the zones cup  2016-2017

December 2017


(showing Sept - Nov figures alongside)

Solar Zone  -  Sept, Oct, Nov, Dec 2017

Incandescence    -   -   -   64

Sun   73   100   49   79

Vulcan  90   78   58   70 

What to see on the Sun    --   21   29   17

What to see on Vulcan    --   --   15   14

Total for the Solar Zone:     163   199   151   244

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Mercurian Zone  -  Sept, Oct, Nov, Dec 2017

Battle on Mercury    25   26   20   20  

Brightside Crossing    37   39   29   18

The Darkside of Mercury    35   38   25   35

Immortals of Mercury   35   32   25   23

Invasions from Mercury     29   30   25   23

Mercury    90   85   62   82

Mercury Awaits    24   22   16   16

Old Mercury    20   21   10   17

Reply re Mercury Language Myth Influencing Valeddom    19   16   14   15

Valeddom    44   54   29   40

What to see on Mercury   --   10   20   21

Total for the Mercurian Zone:    358   373   275   310

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Venusian Zone  -   Sept, Oct, Nov, Dec 2017

Amtor    44   65   30   39

An Ice-Age Venus?   42   51   40   56

The Kuttner-Moore Venus    33   26   23   34

Love the Amtor Article    18   15   9   10

Perelandra    85   86   64   70

For the next Zones Cup:   Project Utopia   

Sentinels From Space    31   21   21   24

The Sky People    30   26   13   28

Slaves of Venus   27   29   21   18  

Venus    104   99   97   111

Venus Quiz - Author-to-Tale    33   40   28   20

Venus Quiz - Tale-To-Author    31   24   15   19

What to see on Venus   --   13   31   29

Total for the Venusian Zone:      478   495   392   458

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Terrestrial Zone  -  Sept, Oct, Nov, Dec 2017

A Plea for Lost Civilizations    28   20   20   17

A Relic from the Old Space Program   26   19   16   19

America's Own Haunting    23   20   15   24

For next Zones Cup:  The Drop    

Earth    67   75   59   80

Eerie Earths    18   16   10   15

Gather, Darkness!    38   44   18   21

Kroth   52   69   63   69

Man of the World    396   305   211   263

Offer of trial balloon for Earthshimmer tale   19   19   9   9

Old Space Program   58   59   53   66

Pellucidar   59   71   68   75

For next Zones Cup:  The Rise         

Star's Reach   75   46   33   35

What to see on Earth    --   17   10   19

Total for the Terrestrial Zone:      869   780   585   702

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Lunar Zone  -  Sept, Oct, Nov, Dec 2017

For the next Zones Cup:  A harsh beauty - the unforgiving moon   

Ancient Inhabited Moon   33   26   19   17

Archives of the Moon   247   204   153   146

Earthlight    21   18   12   12

The First Men in the Moon    50   49   43   43

Land Rush, King Rush, Moon Rush   --   --   27   23

Lovecraft's Moon    32   35   15   24

Lurkers on the Moon      26   25   17   22

The Moon     77   83   50   80

Moon Quiz - Author To Tale      36   26   11   14

Moon Quiz - Tale To Author     27   18   15   15

Offer of the Archives of the Moon     20   19   10   12

Thoughts on the Earthlight Article     15   19   12   16

What to see on the Moon    --   12   17   32 

For the next Zones Cup:    Whom Gods Destroy   


Total for the Lunar Zone:      584   524   391   456

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Martian Zone  -  Sept, Oct, Nov, Dec 2017


