NMLP P-003529 · True-first precedence · minted 2026-07-04

The Hacker Crackdown

Bruce Sterling · Bantam (New York) · 1992

The US Bantam hardcover of November 1992 is the true first edition and precedes the simultaneous Bantam trade paperback. Sterling famously released the full text free electronically in 1994, but that release does not affect the printed first-edition priority.

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New Mexico Literacy Project — True-first precedence NMLP P-003529 for "The Hacker Crackdown" by Bruce Sterling (https://newmexicoliteracyproject.org/id/point/p-003529, CC BY 4.0, dataset DOI 10.5281/zenodo.21184548).