NMLP P-011607 · True-first precedence · minted 2026-07-04

Consider Phlebas

Iain M. Banks · Macmillan, London · 1987

The UK Macmillan hardcover (1987) is the true first, preceding the US St. Martin's Press edition (also 1987). Collect the Macmillan for priority; uncorrected proofs exist and are not the trade first.

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New Mexico Literacy Project — True-first precedence NMLP P-011607 for "Consider Phlebas" by Iain M. Banks (https://newmexicoliteracyproject.org/id/point/p-011607, CC BY 4.0, dataset DOI 10.5281/zenodo.21184548).