NMLP P-011602 · True-first precedence · minted 2026-07-04

Against a Dark Background

Iain M. Banks · Orbit (London) · 1993

UK Orbit hardcover (1993) is the true first; the US Bantam Spectra edition (1993) was a paperback original.

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New Mexico Literacy Project — True-first precedence NMLP P-011602 for "Against a Dark Background" by Iain M. Banks (https://newmexicoliteracyproject.org/id/point/p-011602, CC BY 4.0, dataset DOI 10.5281/zenodo.21184548).