NMLP P-015563 · True-first precedence · minted 2026-07-04

Growing Up Weightless

John M. Ford · Bantam Spectra · 1993

The US Bantam Spectra paperback original (1993) is the true first; there was no preceding hardcover, so a first-issue paperback with the down-to-1 number line is the earliest obtainable form. Co-winner of the Philip K. Dick Award for 1993 (presented 1994), tied with Jack Womack's Elvissey.

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New Mexico Literacy Project — True-first precedence NMLP P-015563 for "Growing Up Weightless" by John M. Ford (https://newmexicoliteracyproject.org/id/point/p-015563, CC BY 4.0, dataset DOI 10.5281/zenodo.21184548).