NMLP P-028500 · True-first precedence · minted 2026-07-04

Wetware

Rudy Rucker · Avon Books · 1988

The US Avon paperback original of 1988 is the true first edition; the book was published directly into paperback with no preceding hardcover. It was co-winner (a tie) of the 1989 Philip K. Dick Award, given for the best original science-fiction paperback of 1988. Wetware is the second book in the Ware sequence, following Software.

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New Mexico Literacy Project — True-first precedence NMLP P-028500 for "Wetware" by Rudy Rucker (https://newmexicoliteracyproject.org/id/point/p-028500, CC BY 4.0, dataset DOI 10.5281/zenodo.21184548).