NMLP P-001049 · True-first precedence · minted 2026-07-04

The Stars My Destination (Tiger! Tiger!)

Alfred Bester · Signet/NAL (US paperback original); Sidgwick & Jackson (UK hardcover, as 'Tiger! Tiger!') · 1956 (UK) / 1957 (US)

Global true first is the UK hardcover 'Tiger! Tiger!' (Sidgwick & Jackson, 1956). The US first is the paperback-original Signet (1957) under the better-known title; it is the first US edition and a paperback original for the US market.

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New Mexico Literacy Project — True-first precedence NMLP P-001049 for "The Stars My Destination (Tiger! Tiger!)" by Alfred Bester (https://newmexicoliteracyproject.org/id/point/p-001049, CC BY 4.0, dataset DOI 10.5281/zenodo.21184548).