A Coercive of Mars    44   41   18   19

A Return to Bradbury's Mars    24   18   21   18

A Rose for Ecclesiastes     31   29   20   25  

Academia on Mars    28   35   26   26

Another NHOSS Adventure - James S A Corey's A Man Without Honor   -   -   -   47

Arabella of Mars    28   21   15   27

Barsoom     51   53   33   51

A Barsoom and NSS Mars Matchup     21   23   12   19

But is it NOSS?    42   19   17   15

The Crimson Courts and My Martian Dreams     20   24   10   16

The Date of the Invasion     21   13   13   14

Global Dispatches and Extraordinary Gentlemen     25   20   12   18

In the Courts of the Crimson Kings    35   39   19   33

In the Tombs of the Martian Kings    39   42   24   33

The Inorganic Character of RSS Mars   25   19   11   15

Mars     112   128   83   91

Mars et la terre à la belle époque    --   --   24   21

Mars Quiz - Author To Tale    40   30   17   25

Mars Quiz - Tale To Author    33   29   12   27

The Martian Crown Jewels   26   28   20   20

Martian Landings in War of the Worlds     29   29   30   36

My Favorite Anthology     24   18   13   16

Out of... Mars?     30   32   16   28

Out of the Silent Planet Overview     26   17   16   16

Red Planet     24   24   16   20

Rex Gordon     20   17   17   17

Sailing the Seven Spaceways    39   31   18   34

The Sands of Mars     21   19   11   15

Shoals    38   39   20   22

Allen M Steele's Enigmatic Mars     29   30   25   26

For next Zones Cup:  Thoughts on Moorcock's The Lost Canal   

Time to Rest     28   23   21   18

Wanderers of Mars     42   43   30   37

What to see on Mars    --   17   25   38

World of Never-Men      35   31   26   27


Total for the Martian Zone:      1020   981   691   921

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Asteroidal Zone   -    Sept, Oct, Nov, Dec 2017

Asteroid Progenitor Planet     61   59   53   63

Asteroids    87   91   80   98

Ceres     26   23   18   23

Chill on Beautiful Iskar!     41   48   54   39

Peril on Pallas      113   94   68   78

For the next Zones Cup:  Rock and a Hard Place and Rock and the Belt Pirates 

To the Belt with Alan E Nourse     32   35   22   20

What to see on the Asteroids     --   --   11   17

What to see on Ceres    --   3   19   16

For the next Zones Cup:  What to see on Icarus    

What to See on Vesta    --   28   9   11


Total for the Asteroidal Zone:     360   381   295   365

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Jovian Zone   -   Sept, Oct, Nov, Dec 2017

Amalthea    58   40   44   42     

Asimov on Jupiter   24   18   19   18

Asimov on Jupiter Response      26   18   13   17

Callisto     43   35   18   27

Europa     33   23   19   27

For next Zones Cup:    Europa Dive    

Flame Lords of Jupiter    53   53   30   38

The Galilean Satellites      31   42   29   25

Ganymede     31   22   21   31

The Great Red Spot      20   17   9   14

Io      27   21   11   180

Jovian Inferno      22   16  17   17

Jupiter     69   65   47   60

Leda      22   18   8   11

Pinnah-Birds and Genetic Engineering      22   17   11   13

Thanator - For and Against    36   35   26   32

What to see on Callisto    --   --   21   11 

What to see on Ganymede    --   7   17   15

What to see on Io    --   22   10   13

What to see on Jupiter    --   15   15   23

What to see on Europa    --   --   20   11


Total for the Jovian Zone:    517   484   405   625

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Saturnian Zone   -   Sept, Oct, Nov, Dec 2017

A Saturnian Renaissance    17   20   13   13

The Arc of Iapetus      72   69   50   52

Feeling Naked on Titan Response     20   16   15   9

For the next Zones Cup:     Pirates of Titan   

Prisoners of Saturn    31   25   25   19

The Rings of Saturn     21   18   13   18

Saturn    67   62   39   57

Titan     73   78   67   73

What to see on Saturn   --   16   16   23

What to see on Titan    --   5   17   16


Total for the Saturnian Zone:      301   309   255   282

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Uranian Zone   -   Sept, Oct, Nov, Dec 2017

Ariel     22   18   12   20

For the next Zones Cup:  Beyond Despair   

For the next Zones Cup: The Chthonic Pull    

Oberon     35   32   25   28

Titania     41   36   18   18

Umbriel     24   25   16   26

Uranian Eras   40   20   24   45 

Uranian Gleams     38   41   30   26

Uranus     50   64   50   57

What to see on Oberon    --   7   16   7

What to see on Umbriel    --   --   --   8

What to see on Uranus    --   18   14   16

Total for the Uranian Zone:      250   261   205   251

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Neptunian Zone   -   Sept, Oct, Nov, Dec 2017

