Publisher:Tom Doherty Associates

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A publisher that uses the following imprints

Other imprints - some of these need to be merged

Street address:

Tom Doherty Associates
49 West 24 Street
New York, NY 10010
(source: Copyright page of Houston, Houston, Do You Read? / Souls published August 1989)

The Tor Doubles

From 1988 to 1991 Tor published the Tor Doubles publisher series. Tor never used "Tor Double" as an imprint but as a convenience we are using the Tor Double publisher name to group these titles.

The series started out with dos-a-dos format publications with two "front" covers but towards the end Tor was publishing these as doubles. Tor was also inconsistent in how they worded the series name. The name used for each publication is noted in the table below. Also, toward the end of the series' life Tor dropped the series name and number from the front cover though continued to number the publications on the copyright page.

# Title Format Name
Published in 1988
#1 A Meeting with Medusa by Arthur C. Clarke / Green Mars by Kim Stanley Robinson. dos-a-dos Tor Double #1
#2 Hardfought by Greg Bear / Cascade Point by Timothy Zahn. dos-a-dos Tor Double No. 2
#3 Born With the Dead by Robert Silverberg / The Saliva Tree by Brian W. Aldiss. dos-a-dos Tor Double Novel No. 3
Published in 1989
#4 Tango Charlie and Foxtrot Romeo by John Varley / The Star Pit by Samuel R. Delany. dos-a-dos Tour Double #4
#5 No Truce with Kings / Ship of Shadows dos-a-dos Tour Double #5
#6 Enemy Mine / Another Orphan dos-a-dos Tor Double Novel No. 6
#7 Screwtop / The Girl Who Was Plugged In dos-a-dos Tour Double #7
#8 The Nemesis from Terra / Battle for the Stars dos-a-dos Tor Double Novel No. 9
#9 The Ugly Little Boy / The [Widget], the [Wadget], and Boff dos-a-dos Tor Double No. 9
#10 Sailing to Byzantium / Seven American Nights dos-a-dos Tor Double No. 10
#11 Houston, Houston, Do You Read? by James Tiptree, Jr. / Souls by Joanna Russ. dos-a-dos Tor Double Novel #11
#12 He Who Shapes / The Infinity Box dos-a-dos Tor Double Novel No. 12
#13 The Blind Geometer / The New Atlantis dos-a-dos Tor Double Novel No. 13
#14 The Saturn Game / Iceborn dos-a-dos Tor Double Novel No. 14
#15 The Last Castle / Nightwings dos-a-dos Tor Double Novel No. 15
Published in 1990
#16 The Color of Neanderthal Eyes / And Strange at Ecbatan the Trees dos-a-dos Tor Double Novel No. 16
#17 Divide and Rule / The Sword of Rhiannon dos-a-dos Tor SF Double No. 17
#18 In Another Country / Vintage Season dos-a-dos Tor SF Double No. 18
#19 Ill Met in Lankhmar / The Fair in Emain Macha dos-a-dos Tor SF Double No. 19
#20 The Pugnacious Peacemaker / The Wheels of If double Tor SF Double No. 20
#21 Home Is the Hangman / We, in Some Strange Power's Employ, Move on a Rigorous Line dos-a-dos Tor SF Double No. 21
#22 Thieves' Carnival / The Jewel of Bas double Tor SF Double No. 22
#23 Riding the Torch / Tin Soldier dos-a-dos Tor SF Double No. 23
#24 Elegy for Angels and Dogs / The Graveyard Heart Unknown Unknown
#25 Fugue State / The Death of Doctor Island dos-a-dos Tor SF Double No. 25
#26 Press Enter [] / Hawksbill Station dos-a-dos Tor SF Double No. 26
#27 Eye For Eye by Orson Scott Card / The Tunesmith by Lloyd Biggle, Jr. double SF Double #27
#28 A Short, Sharp Shock / The Dragon Masters double Tor SF Double No. 28
Published in 1991
#29 Nanoware Time / The Persistence of Vision double Tor SF Double No. 29
#30 The Longest Voyage / Slow Lightning Unknown Unknown
#31 Naked to the Stars / The Alien Way (also pub TORDOB31) Double (none on the cover and unknown on copyright page)
#32 Run for the Stars / Echoes of Thunder Double (none on the cover and unknown on copyright page)
#33 Bwana / Bully! Double (none on the cover and unknown on copyright page)
#34 Rule Golden / Double Meaning Double (none on the cover and unknown on copyright page)
#35 Silent Thunder / Universe Double (none on the cover and unknown on copyright page)
#36 Conjure Wife / Our Lady of Darkness Double Tor SF Double No. 36 (on copyright page)
  • #37 was planned as The Final Folly of Captain Dancy by Lawrence Watt-Evans and Yesterday We Saw Mermaids by Esther Friesner with ISBN 0-812-51406-8. Apparently booksellers were unhappy with the Tor Double line as they did not know how or where to shelve them meaning the series itself got shelved.[1][2]
  • Another book that looks like it could have been in the Tor Double series is The Jungle / Clash by Night (Nov-1992) but this has been verified as being the novel The Jungle packaged with a short story. It does not mention "Tor Double" nor is it a dos-a-dos.

References

1. ^  Author Lawrence Watt-Evans' report on the Tor Double #37 project and outcome.
2. ^  Cover for the proposed Tor Double #37 The Final Folly of Captain Dancy / Yesterday We Saw Mermaids though never published.

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