Pubs We Love is a new feature we're launching to highlight our favorite publishers!
Our very first publisher we want to highlight is Tor/Forge. They are a division of Macmillan Publishing. Tor/Forge includes the imprints Tor (science fiction and fantasy), Forge (adult fiction and non-fiction), Orb (science fiction and fantasy trade paperback reprints), Tor Teen/Starscape (young adult), and Tor/Seven Seas (manga).
Here are some of our absolute favorites as well as new releases we're looking forward to:
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By: alethea aka frootjoos,
on 2/7/2012
Blog: Read Now Sleep Later (Login to Add to MyJacketFlap) JacketFlap tags: science fiction, friendship, manga, middle grade, Orson Scott Card, space, boarding school, aliens, Tor Teen, alethea, 2011, frootjoos, HonoelAIbardolaza, TorForge, Emily Janice Card, Add a tag
Laddertop (Laddertop, #1) by Orson Scott Card,
Emily Janice Card / Illustrated by Honoel A. Ibardolaza
Publication date: 27 September 2011 by Tor/Forge
ISBN 10/13: 0765324601 | 9780765324603
Category: Middle Grade Science Fiction Manga Keywords: Science fiction, space, aliens, middle grade, friendship Format: Paperback, audiobook (ARC received from Tor/Forge)  Alethea's synopsis: Based on Orson Scott Card's Ender's Game series, this first volume follows Robbi and her rambunctious friend, Azure, when they are recruited to Laddertop--one of four space towers suspended 36,000 miles over the earth by a benevolent alien race called The Givers. Fierce competition tests the relationships between friends and enemies both. As Robbi contemplates what she is doing at the Academy, she begins to ponder the question too few people seem to be asking: are The Givers truly friends of Earth? Alethea's Review: I really loved Ender's Game and so was excited to find out that a related manga was in the works. I found Laddertop entertaining, but a bit of a let-down. It's certainly not as deep or emotionally abrasive as the original story. This is understandable not because Azure and Robbi are eleven (Ender is younger still when he enters Battle School) but because of the format and audience chosen, but still, it's generally disappointing. The story starts at a fair pace then comes to a quick halt--this is meant to be a series after all, and it wouldn't do to give it all away at once. But this first volume gives hardly any data to process--only query after unanswered query. Who are the Givers? What is the Scan? Why can only children work in the tubes--yes, we know the
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Great post! Thanks for spotlighting a great pub. Love their selection of sci fi and fantasy reads. Article 5 is on my tbr pile right now and I loved Anna dressed in blood. :)