NMLP P-011664 · True-first precedence · minted 2026-07-04

The State of the Art

Iain M. Banks · Mark V. Ziesing (Shingletown, CA) · 1989

The Ziesing US hardcover (1989) is the true first book appearance of the novella. The Orbit UK paperback of the same title (1991) is a different, expanded book: a story collection adding several short stories, and is the first UK edition.

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New Mexico Literacy Project — True-first precedence NMLP P-011664 for "The State of the Art" by Iain M. Banks (https://newmexicoliteracyproject.org/id/point/p-011664, CC BY 4.0, dataset DOI 10.5281/zenodo.21184548).