NMLP P-023312 · True-first precedence · minted 2026-07-04

The Abyss (novelization)

Orson Scott Card · Pocket Books (New York) · 1989

US Pocket paperback original (June 1989) is the true first; the UK Legend hardcover (London, 1989) is the first hardcover edition but follows the paperback.

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New Mexico Literacy Project — True-first precedence NMLP P-023312 for "The Abyss (novelization)" by Orson Scott Card (https://newmexicoliteracyproject.org/id/point/p-023312, CC BY 4.0, dataset DOI 10.5281/zenodo.21184548).