Tor Double Novels

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Tor Doubles are a series of science fiction books published by Tor Books between 1988 and 1991, mostly in dos-à-dos format. The series was inspired by the Ace Doubles, published between 1952 and 1973.

[edit] Titles in the Series

Published in 1988 ----------------------------------------------------------------------------

  1. 1 A Meeting With Medusa, Arthur C. Clarke / Green Mars, Kim Stanley Robinson
   Copyright 1971 / 1985 [$2.95, pb, 67 / 113 180pp, cvr: Vincent Di Fate / ? ]
  1. 2 0-812-55971-1 Hardfought, Greg Bear / Cascade Point, Timothy Zahn
   Copyright 1983 / 1983 [$2.95, pb, 97 / 82 179pp, cvr: Anthony Roberts / Tim White]
  1. 3 0-812-55952-5 Born With The Dead, Robert Silverberg / The Saliva Tree, Brian W. Aldiss
   Copyright 1974 / 1968 [$2.95, pb, 96 / 87 183pp, cvr: Ron Walotsky / ? ]
  1. 4 0-812-55956-8 Tango Charlie And Fox Trot Romeo, John Varley / The Star Pit, Samuel R. Delany
   Copyright 1986 / 1966 [$3.95, pb, 101 / 82 183pp, cvr: David Lee Anderson / Anthony Roberts]

Published in 1989 ----------------------------------------------------------------------------

  1. 5 0-812-55958-4 No Truce With Kings, Poul Anderson / Ship Of Shadows, Fritz Leiber
   Copyright 1963 / 1969 [$2.95, pb, 104 / 77 181pp, cvr: Luis Royo / Robin Wood]
  1. 6 0-812-55963-0 Enemy Mine, Barry B. Longyear / Another Orphan, John Kessel
   Copyright 1979 / 1982 [$2.95, pb, 90 / 68 158pp, cvr: Maren / Tom Kidd]
  1. 7 0-812-54554-0 Screwtop, Vonda N. McIntyre / The Girl Who Was Plugged In, James Tiptree, Jr.
   Copyright 1976 / 1973 [$2.95, pb, 79 / 57 136pp, cvr: Maren / Peter Gudynas]
  1. 8 0-812-55960-6 The Nemesis From Terra, Leigh Brackett / Battle For The Stars, Edmond Hamilton
   Copyright 1961 / 1961 [$2.95, pb, 107 / 141 248pp, cvr: Anthony Roberts / Bryn Barnard]
  1. 9 0-812-55966-5 The Ugly Little Boy, Isaac Asimov / The [Widget], The [Wadget], And Boff, Theodore Sturgeon
   Copyright 1958 / 1955 [$3.50, pb, 60 / 123 183pp, cvr: Alan Gutierrez / Carol Russo]
  1. 10 0-812-50079-2 Sailing To Byzantium, Robert Silverberg / Seven American Nights, Gene Wolfe
   Copyright 1985 / 1978 [$3.50, pb, 99 / 84 183pp, cvr: Brian Waugh / Brian Waugh]
  1. 11 0-812-55962-2 Houston, Houston, Do You Read, James Tiptree, Jr. / Souls, Joanna Russ
   Copyright 1976 / 1982 [$3.50, pb, 92 / 84 176pp, cvr: Ron Walotsky / Dieter Rottermund]
  1. 12 0-812-55879-0 He Who Shapes, Roger Zelazny / The Infinity Box, Kate Wilhelm
   Copyright 1965 / 1971 [$3.50, pb, 107 / 76 183pp, cvr: Wayne Barlowe / Luis Royo]
  1. 13 0-812-50010-5 The Blind Geometer, Kim Stanley Robinson / The New Atlantis, Ursula K. Le Guin
   Copyright 1987, 1989 / 1975, 1989 [$3.50, pb, 141 / 42 183pp, cvr: Peter Gudynas / Michael Bohme]
  1. 14 0-812-50277-9 The Saturn Game, Poul Anderson / Iceborn, Gregory Benford & Paul A. Carter
   Copyright 1981, 1989 / 1989 [$3.50, pb, 85 / 96 181pp, cvr: taken from NASA image / Mark Maxwell]
  1. 15 0-812-50194-2 The Last Castle, Jack Vance / Nightwings, Robert Silverberg
   Copyright  Copyright 1966, 1989 / 1968, 1989 [$3.50, pb, 101 + 81 182pp crv: Brian Waugh / Mark J. Ferrari]
  1. 16 0-812-55964-9 The Color of Neanderthal Eyes, James Tiptree, Jr. / And Strange at Ecbatan the Trees, Michael Bishop
   Copyright ? / ? [$3.50, pb, 76 / 133 209pp, cvr: Brian Waugh / Dave Archer]

Published in 1990 ----------------------------------------------------------------------------

