The impact of the Harry Potter series is one of high importance. Before Harry Potter, children’s literature sales were dropping, due to the fact that children were not reading very much. With the publications of the Harry Potter books, children became very interested and excited to read! Plu...
In July 1995, Jacob Weisman, an avid young science fiction fan and intern atAsimov’s Science FictionandLocusmagazines, publishedGanglion and Other Storiesby Wayne Wightman. The success ofGanglion, as well as that of the next book—The Black Flameby Stanley G. Weinbaum—inspired Weisman to cont...