

Nevertheless, it has, and the questions and answers are all in the transcribed text below. Never had I anticipated that this blog would lead me to interviewing Tom Doherty.

I still find myself slightly shell-shocked by the entire experience. The Tor office is a place where fantastical imaginations are brought to fruition. Esslemont, and dozens upon dozens of other familiar names and titles. Bookshelves line the walls, carrying the titles of Robert Jordan, David Drake, Orson Scott Card, Steven Erikson, Ian C. First Edition Identificationįirst editions from Tor Books either have a sequence of numbers with “1” present or the words “First Edition (month, year)” must appear on the copyright page along with a sequence of numbers with “1” present.Entering the Tor/Forge office is more exciting than being a kid in a candy shop. Cohen, Susanna Clarke, Allan Folsom, Eric Lustbader, Elizabeth Haydon, Gene Wolfe, Morgan Llewelyn, David Lubar, David Weber, Christopher Pike, and Philip K. Anderson, Andre Norton, Terry Goodkind, Anne McCaffrey, Robert Jordan, former Secretary of Defense William S. Greeley, Douglas Preston, Orson Scott Card, Michael & Kathleen O’Neal Gear, Harold Robbins, Susan Kearney, Jonathan Carroll, Brian Herbert, Kevin J. Well-known authors published by Tor and Forge include Andrew M. Tor Books also publishes an online science fiction magazine, Tor.com, as well as two imprints for young readers: Starscape (for readers 10 years of age and up) and Tor Teen (for readers 13 years of age and up). Forge, Doherty’s other imprint, focuses on fiction, including historical novels and thrillers, while Tor - of course - focuses on science fiction and fantasy. Tor is one of the two primary imprints of New York-based publishing company, Tom Doherty Associates, LLC. Martin’s Press in 1986 and later became part of the Holtzbrinck group, now known as Macmillan Publishers.

Since its founding by Tom Doherty in 1980, Tor Books has won every major science fiction and fantasy award, and for 25 consecutive years, has won the Locus Award for Best Science Fiction Publisher.
