NMLP P-021122 · True-first precedence · minted 2026-07-04

The Sparrow

Mary Doria Russell · Villard (Random House) · 1996

The US Villard 1996 hardcover is the true first; UK editions (Doubleday, then Black Swan paperback) followed. Winner of the 1998 Arthur C. Clarke Award, the BSFA Award, the John W. Campbell Memorial Award, and the Tiptree (now Otherwise) Award.

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New Mexico Literacy Project — True-first precedence NMLP P-021122 for "The Sparrow" by Mary Doria Russell (https://newmexicoliteracyproject.org/id/point/p-021122, CC BY 4.0, dataset DOI 10.5281/zenodo.21184548).