NMLP P-022256 · True-first precedence · minted 2026-07-04

The Big U

Neal Stephenson · Vintage Books / Random House (New York) · 1984

The US Vintage Books trade paperback original (1984) is the true first and is scarce; there was no first hardcover. It went out of print and was not reprinted until the 2001 Perennial reissue.

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New Mexico Literacy Project — True-first precedence NMLP P-022256 for "The Big U" by Neal Stephenson (https://newmexicoliteracyproject.org/id/point/p-022256, CC BY 4.0, dataset DOI 10.5281/zenodo.21184548).