NMLP P-004934 · True-first precedence · minted 2026-07-04

The Dark Forest

Cixin Liu · Tor Books, New York · 2015

The Tor US hardcover is the true first in English. The Chinese original (2008) predates it, but for English-language collecting the Tor edition has priority. The UK Head of Zeus edition is a separate, later setting.

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New Mexico Literacy Project — True-first precedence NMLP P-004934 for "The Dark Forest" by Cixin Liu (https://newmexicoliteracyproject.org/id/point/p-004934, CC BY 4.0, dataset DOI 10.5281/zenodo.21184548).