Thread: Interesting list of the "Fifty Most Significant SF&F Books
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Old 11-10-2010, 08:04 PM   #19
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Originally Posted by GlennD View Post
I would argue that Harry Potter is a major future influence - it got more kids into reading in the late 90's/2000s than anything else I can think of. The kids reading it are going on to read other stuff they never would have without getting hooked by Harry. Those readers are tomorrow's writers.
Indeed.. Harry Potter got a lot of kids reading. Whether it was a significant Science Fiction/Fantasy book in the top 50 for the period in question is *highly* debatable.
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