2 M. John Harrison first editions are documented on this shelf, from Light (2002) to Nova Swing (2006). Each linked guide gives the points of issue that separate a true first printing of that M. John Harrison 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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Light — 2002 · GollanczUK Gollancz hardcover, London, 2002; issued in dust jacket. First book of the Kefahuchi Tract trilogy. Confirm a true first by the 2002 Gollancz title page and the absence of any later-printing statement. The UK Gollancz 2002 hardcover is the true first; the US Bantam Spectra edition (2004) is the first US. Light won the 2002 James Tiptree Jr. Award and was shortlisted for the 2003 Arthur C. Clarke Award; the trilogy's second volume, Nova Swing, later won the Clarke Award. US Bantam Spectra is the first US, not the true first; later printings and reissues are reprints.
Nova Swing — 2006 · GollanczFirst edition, first printing, Gollancz (Orion), London, 9 November 2006, hardcover in dust jacket, with the dust-jacket illustration by Dominic Harman. Set in the same universe as Light. An unclipped jacket carries the publisher's printed price. The UK Gollancz 2006 hardcover is the true first edition worldwide. The US Bantam Spectra edition appeared in 2007 (as a trade paperback) and was the Philip K. Dick Award-eligible US edition. The book won both the Arthur C. Clarke Award presented in 2007 (UK edition) and the Philip K. Dick Award presented in 2008 (US edition). The US Bantam Spectra 2007 edition is the first US edition; later printings and reissues are reprints. On the Gollancz first printing, confirm the earliest state of the printer's number line.

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