# Is "Sooner or Later Everything Falls into the Sea" by Sarah Pinsker a First Edition?

> **Quick answer.** A first edition of Sooner or Later Everything Falls into the Sea by Sarah Pinsker (Small Beer Press, 2019) is identified by: Small Beer Press (Easthampton, Massachusetts), a trade paperback original published March 2019; a collection of thirteen short stories and the author's first book. The US Small Beer Press 2019 trade paperback original is the true first edition of this story collection; it is a paperback original with no preceding hardcover.

**Checklist — a true first has these:**
- Small Beer Press (Easthampton, Massachusetts), a trade paperback original published March 2019; a collection of thirteen short stories and the author's first book
- As a paperback original there is no number line convention beyond the first printing; the ISBN is 978-1-61873-155-5, and the ebook (978-1-61873-156-2) was issued simultaneously
- Signed copies exist
- It should be identified as first printing with no statement of a later printing on the copyright page
- Publisher imprint reads Small Beer Press
- Not a book-club edition (see below)

| | |
|---|---|
| Author | Sarah Pinsker |
| Publisher | Small Beer Press |
| Year | 2019 |
| True first | US edition |
| Format | Hardcover (trade) |
| Key point | Small Beer Press (Easthampton, Massachusetts), a trade paperback original published March 2019; a collection of thirteen short stories and… |
| Book-club edition exists? | — |

## Points of issue
Small Beer Press (Easthampton, Massachusetts), a trade paperback original published March 2019; a collection of thirteen short stories and the author's first book. As a paperback original there is no number line convention beyond the first printing; the ISBN is 978-1-61873-155-5, and the ebook (978-1-61873-156-2) was issued simultaneously. Signed copies exist. It should be identified as first printing with no statement of a later printing on the copyright page.

## Is this the true first?
The US Small Beer Press 2019 trade paperback original is the true first edition of this story collection; it is a paperback original with no preceding hardcover. It won the Philip K. Dick Award announced in 2020.

## Telling it from reprints & book-club editions
Later printings and reissues are reprints, not the first edition; check the copyright page for any added printing statement.

## Source
New Mexico Literacy Project — Is *Sooner or Later Everything Falls into the Sea* by Sarah Pinsker a first edition? https://newmexicoliteracyproject.org/first-edition/sooner-or-later-everything-falls-into-the-sea
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.