# Is "Dreaming in Smoke" by Tricia Sullivan a First Edition?

> **Quick answer.** A first edition of Dreaming in Smoke by Tricia Sullivan (Millennium, 1998) is identified by: UK Millennium (an imprint of the Orion Publishing Group) hardcover, London, January 1998, ISBN 1857985257, issued with dust jacket. The UK Millennium 1998 hardcover is the true first, published January 1998; a US Bantam Spectra mass-market paperback followed in May 1998.

**Checklist — a true first has these:**
- UK Millennium (an imprint of the Orion Publishing Group) hardcover, London, January 1998, ISBN 1857985257, issued with dust jacket
- This hardcover precedes all other formats and is the true first
- Publisher imprint reads Millennium
- Not a book-club edition (see below)

| | |
|---|---|
| Author | Tricia Sullivan |
| Publisher | Millennium |
| Year | 1998 |
| True first | UK edition |
| Format | Hardcover (trade) |
| Key point | UK Millennium (an imprint of the Orion Publishing Group) hardcover, London, January 1998, ISBN 1857985257, issued with dust jacket |
| Book-club edition exists? | — |

## Points of issue
UK Millennium (an imprint of the Orion Publishing Group) hardcover, London, January 1998, ISBN 1857985257, issued with dust jacket. This hardcover precedes all other formats and is the true first.

## Is this the true first?
The UK Millennium 1998 hardcover is the true first, published January 1998; a US Bantam Spectra mass-market paperback followed in May 1998. Won the 1999 Arthur C. Clarke Award.

## Telling it from reprints & book-club editions
The US Bantam Spectra paperback (ISBN 0553577034) is the first US and first thus, not the true first; it postdates the Millennium hardcover by several months.

## Source
New Mexico Literacy Project — Is *Dreaming in Smoke* by Tricia Sullivan a first edition? https://newmexicoliteracyproject.org/first-edition/dreaming-in-smoke
CC BY 4.0. Part of the Canonical First-Edition Points of Issue dataset (https://newmexicoliteracyproject.org/api/first-edition-titles.json). Last reviewed 2026-07-04.