2 John Scalzi first editions are documented on this shelf, from Old Man's War (2005) to Redshirts (2012) across 2 different publishers. Each linked guide gives the points of issue that separate a true first printing of that John Scalzi title from later printings and book-club copies — the publisher and year to expect, the number-line or edition-statement conventions, and the tells that show up in online listings.
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- Old Man's War — 2005 · Tor Books / Tom Doherty AssociatesThe true first is the Tor Books (Tom Doherty Associates) hardcover, New York, dated January 2005 — Scalzi's first novel. Tor first printings of this period are identified on the copyright page by a 'First Edition: [month year]' line together with a full number line whose lowest digit is 1; dealers describe the Old Man's War first printing's line as 0 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1, and a copy with the 1 stripped from that…. US first, and unambiguous: Tor Books, New York, January 2005. The census claim is correct. No UK edition preceded it — the sources consulted turn up no Tor UK / Macmillan London hardcover of this title, and the earliest UK availability was the US printing and later paperbacks. The 'first thus' traps are all format reissues: Tor's own trade paperback and the January 2007 mass-market paperback, the later series…. Scalzi's own bibliography page records that the Science Fiction Book Club made Old Man's War a featured selection for Winter 2005 and that Barnes & Noble Explorations featured it in December 2005; the sources consulted do not confirm a separately printed SFBC edition with distinct measurements, so a club-edition claim should not be made without the copy in hand. Where a book-club copy is encountered, the usual….
- Redshirts — 2012 · Tor BooksFirst Tor hardcover, 2012 (full title 'Redshirts: A Novel with Three Codas', ISBN 978-0-7653-1699-8); states 'First Edition: June 2012' with a full number line ending in 1; priced dust jacket. Author-signed copies of this first printing also circulate. The US Tor 2012 hardcover is the true first; the UK Gollancz (2012) edition is a separate first issued in its own market. No prominent book club edition. Verify the Tor 'First Edition: June 2012' statement, the number line ending in 1, and the printed jacket price.
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