  1. 17 0-812-50362-7 Divide and Rule, L. Sprague de Camp / The Sword of Rhiannon, Leigh Brackett
   Copyright 1939, 1948 / 1953 [$3.50, pb, 94 / 136 230pp, cvr: A. C. Farley / N. Taylor Blanchard]
  1. 18 0-812-50193-4 In Another Country, Robert Silverberg / Vintage Season, Lawrence O'Donnell
   Copyright ? / ? [$3.50, pb, ? / ? 200pp, cvr: Wayne Barlowe]
  1. 19 0-812-50821-1 Ill Met in Lankhmar, Fritz Leiber / The Fair in Emain Macha, Charles de Lint
   Copyright 1970 / 1990 [$3.50, pb, 104 / 104 208pp, cvr: Sam Rakeland / Melvyn Grant]
  1. 20 0-812-50202-7The Pugnacious Peacemaker, Harry Turtledove / The Wheels Of If, L. Sprague de Camp
   Copyright 1990 / 1940, 1968 [$3.50, pb, 97 / 88 185pp, cvr: Joe Burleson]
  1. 21 0-812-50983-8 Home Is The Hangman, Roger Zelazny / We In Some Strange Power's Employ, Move On A Rigorous Line,
   Samuel R. Delany
   Copyright 1975 / 1968, 1990 [$3.50, pb, 96 / 84 180pp, cvr: Martin Andrews / Wayne Barlowe]
  1. 22 0-812-50272-8 Thieves' Carnival, Karen Haber / The Jewel of Bas, Leigh Brackett
   Copyright ? / ? [$3.50, pb, ? / ? 187pp, cvr: Luis F. Perez]
  1. 23 0-812-50551-4 Riding the Torch, Norman Spinrad / Tin Soldier, Joan D. Vinge
   Copyright ? / ? [$3.50, pb, 114 / 68 182pp, cvr: Ron Walotsky / de Naharro]
  1. 24 0-812-50275-2 Elegy For Angels And Dogs, Walter Jon Williams / The Graveyard Heart Roger Zelazny
   Copyright ? / ? [$3.50, pb, ? / ? 187pp, cvr: Bob Eggleton]
  1. 25 0-812-50813-0 Fugue State, John M. Ford / The Death of Doctor Island, Gene Wolfe
   Copyright ? / ? [$3.50, pb, 121 / 62 183pp, cvr: Wayne Barlowe / Ron Walotsky]
  1. 26 0-812-55948-7 Press Enter [], John Varley / Hawksbill Station, Robert Silverberg
   Copyright ? / ? [$3.50, pb, 98 / 86 184pp, cvr: Peter Gudynas / Jim Warren]
  1. 27 0-812-50854-8 Eye For Eye, Card, Orson Scott / The Tunesmith, Biggle, Lloyd Jr.
   Copyright 1987 / 1957, 1985 [$3.95, pb, 96 / 87 183pp, cvr: Mark Ferrari]
  1. 28 0-812-50895-5 A Short, Sharp Shock, Kim Stanley Robinson / The Dragon Masters, Jack Vance
   Copyright 1990 / 1962 [$3.50, pb, 109 / 107 216pp, cvr: Brad Teare]
  1. 29 0-812-55940-1 Nanoware Time, Ian Watson / The Persistence of Vision, John Varley
   Copyright ? / ? [$3.95, pb, 188pp, cvr: Ron Walotsky]

Published in 1991 ----------------------------------------------------------------------------

  1. 30 0-812-51170-0 The Longest Voyage, Poul Anderson / Slow Lightnings, Steven Popkes
   Copyright 1960 / 1991 [$3.95, pb, 52 / 189 241pp, cvr: Wayne Barlowe]
  1. 31 0-812-50396-1 Naked to the Stars, Gordon R. Dickson / The Alien Way, Gordon R. Dickson
   Copyright ? / ? [$3.95, pb, 282pp, cvr: Brian Waugh]
  1. 32 0-812-51180-8 Run for the Stars, Harlan Ellison / Echoes of Thunder, Jack M. Dann
   Copyright 1957, 1985 / 1991 [$3.95, pb, 89 / 95 184pp, cvr: Barclay Shaw]
  1. 33 0-812-51246-4 Bwana, Mike Resnick / Bully!, Mike Resnick
   Copyright 1991 / 1991 [$3.99, pb, 68 / 111 179pp, cvr: Barclay Shaw]
  1. 34 0-812-51294-4 Rule Golden, Damon Knight / Double Meaning, Damon Knight
   Copyright ? / ? [$3.95, pb, 188pp, cvr: Wayne Barlowe]
  1. 35 0-812-50265-5 Silent Thunder, Dean Ing / Universe, Robert A. Heinlein
   Copyright 1991 / 1941, 1951 [$3.99, pb, 160 / 60 220pp, cvr: Joe DeVito]
  1. 36 0-812-51296-0 Conjure Wife, Fritz Leiber / Our Lady of Darkness, Fritz Leiber
   Copyright 1991 / 1978 [$4.99, pb, 184 / 163 347pp, cvr: Wayne Barlowe]

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