Cover of another edition of this book. The Chatto & Windus 1994 jacket has not been photographed yet.
Identification points are listed only where two independent sources agree. Last reviewed 23 Oct 2026.
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The first UK edition is the Chatto & Windus hardback, London, 1994 (ISBN 0 7011 6146 9), issued in October 1994, a month after the Knopf first edition in New York (September 1994), so it is a first British edition rather than the true first. Locus marks it as the first UK edition. Check the publisher and ISBN on the title and copyright pages: the Knopf edition (ISBN 0 679 42573 X) and the US Science Fiction Book Club issue (no price on the jacket, club number on the back panel) are American, and the Arrow paperback of 1995 (ISBN 0 09 943681 7) is the first UK paperback. A reprint line on the copyright page indicates a later impression.
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Chatto & Windus, London, in 1994, in hardback.
Points of issue are listed only where at least two independent sources agree. Last reviewed 23 October 2026. Reviewed by Harriet Ellis; read how we check facts.
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