Worlds Seen in Passing is an anthology of award-winning, eye-opening, genre-defining science fiction, fantasy, and horror from Tor.com’s first ten years, edited by Irene Gallo. Jemisin, Carrie Vaughn, Charlie Jane Anders, and many, many others. Dellamonica, Dale Bailey, Tina Connolly, Max Gladstone, Alyssa Wong, Genevieve Valentine, Kij Johnson, Mary Robinette Kowal, Rachel Swirsky, Ken Liu, Ruthanna Emrys, Isabel Yap, Helen Marshall, Pat Murphy, Kameron Hurley, Yoon Ha Lee, N. This is a very substantial volume - 567 pages! - and it’s packed with fiction from the best writers in the industry, including Kathleen Ann Goonan, Jeff VanderMeer, Leigh Bardugo, Lavie Tidhar, A.M.
We have since published hundreds of original stories, along with art, reprints, comics, and poems - all of which are a source of pride for us, as well as bringing enjoyment to our readers. Of course we wanted fiction to be our focal point. As publishers it made sense, but also… the entire site is dedicated to storytelling. We knew from the start that fiction was always going to be at the heart of Tor.com. In short, we wanted to build a place where we wanted to hang out… During that time, whenever we felt lost in the process, we’d come back to the word “genuine.” We wanted to build a place that treated science fiction and fantasy (and related subjects) with gravitas and humor, a place to have fun without shying away from weightier, more thoughtful subjects. It took us a couple years to get off the ground. In 2006, our publisher, Fritz Foy, while attending the Tor Books holiday party, pulled Patrick and Theresa Nielsen Hayden and me aside and said he wanted to create “a river of conversation, art, and fiction” within the SF/F community - an online magazine that crossed the borders between publishers and media. Tor.com celebrated its tenth anniversary on Jthe forty-ninth anniversary of the first manned moon landing. How did it all start? Tor.com publisher Irene Gallo tells all in the Preface to Worlds Seen in Passing: Ten Years of Tor.com Short Fiction, a feast of a book collecting 40 of the best stories published at the site over the years. It’s become widely renowned for its top-notch fiction, from many of the biggest names in the genre.
Originally created to promote Tor Books, it has taken on a very substantial life of its own, with news, art, commentary, thoughtful re-reads of many of my favorite novels (and more than a few that I’ve overlooked)… and especially fiction. Tor.com is one of the finest genre websites on the planet.
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