NMLP P-032164 · True-first precedence · minted 2026-07-04

The Witling

Vernor Vinge · DAW Books (New York) · 1976

US DAW paperback original (1976) is the true first; a UK Dennis Dobson hardcover (London) appeared later the same year and is the uncommon hardcover first, following the DAW issue.

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New Mexico Literacy Project — True-first precedence NMLP P-032164 for "The Witling" by Vernor Vinge (https://newmexicoliteracyproject.org/id/point/p-032164, CC BY 4.0, dataset DOI 10.5281/zenodo.21184548).