# Is "The Sky Changes" by Gilbert Sorrentino a First Edition?

> **Quick answer.** A first edition of The Sky Changes by Gilbert Sorrentino (Hill & Wang, 1966) is identified by: Hill & Wang, New York, 1966; first edition, first printing. True first is the 1966 Hill & Wang edition.

**Checklist — a true first has these:**
- Hill & Wang, New York, 1966; first edition, first printing
- Sorrentino's first novel
- Issued in a priced dust jacket with a cover photograph by Robert Frank; the printed jacket price should be present on the true first (price-clipping does not by itself demote it)
- Publisher imprint reads Hill & Wang
- Not a book-club edition (see below)

| | |
|---|---|
| Author | Gilbert Sorrentino |
| Publisher | Hill & Wang |
| Year | 1966 |
| True first | — |
| Format | Hardcover (trade) |
| Key point | Hill & Wang, New York, 1966; first edition, first printing |
| Book-club edition exists? | No |

## Points of issue
Hill & Wang, New York, 1966; first edition, first printing. Sorrentino's first novel. Issued in a priced dust jacket with a cover photograph by Robert Frank; the printed jacket price should be present on the true first (price-clipping does not by itself demote it).

## Is this the true first?
True first is the 1966 Hill & Wang edition. Sorrentino later revised the text — the only one of his novels he revised, adding and reworking sections — and the revised edition (North Point, 1986; later Dalkey Archive) is a separate 'first thus,' not the true first.

## Telling it from reprints & book-club editions
None notable.

## Source
New Mexico Literacy Project — Is *The Sky Changes* by Gilbert Sorrentino a first edition? https://newmexicoliteracyproject.org/first-edition/the-sky-changes
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.