NMLP P-009519 · True-first precedence · minted 2026-07-04

The Big Time

Fritz Leiber · Ace Books (New York) · 1961

The 1961 Ace Double paperback is the true first book edition (the text was first serialized in Galaxy, March-April 1958). The first hardcover was Gregg Press in 1976 (first thus). The UK Penguin edition (1965) is later.

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New Mexico Literacy Project — True-first precedence NMLP P-009519 for "The Big Time" by Fritz Leiber (https://newmexicoliteracyproject.org/id/point/p-009519, CC BY 4.0, dataset DOI 10.5281/zenodo.21184548).