Neptune     49   51   27   50

Neptunian Allure    --   42   304   518

Triton     41   53   37   42

What to see on Neptune    --   8   24   24

What to see on Triton    --   --   17   12

Total for the Neptunian Zone:      90   154   409   646

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Plutonian Zone   -   Sept, Oct, Nov, Dec 2017

Cerberus      22   15   9   14

For the next Zones Cup:  On the Shoreline of Darkness    

Pluto      62   39   35   39

Pluto's Endless Mysteries     18   11   10   16

Styx     24   21   15   16

What to see on Pluto     --   9   13   14

What to see on Styx    --   --   --   4


Total for the Plutonian Zone:       126   95   82   103

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Outermost Zone   -   Sept, Oct, Nov, Dec 2017

Comets      46   42   23   33

Mission to the Tenth Planet       61   44   41   39

For the next Zones Cup:  On the Shoreline of Darkness

The Outermost Reaches       58   56   46   61

The Reefs of Space       48   54   38   62

The Theoretical Ninth Planet       16   15   11   9

For the next Zones Cup:  What to see on comets   

Total for the Outermost Zone:    229   211   159   204

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WINNER OF THE ZONES CUP  December 2017:

The Martian Zone                       921        (same rank as last month)

2nd place:     The Terrestrial Zone           702          (same rank as last month)

3rd place:     The Neptunian Zone           646          (same rank as last month)

4th place:     The Jovian Zone                 625           (same rank as last month)

5th place:     The Venusian Zone             458           (same rank as last month)

6th place:     The Lunar Zone                   456           (same rank as last month)

7th place:     The Asteroidal Zone           365           (same rank as last month)

8th place:     The Mercurian Zone            310          (same rank as last month)

9th place:     The Saturnian Zone             282          (same rank as last month)

10th place:   The Uranian Zone                251          (same rank as last month)

11th place:    The Solar Zone                    244          (up from 12th place)

12th place:    The Outermost Zone           204          (down from 11th place)

last place:     The Plutonian Zone             103          (same rank last month)




November 2017


(showing Sept and Oct figures alongside)

Solar Zone  -  September + October + November 2017

(Note, for inclusion in the December Zones Cup:  Incandescence.)

Sun   73   100   49

Vulcan  90   78   58

What to see on the Sun    --   21   29

What to see on Vulcan.   --   --   15

Total for the Solar Zone:     163   199   151

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Mercurian Zone  -  September + October + November 2017

Battle on Mercury    25   26   20  

Brightside Crossing    37   39   29

The Darkside of Mercury    35   38   25

Immortals of Mercury   35   32   25

Invasions from Mercury     29   30   25

Mercury    90   85   62

Mercury Awaits    24   22   16

Old Mercury    20   21   10

Reply re Mercury Language Myth Influencing Valeddom    19   16   14

Valeddom    44   54   29

What to see on Mercury   --   10   20

Total for the Mercurian Zone:    358   373   275

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Venusian Zone  -   September + October 2017

Amtor    44   65   30

An Ice-Age Venus?   42   51   40

The Kuttner-Moore Venus    33   26   23

Love the Amtor Article    18   15   9

Perelandra    85   86   64

Sentinels From Space    31   21   21

The Sky People    30   26   13

Slaves of Venus   27   29   21  

Venus    104   99   97

Venus Quiz - Author-to-Tale    33   40   28

Venus Quiz - Tale-To-Author    31   24   15

What to see on Venus   --   13   31

Total for the Venusian Zone:      478   495   392

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Terrestrial Zone  -  September + October + November 2017

A Plea for Lost Civilizations    28   20   20

A Relic from the Old Space Program   26   19   16

America's Own Haunting    23   20   15

Earth    67   75   59

Eerie Earths    18   16   10

Gather, Darkness!    38   44   18

Kroth   52   69   63

Man of the World    396   305   211

Offer of trial balloon for Earthshimmer tale   19   19   9

Old Space Program   58   59   53

Pellucidar   59   71   68

Star's Reach   75   46   33

What to see on Earth    --   17   10

Total for the Terrestrial Zone:      869   780   585

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Lunar Zone  -  September + October + November 2017

