NMLP P-028496 · True-first precedence · minted 2026-07-04

Software

Rudy Rucker · Ace Books · 1982

The US Ace paperback original of 1982 is the true first; there was no preceding hardcover in any market. Software was a co-winner of the inaugural Philip K. Dick Award (for the 1982 publication year, presented 1983). It is the first volume of Rucker's Ware tetralogy.

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New Mexico Literacy Project — True-first precedence NMLP P-028496 for "Software" by Rudy Rucker (https://newmexicoliteracyproject.org/id/point/p-028496, CC BY 4.0, dataset DOI 10.5281/zenodo.21184548).