NMLP P-045822 · True-first precedence · minted 2026-07-19

Project Hail Mary

Andy Weir · Ballantine Books (New York) · 2021

Correction to the census note: the US Ballantine and UK Del Rey (Penguin Random House UK) editions shared a simultaneous global on-sale date of May 4, 2021 — neither strictly precedes the other, and both are collected as first editions. The US Ballantine hardcover is the customary 'home' first for a US author, with the UK Del Rey first equally legitimate.

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New Mexico Literacy Project — True-first precedence NMLP P-045822 for "Project Hail Mary" by Andy Weir (https://newmexicoliteracyproject.org/id/point/p-045822, CC BY 4.0, dataset DOI 10.5281/zenodo.21184548).