Ancient Inhabited Moon   33   26   19

Archives of the Moon   247   204   153

Earthlight    21   18   12

The First Men in the Moon    50   49   43

Land Rush, King Rush, Moon Rush   --   --   27

Lovecraft's Moon    32   35   15

Lurkers on the Moon      26   25   17

The Moon     77   83   50

Moon Quiz - Author To Tale      36   26   11

Moon Quiz - Tale To Author     27   18   15

Offer of the Archives of the Moon     20   19   10

Thoughts on the Earthlight Article     15   19   12

What to see on the Moon    --   12   17 


Total for the Lunar Zone:      584   524   391

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Martian Zone  -  September + October + November 2017


A Coercive of Mars    44   41   18

A Return to Bradbury's Mars    24   18   21

A Rose for Ecclesiastes     31   29   20  

Academia on Mars    28   35   26

For the December Zones Cup:  Another NHOSS Adventure - James S A Corey's
                                                     A Man Without Honor

Arabella of Mars    28   21   15  

Barsoom     51   53   33

A Barsoom and NSS Mars Matchup     21   23   12

But is it NOSS?    42   19   17

The Crimson Courts and My Martian Dreams     20   24   10

The Date of the Invasion     21   13   13

Global Dispatches and Extraordinary Gentlemen     25   20   12

In the Courts of the Crimson Kings    35   39   19

In the Tombs of the Martian Kings    39   42   24

The Inorganic Character of RSS Mars   25   19   11

Mars     112   128   83

Mars et la terre à la belle époque    --   --   24

Mars Quiz - Author To Tale    40   30   17

Mars Quiz - Tale To Author    33   29   12

The Martian Crown Jewels   26   28   20

Martian Landings in War of the Worlds     29   29   30

My Favorite Anthology     24   18   13

Out of... Mars?     30   32   16

Out of the Silent Planet Overview     26   17   16

Red Planet     24   24   16

Rex Gordon     20   17   17

Sailing the Seven Spaceways    39   31   18

The Sands of Mars     21   19   11

Shoals    38   39   20

Allen M Steele's Enigmatic Mars     29   30   25

Time to Rest     28   23   21

Wanderers of Mars     42   43   30

What to see on Mars    --   17   25

World of Never-Men      35   31   26


Total for the Martian Zone:      1020   981   691

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Asteroidal Zone   -    September + October + November 2017

Asteroid Progenitor Planet     61   59   53

Asteroids    87   91   80

Ceres     26   23   18

Chill on Beautiful Iskar!     41   48   54

Peril on Pallas      113   94   68

To the Belt with Alan E Nourse     32   35   22

What to see on the Asteroids     --   --   11

What to see on Ceres    --   3   19

What to See on Vesta    --   28   9


Total for the Asteroidal Zone:     360   381   346

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Jovian Zone   -   September + October + November 2017

Amalthea    58   40   44     

Asimov on Jupiter   24   18   19

Asimov on Jupiter Response      26   18   13

Callisto     43   35   18

Europa     33   23   19

Flame Lords of Jupiter    53   53   30

The Galilean Satellites      31   42   29

Ganymede     31   22   21

The Great Red Spot      20   17   9

Io      27   21   11

Jovian Inferno      22   16  17

Jupiter     69   65   47

Leda      22   18   8

Pinnah-Birds and Genetic Engineering      22   17   11

Thanator - For and Against    36   35   26

What to see on Callisto    --   --   21 

What to see on Ganymede    --   7   17

What to see on Io    --   22   10

What to see on Jupiter    --   15   15

What to see on Europa    --   --   20


Total for the Jovian Zone:    517   484   405

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Saturnian Zone   -   September + October + November 2017

A Saturnian Renaissance    17   20   13

The Arc of Iapetus      72   69   50

Feeling Naked on Titan Response     20   16   15

Prisoners of Saturn    31   25   25

The Rings of Saturn     21   18   13

Saturn    67   62   39

Titan     73   78   67

What to see on Saturn   --   16   16

What to see on Titan    --   5   17


Total for the Saturnian Zone:      301   309   255

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Uranian Zone   -   September + October + November 2017

Ariel     22   18   12

Oberon     35   32   25

Titania     41   36   18

Umbriel     24   25   16

Uranian Eras   40   20   24 

Uranian Gleams     38   41   30

Uranus     50   64   50

What to see on Oberon    --   7   16

For December Zones Cup:  What to see on Umbriel.

