NMLP P-032173 · True-first precedence · minted 2026-07-04

True Names

Vernor Vinge · Dell (New York) · 1981

True first appearance is the Dell Binary Star No. 5 paperback (February 1981); the seminal proto-cyberpunk novella.

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New Mexico Literacy Project — True-first precedence NMLP P-032173 for "True Names" by Vernor Vinge (https://newmexicoliteracyproject.org/id/point/p-032173, CC BY 4.0, dataset DOI 10.5281/zenodo.21184548).