NMLP P-010169 · True-first precedence · minted 2026-07-04
The Armageddon Rag
George R.R. Martin · Poseidon Press · 1983
The Poseidon Press trade hardcover (an imprint of Simon & Schuster) and a Nemo Press signed, numbered, slipcased limited edition of 500 copies with art by Victor Moscoso appeared essentially simultaneously in 1983; the Poseidon issue is the trade first. The UK edition follows. The novel's commercial failure pushed Martin toward television work.
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New Mexico Literacy Project — True-first precedence NMLP P-010169 for "The Armageddon Rag" by George R.R. Martin (https://newmexicoliteracyproject.org/id/point/p-010169, CC BY 4.0, dataset DOI 10.5281/zenodo.21184548).