<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<rss version="2.0"
	xmlns:content="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/content/"
	xmlns:wfw="http://wellformedweb.org/CommentAPI/"
	xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/"
	xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom"
	xmlns:sy="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/syndication/"
	xmlns:slash="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/slash/"
	>

<channel>
	<title>Vast and Cool and Unsympathetic</title>
	<atom:link href="http://www.scifibookspot.com/markley/?feed=rss2" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml" />
	<link>http://www.scifibookspot.com/markley</link>
	<description></description>
	<lastBuildDate>Wed, 21 Jul 2010 19:38:51 +0000</lastBuildDate>
	<generator>http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.6</generator>
	<language>en</language>
	<sy:updatePeriod>hourly</sy:updatePeriod>
	<sy:updateFrequency>1</sy:updateFrequency>
			<item>
		<title>James P. Hogan, R.I.P.</title>
		<link>http://www.scifibookspot.com/markley/?p=569</link>
		<comments>http://www.scifibookspot.com/markley/?p=569#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 21 Jul 2010 19:38:51 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>John Markley</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[James P. Hogan]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.scifibookspot.com/markley/?p=569</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[I was saddened to learn that science fiction author James P. Hogan passed away on July 12th, at the age of 69.  Hogan was the author of numerous books, of which I own a great many, including Voyage From Yesteryear, Inherit the Stars, Code of the Lifemaker, and Multiplex Man.  Rest in peace.
]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.scifibookspot.com/markley/?feed=rss2&amp;p=569</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>0</slash:comments>
		</item>
		<item>
		<title>Book Review: The Legions of Fire by David Drake</title>
		<link>http://www.scifibookspot.com/markley/?p=546</link>
		<comments>http://www.scifibookspot.com/markley/?p=546#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 24 Jun 2010 22:07:13 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>John Markley</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Book Reviews]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[David Drake]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Fantasy]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.scifibookspot.com/markley/?p=546</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[David Drake is among my favorite authors, so I was quite excited when this book arrived.  The Legions of Fire  is the first entry in Drake&#8217;s planned four-book fantasy series, The Books of the Elements.
The story begins in Carce, capitol city of an empire that dominates the known world.  Corylus, a soldier&#8217;s son with [...]]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.scifibookspot.com/markley/?feed=rss2&amp;p=546</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>0</slash:comments>
		</item>
		<item>
		<title>Book Review: Bitter Angels by C.L. Anderson</title>
		<link>http://www.scifibookspot.com/markley/?p=524</link>
		<comments>http://www.scifibookspot.com/markley/?p=524#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 04 May 2010 01:20:01 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>John Markley</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Book Reviews]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[C.L. Anderson]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Sarah zettel]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Science Fiction]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Bitter Angels]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[C.L. Moore]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.scifibookspot.com/markley/?p=524</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Bitter Angels is the winner of the 2009 Philip K. Dick Award for distinguished science fiction.  It&#8217;s a space opera/espionage story by Sarah Zettel , published under the pseudonym C.L. Anderson.
Terese Drajeske is a former operative of the Guardians, the organization tasked by the United Earth Government with countering threats to the peace between earth [...]]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.scifibookspot.com/markley/?feed=rss2&amp;p=524</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>0</slash:comments>
		</item>
		<item>
		<title>Book Review: Incandescence by Greg Egan</title>
		<link>http://www.scifibookspot.com/markley/?p=514</link>
		<comments>http://www.scifibookspot.com/markley/?p=514#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 05 Mar 2010 06:05:04 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>John Markley</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Book Reviews]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Greg Egan]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Science Fiction]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[incandescence]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.scifibookspot.com/markley/?p=514</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[One of the things I love about science fiction, and especially hard science fiction, is that it rejects conventional presumptions about what it&#8217;s proper for fiction to be about and treats things like science, logical and creative extrapolation, system-building, and- more generally- reason as worthwhile subject matter in their own right.  Greg Egan (Diaspora, Permutation [...]]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.scifibookspot.com/markley/?feed=rss2&amp;p=514</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>0</slash:comments>
		</item>
		<item>
		<title>Book Review: Balefires by David Drake</title>
		<link>http://www.scifibookspot.com/markley/?p=499</link>
		<comments>http://www.scifibookspot.com/markley/?p=499#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 26 Jan 2010 00:57:22 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>John Markley</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Book Reviews]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[David Drake]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Fantasy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Horror]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Balefires: tales of the Weird and Fantastic]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Cosmic Horror]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[H.P. Lovecraft]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[weird fiction]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.scifibookspot.com/markley/?p=499</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[
David Drake is known first and foremost for his importance to the field of military science fiction, and many of his recent books have been space opera or heroic fantasy.  However, many of Drake&#8217;s early publications were in the horror genre, often influenced by the classic pulp fantasy, horror, and &#8220;weird fiction&#8221; of writers like [...]]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.scifibookspot.com/markley/?feed=rss2&amp;p=499</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>0</slash:comments>
