An Anarchic Publisher Spawns Books That Fight Authority

Why is Tor Books arguably the most successful scientific discipline fiction publishing company in the world ? A new small-arm in Reason magazine offers two vie explanations . It ’s because Tor publish a plenty of books that argue for individual freedom and against political science . Or it ’s because Tor avoids the redaction - by - commission social structure of most other publishers , and is n’t grouchy about literary genre boundaries . Whichever account you believe , the Reason clause will offer fuel for debate about scientific discipline fiction for months to come . Reason talk to a number of Tor editor and author , and dumbfound some not bad quote about why science fiction is anti - authoritarian . Theories range from Heinlein ’s influence , to in high spirits - school bullying , to the fact that science fiction fan incline to be introverts who are neither leader nor follower . Pretty much everyone involved , of course , deny take in an agenda . But at the same fourth dimension , Tor has dominated the Libertarian Futurist Society ’s most recent Prometheus Awards , with five novel include three alternate histories . To me , as a publication nerd , the most interesting stuff and nonsense is the look inside Tor ’s editorial decision - fashioning :

Tor has an unusual editorial process . At most fiction publishing sign , decisions are made by consensus . All the editors , often line from many genres , sit down together and resolve which source to sign and how much to expend on promotional material and forward motion . The effect , Doherty argues , is an involuntariness to examine something new or strange . Tor decided to do things differently . “ We do n’t do things by committee and we do n’t expect anyone to take guardianship of us , ” Doherty says . “ We can stray outside the genre as long as they betray . We ’ve make to be self - supporting . ”

The whole article is well deserving checking out . [ Reason ]

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