Годы существования: 1988 – 1991 (Серия закрыта) Описание: Tor Doubles are a series of science fiction books published by Tor Books between 1988 and 1991, mostly in tête-bêche format. The series was inspired by the Ace Doubles, published between 1952 and 1973. At least one more in the series was prepared but never published: Esther Friesner's Yesterday We Saw Mermaids paired with Lawrence Watt-Evans's The Final Folly of Captain Dancy would have been series number 37. From 1988 to 1991 36 Tor Doubles were published (I seem to recall that Lawrence Watt-Evans's «The Rebirth of Wonder» was originally slated to be half of #37). These were in dos-a-dos format. As far as I can tell the great majority of the Tor Doubles were reprints (including one reprint of a former Binary Star half: Norman Spinrad's «Riding the Torch».) There was usually an attempt to pair the two halves thematically. In some cases this was arranged by having an author write a companion novella to an older example: for instance, Robert Silverberg wrote «In Another Country» as an explicit hommage to «Lawrence O'Donnell's» (C. L. Moore's) «Vintage Season», and the two stories became halves of Tor Double #18. (I believe Harry Turtledove's «The Pugnacious Peacemaker» was paired with L. Sprague de Camp's «The Wheels of If» by a similar process, and I think there are a few more examples.) Speaking of Tor Doubles, five former Ace Double halves became part of Tor Doubles. These are The Rithian Terror aka «Double Meaning» by Damon Knight, two by Jack Vance: «The Last Castle» and «The Dragon Masters»; and two by Leigh Brackett: «The Sword of Rhiannon» and «The Nemesis from Terra». (Norman Spinrad's «Riding the Torch» was both a Tor Double and a Dell Binary Star half.) Ведущее издательство: Tor Books Все издательства: Tor Books Изданий в серии: 6
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