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A lot of problems with 'the canon' is that if you look at almost any period, the books that are acknowledged as important at the time and the books that still endure, the lists don't match, and - surprise, surprise - women writers fall off the 'canon' lists (most of which seem to be kept by men). Hope Mirlees. Judith Tarr. C.J. Cherryh. Barbara Hambly. And, and, and. But if you ask 'who was important at X time', you'll almost always be presented with a list of white male writers, so while I think it's not a bad thing to dip your toes into that water at times, this is still a list of books that says more about our current time then it does about its period.