# Is "Today We Choose Faces" by Roger Zelazny a First Edition?

> **Quick answer.** A first edition of Today We Choose Faces by Roger Zelazny (Signet/NAL, 1973) is identified by: Signet (New American Library) paperback original, catalog number 451-Q5435, with cover art by Dean Ellis and the price printed on the cover. The US Signet paperback original (1973) is the true first.

**Checklist — a true first has these:**
- Signet (New American Library) paperback original, catalog number 451-Q5435, with cover art by Dean Ellis and the price printed on the cover
- The first printing carries no later-printing statement
- Publisher imprint reads Signet/NAL
- Not a book-club edition (see below)

| | |
|---|---|
| Author | Roger Zelazny |
| Publisher | Signet/NAL |
| Year | 1973 |
| True first | US edition |
| Format | Hardcover (trade) |
| Key point | Signet (New American Library) paperback original, catalog number 451-Q5435, with cover art by Dean Ellis and the price printed on the cover |
| Book-club edition exists? | No |

## Points of issue
Signet (New American Library) paperback original, catalog number 451-Q5435, with cover art by Dean Ellis and the price printed on the cover. The first printing carries no later-printing statement.

## Is this the true first?
The US Signet paperback original (1973) is the true first. The first hardcover appearance followed in the UK from Millington (London, 1974), issued in blue cloth with gilt title to the spine; a US Gregg Press hardcover followed in 1978.

## Telling it from reprints & book-club editions
No book club edition applies; this title is a paperback original, so identification rests on the Signet 451-Q5435 first printing rather than a number line or club tell.

## Source
New Mexico Literacy Project — Is *Today We Choose Faces* by Roger Zelazny a first edition? https://newmexicoliteracyproject.org/first-edition/today-we-choose-faces
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.