Sorry to be pedantic, but David Gilmour didn't say women writers are bad. He said he doesn't love their writing. That's very different.
@simonhoupt Right. But any definition of "the best" in literature that is almost exclusively male seems myopic.
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@HeerJeet Haha. Have you read his fiction? -
@simonhoupt Yeah, last novel and was planning on reading new one (which people tell me is good). But it is low on pile.
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@HeerJeet@simonhoupt well then I guess some 125 of our best writers are myopic http://www.openculture.com/2013/09/the-10-greatest-books-ever.html … -
@nigelbeale@simonhoupt This list is substantially more woman friendly than Gilmour's syllabus since it includes Middlemarch. - Show replies
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