<?xml version='1.0' encoding='UTF-8'?><?xml-stylesheet href="http://www.blogger.com/styles/atom.css" type="text/css"?><feed xmlns='http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom' xmlns:openSearch='http://a9.com/-/spec/opensearchrss/1.0/'><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7916332485223671615.post8410655257114542884..comments</id><updated>2009-07-11T10:23:09.724-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Comments on Shelly Lowenkopf's Blog: So Predictable</title><link rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#feed' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.lowenkopf.com/feeds/8410655257114542884/comments/default'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7916332485223671615/8410655257114542884/comments/default'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://www.lowenkopf.com/2009/07/so-predictable.html'/><author><name>Shelly Lowenkopf</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/05198658136254028258</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email></author><generator version='7.00' uri='http://www.blogger.com'>Blogger</generator><openSearch:totalResults>1</openSearch:totalResults><openSearch:startIndex>1</openSearch:startIndex><openSearch:itemsPerPage>25</openSearch:itemsPerPage><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7916332485223671615.post-6162169627134333869</id><published>2009-07-11T10:23:09.724-07:00</published><updated>2009-07-11T10:23:09.724-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Predictable novels are almost pointless; I once st...</title><content type='html'>Predictable novels are almost pointless; I once started a book whose ending I predicted correctly 2  chapters in. What&amp;#39;s the point? Why even write a book like that? Such transparent setups are just predictably dull.</content><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7916332485223671615/8410655257114542884/comments/default/6162169627134333869'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7916332485223671615/8410655257114542884/comments/default/6162169627134333869'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://www.lowenkopf.com/2009/07/so-predictable.html?showComment=1247332989724#c6162169627134333869' title=''/><author><name>Marie</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/14938166831865436287</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:extendedProperty xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' name='OpenSocialUserId' value='15834105981300605363'/></author><thr:in-reply-to xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0' href='http://www.lowenkopf.com/2009/07/so-predictable.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7916332485223671615.post-8410655257114542884' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7916332485223671615/posts/default/8410655257114542884' type='text/html'/></entry></feed>