NMLP P-009846 · True-first precedence · minted 2026-07-04

The Child Garden

Geoff Ryman · Unwin Hyman · 1989

The UK Unwin Hyman 1989 hardcover is the true first; it precedes the US St. Martin's Press edition of 1990. The novel won the 1990 Arthur C. Clarke Award and the 1990 John W. Campbell Memorial Award. It was shortlisted for, but did not win, the BSFA Award for Best Novel; the incorporated novella Love Sickness had earlier won the 1988 BSFA Award for short fiction.

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New Mexico Literacy Project — True-first precedence NMLP P-009846 for "The Child Garden" by Geoff Ryman (https://newmexicoliteracyproject.org/id/point/p-009846, CC BY 4.0, dataset DOI 10.5281/zenodo.21184548).