed jacket price should be intact). Second book of the Revenger trilogy, between Revenger and Bone Silence. The UK Gollancz hardcover, published 10 January 2019, is the true first edition and the first hardcover; the US Orbit trade paperback followed on 15 January 2019, a few days later and in a lesser binding, so the Gollancz hardcover holds precedence. None notable.
• Bone Silence — 2020 · GollanczGollancz (London) first edition hardcover in octavo boards, the copyright page reading 'First published in Great Britain in 2020 by Gollancz' with the number line descending to 1. Priced dust jacket present (the printed jacket price should be intact). Third and final book of the Revenger trilogy, following Revenger and Shadow Captain. A signed-and-numbered issue exists, some copies additionally inscribed by…. The UK Gollancz hardcover, published 9 January 2020, is the true first edition and the first hardcover; the US Orbit trade paperback followed later in 2020, so there is no competing US hardcover first. None notable.
• Eversion — 2022 · GollanczGollancz UK hardcover, 2022, in a priced dust jacket. The first printing carries the Gollancz odd-then-even number line 1 3 5 7 9 10 8 6 4 2 on the copyright page; the printed jacket price should be present (price-clipping does not by itself disqualify a first). Note that Gollancz also issued a separate signed limited edition of Eversion, which is a distinct issue from the standard trade first. The UK Gollancz hardcover (May 2022) is the true first; the Orbit US trade paperback followed on 2 August 2022. There was no US hardcover, so the Gollancz hardcover stands as the first hardcover edition worldwide. None notable.

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