NMLP P-012589 · True-first precedence · minted 2026-07-04

Empire of the Sun

J.G. Ballard · Gollancz · 1984

The UK Gollancz edition (1984) is the true first. The US Simon & Schuster edition appeared the same year and is the first American edition; the UK edition is conventionally regarded as preceding it.

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New Mexico Literacy Project — True-first precedence NMLP P-012589 for "Empire of the Sun" by J.G. Ballard (https://newmexicoliteracyproject.org/id/point/p-012589, CC BY 4.0, dataset DOI 10.5281/zenodo.21184548).