The Female Man

The paperback original is the true first, as the census states — written in 1970, published by Bantam in February 1975. The first hardcover is Gregg Press, Boston, in The Gregg Press Science Fiction Series (ISBN 0-8398-2351-7), with a new introduction; WorldCat and dealer records date it 1977, while one reference wiki gives June 1975 — the conflict is immaterial to precedence, since the Bantam of February 1975 leads on either dating, but the Gregg year should be given as 1977 with that caveat rather than asserted flatly. No UK edition preceded: the earliest UK issue documented in the sources consulted is The Women's Press, London, April 1985. Nebula nominee for 1975; one of three Retrospective Tiptree Award winners in 1996.