NMLP P-018485 · True-first precedence · minted 2026-07-04

A Gift from Earth

Larry Niven · Ballantine · 1968

US Ballantine paperback original is the true first. The text was serialized earlier as 'Slowboat Cargo' in Worlds of If (February through April 1968) before the September 1968 book; the first hardcover was Macdonald, London, 1969.

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New Mexico Literacy Project — True-first precedence NMLP P-018485 for "A Gift from Earth" by Larry Niven (https://newmexicoliteracyproject.org/id/point/p-018485, CC BY 4.0, dataset DOI 10.5281/zenodo.21184548).