, ▁while ▁directly ▁related ▁to ▁each ▁other , ▁were ▁tang ential ▁to ▁the ▁main ▁story line ▁of ▁" WT BB B ". ▁ ▁These ▁stories , ▁" After ▁the ▁Dream time " ▁and ▁" S ail ▁the ▁T ide ▁of ▁M our ning ", ▁were ▁published ▁in ▁the ▁fourth ▁and ▁fifth ▁volumes ▁of ▁Robert ▁Silver berg ’ s ▁original ▁anth ology ▁series ▁New ▁Dim ensions . ▁ ▁Both ▁stories ▁were ▁on ▁the ▁final ▁Hugo ▁Award ▁ball ot ▁of ▁their ▁respective ▁years , ▁and ▁" S ail ▁the ▁T ide ▁of ▁M our ning " ▁was ▁on ▁the ▁ 1 9 7 5 ▁Neb ula ▁Awards ▁ball ot . ▁Another ▁story , ▁" The ▁Bent fin ▁Bo omer ▁Girl ▁Com es ▁Th ru ", ▁closer ▁in ▁style ▁to ▁" WT BB B ", ▁was ▁published ▁by ▁editor ▁Ted ▁White ▁in ▁Ama zing ▁St ories ▁magazine . ▁ ▁These ▁pieces ▁are ▁inter tw ined ▁throughout ▁the ▁novel ▁( see ▁Cont ents ▁below ▁for ▁a ▁chapter - by - chapter ▁break down .) ▁ ▁After ▁a ▁succession ▁of ▁edit ors ▁at ▁D ell , ▁a ▁ 7 0 , 0 0 0 - word ▁version ▁of ▁the ▁novel ▁was ▁finally ▁published ▁in ▁paper back ▁in ▁June ▁ 1 9 7 8 , ▁with ▁a ▁hard cover ▁repr int ▁two ▁years ▁later ▁by ▁Gre gg ▁Press , ▁aim ed ▁primarily ▁at ▁libraries . ▁ ▁According ▁to ▁the ▁author ' s ▁pre face ▁in ▁the ▁first ▁edition , ▁L up off ▁was ▁open ▁to ▁changes ▁in ▁the ▁book