Tor Double #21: Roger Zelazny’s Home Is the Hangman and Samuel R. Delany’s We, in Some Strange Power’s Employ, Move on a Rigorous Line
Cover for We, in Some Strange Power’s Employ, Move on a Rigorous Line by Wayne Barlowe
The twenty-first Tor Double is the first time both of the authors in a collection are repeats. It includes the second (and final) Samuel R. Delany story, We, in Some Strange Power’s Employ, and the second of three Roger Zelazny story, Home is the Hangman. Delany first appeared in Tor Double #4 and Zelazny in #12. It is also unique in that it is the first time one of the stories (Delany’s) includes a dedication to the other author (Zelazny).
We, in Some Strange Power’s Employ, Move on a Rigorous Line was originally published as “Lines of Power” in Fantasy & Science Fiction in May, 1968. It was nominated for the Hugo Award and Nebula Award.