Yes, I was surprised how easy it was to cut the door off my cat. - James Nicoll

Aha! The Alien Planet Canada series, where the planet the characters are marooned on seems to be Manitoba. Bad bad world building.

Tor is the hard one. They employ a lot of editors, whose tastes vary. They don't always indicate who has edited what (on the choice of the editor, I think) so editor stalking can be more difficult with Tor. Ear-tagging works but is rather surprisingly illegal.

Goodkind is noted for subtle allegories the same way Mt Kilimanjaro is known for floating weightlessly.