NMLP P-020880 · True-first precedence · minted 2026-07-04

They'd Rather Be Right (aka The Forever Machine)

Mark Clifton & Frank Riley · Gnome Press (New York) · 1957

The Gnome Press 1957 hardcover is the true first book edition. The 1954 magazine serialization predates it but is not a book. Later retitled 'The Forever Machine' in paperback, which is a first thus only.

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New Mexico Literacy Project — True-first precedence NMLP P-020880 for "They'd Rather Be Right (aka The Forever Machine)" by Mark Clifton & Frank Riley (https://newmexicoliteracyproject.org/id/point/p-020880, CC BY 4.0, dataset DOI 10.5281/zenodo.21184548).