		</item>
		<item>
		<title>Review: The Battle at the Moons of Hell by Graham Sharp Paul</title>
		<link>http://www.scifibookspot.com/markley/?p=492</link>
		<comments>http://www.scifibookspot.com/markley/?p=492#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 28 Dec 2009 22:49:50 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>John Markley</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Book Reviews]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Graham Sharp Paul]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Science Fiction]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[hammer of kraa]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[helfort's War]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[michael helfort]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[military science fiction]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[space opera]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[The Battle at the Moons of Hell]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[the battle of devastation reef]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[The Battle of the Hammer worlds]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.scifibookspot.com/markley/?p=492</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Before he turned to writing, Graham Sharp Paul served as a commissioned officer in the British and Australian Navies, and then worked in finance and business consulting until he retired to write in 2003.  His debut The Battle at the Moons of Hell marks his entry to the field of military science fiction.  It is [...]]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.scifibookspot.com/markley/?feed=rss2&amp;p=492</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>0</slash:comments>
		</item>
		<item>
		<title>SF writing and race</title>
		<link>http://www.scifibookspot.com/markley/?p=488</link>
		<comments>http://www.scifibookspot.com/markley/?p=488#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 11 Dec 2009 21:51:28 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>John Markley</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Science Fiction]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[The Science Fiction Field]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Dan Simmons]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[David Drake]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[elizabeth moon]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Jack McDevitt]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Neal Asher]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[nisi shawl]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Peter Watts]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[race]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.scifibookspot.com/markley/?p=488</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Over at the SFWA blog, Nisi Shawl writes on the subject of writing about characters from races and cultures other than your own.  It&#8217;s a great article and has some excellent ideas for improving one&#8217;s own knowledge and insight.
The number of aspiring authors who shy away from writing about characters of other races because they [...]]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.scifibookspot.com/markley/?feed=rss2&amp;p=488</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>0</slash:comments>
		</item>
		<item>
		<title>VCU II: The Revenge</title>
		<link>http://www.scifibookspot.com/markley/?p=483</link>
		<comments>http://www.scifibookspot.com/markley/?p=483#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 02 Dec 2009 21:13:08 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>John Markley</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[General]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Personal]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.scifibookspot.com/markley/?p=483</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[I live!  The stars are right, and after aeons of slumber Vast and Cool and Unsympathetic rises from the depths like a deep scary rising thing.
I wish I could say I was doing something interesting during my absence, like traveling the world or slowly digging my way to freedom after my overburdened and dangerously shoddy [...]]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.scifibookspot.com/markley/?feed=rss2&amp;p=483</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>0</slash:comments>
		</item>
		<item>
		<title>You have much to teach us, Johnny 5</title>
		<link>http://www.scifibookspot.com/markley/?p=463</link>
		<comments>http://www.scifibookspot.com/markley/?p=463#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 28 Sep 2009 23:06:56 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>John Markley</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Movies]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[SF Themes and Concepts]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Science Fiction]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Science and Technology]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[A Logic Named Joe]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Johnny 5]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Murray Leinster]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Short Circuit 2]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.scifibookspot.com/markley/?p=463</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[It is widely agreed, I think, that the most prominent technological trend generally unanticipated by science fiction is the enormous growth in computer technology.  This results in older science fiction often having technology that seems like a mismatched jumble of the astonishing and primitive: interstellar civilizations with faster-than-light travel where microfilm is the state-of-the-art in [...]]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.scifibookspot.com/markley/?feed=rss2&amp;p=463</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>2</slash:comments>
		</item>
		<item>
		<title>Review: The January Dancer by Michael Flynn</title>
		<link>http://www.scifibookspot.com/markley/?p=456</link>
		<comments>http://www.scifibookspot.com/markley/?p=456#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 21 Sep 2009 23:38:02 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>John Markley</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Book Reviews]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Michael Flynn]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Science Fiction]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[The January Dancer]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.scifibookspot.com/markley/?p=456</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[I&#8217;ve reviewed Michael Flynn&#8217;s space opera The January Dancer at BSCreview.  Check it out.
]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.scifibookspot.com/markley/?feed=rss2&amp;p=456</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>0</slash:comments>
		</item>
	</channel>
</rss>
