OSS Updates

What's new in the defunct Old Solar System? To keep out of date, enjoy each oldsflash in the items below.

Mar 18, 2024

Zendexor's OSS Diary 2024

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reflections on life, the oss and everything

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Mar 18, 2024

Uranian Throne episode 21 The Cincture

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Recruitment begins for the expedition to rescue Olhoav

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Mar 18, 2024

Guess The World - how many scenes on each world

how each world is doing on the scenic front

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Mar 18, 2024

What to see on Io

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The Ionian scene

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Mar 17, 2024

Haunted Worlds - Fictional auras of places on Earth, the Moon and Mars

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The double life of our place-names

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Mar 17, 2024

History of Hopes

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Optimistic science and speculation

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Mar 17, 2024

Guess The World - Fourth Series

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another spate of scenes from Old Solar System worlds

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Mar 16, 2024

What to see on Planet X

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scenes from the tenth planet

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Mar 15, 2024

Fictional Dates of the Old Solar System

our timeline extended into imagined pasts and futures

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Mar 12, 2024

What to see on Mercury

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The Mercurian scene

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Mar 12, 2024

Eerie Earths

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Eerie Earths

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Mar 11, 2024

Jasoomian Gathol

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dreams and themes from an island

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Mar 11, 2024

What to see on the Sun

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The solar scene

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Mar 09, 2024

CLUFFS

CLUFFS - Cute Little Unfulfilled Fragments of Fascination

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Mar 09, 2024

What to see on Venus

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The Venusian scene

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Mar 08, 2024

What to see on Mars

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The Martian Scene

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Mar 01, 2024

the hits race

the monthly popularity-contest for world-teams

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Feb 29, 2024

Uranian Throne episode 20 - The Immigrants

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Yadon has been followed to Syoom

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Feb 26, 2024

Authors of the Old Solar System

authors who have contributed to the old solar system

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Feb 26, 2024

What to see on Jupiter

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The Jovian scene

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Feb 25, 2024

What to see on Pluto

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The Plutonian scene

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Feb 24, 2024

Idea for another site - The Stellar Neighbourhood

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the named or designated stars that appear in literature

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Feb 19, 2024

Robert E Howard by Antolin Gibson

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a celebration of some key stories set on colourful Earth

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Feb 15, 2024

What to see on Ganymede

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The Ganymedean scene

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Feb 13, 2024

What to see on the Moon

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The lunar scene

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Feb 06, 2024

Uranian Throne episode 23 On the Eve

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the early part of Sunnoad Yadon's reign

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Jan 23, 2024

What to see on Ceres

The Cerian scene

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Jan 08, 2024

What to See on Mimas

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the scene on Saturn's innermost moon

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Jan 07, 2024

What to see on the Asteroids

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innumerable worlds in the inner planets' back yard

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Jan 01, 2024

What to see on Saturn

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The Saturnian Scene

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Dec 31, 2023

Zendexor's OSS Diary 2023

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reflections on life, the oss and everything

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Dec 17, 2023

Interplanetary Huntress - the Gerry Carlyle Stories of Arthur K Barnes

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Interplanetary Huntress - the Gerry Carlyle Stories of Arthur K Barnes

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Dec 16, 2023

What to see on Neptune

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The Neptunian scene

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Dec 15, 2023

Philip K Dick and the Old Solar System

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Philip K Dick and the Old Solar System

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Dec 14, 2023

What to see on Uranus

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The Uranian scene

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Dec 12, 2023

Lunar Surface Creatures

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the natives of our moon's outdoors

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Dec 10, 2023

What to see on Earth

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The Terran Scene

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Dec 05, 2023

What to see on Titan

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The Titanic scene

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Nov 24, 2023

What to see on Vesta

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The Vestan scene

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Nov 18, 2023

What to see on the Asteroid Progenitor Planet

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The Lost Planet scene

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Nov 11, 2023

What to see on Europa

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The Europan scene

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Nov 05, 2023

Primordial Worlds

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Primordial Worlds

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Oct 23, 2023

H P Lovecraft and the Old Solar System

H P Lovecraft and the Old Solar System

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Oct 13, 2023

What to see on Callisto

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The Callistan scene

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Oct 12, 2023

What to see on Pallas

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What to see on Pallas

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Oct 10, 2023

Uranian Throne - index of proper names

the people and places of Ooranye

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Oct 09, 2023

Uranian Throne episode 22 The Golden Cloak

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the succession to Brem Tormalla

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Oct 09, 2023

A E van Vogt and the Old Solar System

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A E van Vogt and the Old Solar System

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Oct 07, 2023

What to see on Eros

Eros - Captain Future

What to see on Eros

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