NMLP P-023977 · True-first precedence · minted 2026-07-04

Points of Departure

Pat Murphy · Bantam Spectra · 1990

The US Bantam Spectra paperback original of 1990 is the true first edition of this collection. It won the 1991 Philip K. Dick Award and was a Locus Award nominee for best collection. The collection gathers nineteen stories, including the Nebula Award-winning novella Rachel in Love. This is a collection rather than a novel.

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New Mexico Literacy Project — True-first precedence NMLP P-023977 for "Points of Departure" by Pat Murphy (https://newmexicoliteracyproject.org/id/point/p-023977, CC BY 4.0, dataset DOI 10.5281/zenodo.21184548).