What to see on Uranus    --   18   14

Total for the Uranian Zone:      250   261   205

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Neptunian Zone   -   September + October + November 2017

Neptune     49   51   27

Neptunian Allure    --   42   304

Triton     41   53   37

What to see on Neptune    --   8   24

What to see on Triton    --   --   17

Total for the Neptunian Zone:      90   154   409

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Plutonian Zone   -   September + October + November 2017

Cerberus      22   15   9

Pluto      62   39   35

Pluto's Endless Mysteries     18   11   10

Styx     24   21   15

What to see on Pluto     --   9   13

For the December Zones Cup:  What to see on Styx.

Total for the Plutonian Zone:       126   95   82

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Outermost Zone   -   September + October + November 2017

Comets      46   42   23

Mission to the Tenth Planet       61   44   41

The Outermost Reaches       58   56   46

The Reefs of Space       48   54   38

The Theoretical Ninth Planet       16   15   11

Total for the Outermost Zone:    229   211   159

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WINNER OF THE ZONES CUP  November 2017:

The Martian Zone                       691        (same rank as last month)

2nd place:     The Terrestrial Zone           585          (same rank as last month)

3rd place:     The Neptunian Zone           409          (up from 12th place!!)

4th place:     The Jovian Zone                 405           (up from 5th place)

5th place:     The Venusian Zone             392           (down from 4th place)

6th place:     The Lunar Zone                   391           (down from 3rd place)

7th place:     The Asteroidal Zone           346           (down from 6th place)

8th place:     The Mercurian Zone            275          (down from 7th place)

9th place:     The Saturnian Zone             255          (down from 8th place)

10th place:   The Uranian Zone                205          (down from 9th place)

11th place:    The Outermost zone           159         (down from 10th place)

12th place:    The Solar Zone                   151         (down from 11th place)

last place:     The Plutonian Zone               82         (same rank last month)




October 2017


(This month, as an experiment, I am showing the previous figures alongside.)

Solar Zone  -  September + October 2017

For the December Zones Cup:  Incandescence.

Sun   73   100

Vulcan  90   78

What to see on the Sun    --   21

For the November Zones Cup:  What to see on Vulcan.

Total for the Solar Zone:     163   199

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Mercurian Zone  -  September + October 2017

Battle on Mercury    25   26  

Brightside Crossing    37   39

The Darkside of Mercury    35   38

Immortals of Mercury   35   32

Invasions from Mercury     29   30

Mercury    90   85

Mercury Awaits    24   22

Old Mercury    20   21

Reply re Mercury Language Myth Influencing Valeddom    19   16

Valeddom    44   54

What to see on Mercury   --   10

Total for the Mercurian Zone:    358   373

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Venusian Zone  -   September + October 2017

Amtor    44   65

An Ice-Age Venus?   42   51

The Kuttner-Moore Venus    33   26

Love the Amtor Article    18   15

Perelandra    85   86

Sentinels From Space    31   21

The Sky People    30   26

Slaves of Venus   27   29  

Venus    104   99

Venus Quiz - Author-to-Tale    33   40

Venus Quiz - Tale-To-Author    31   24

What to see on Venus   --   13

Total for the Venusian Zone:      478   495

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Terrestrial Zone  -  September + October 2017

A Plea for Lost Civilizations    28   20

A Relic from the Old Space Program   26   19

America's Own Haunting    23   20

Earth    67   75

Eerie Earths    18   16

Gather, Darkness!    38   44

Kroth   52   69

Man of the World    396   305

Offer of trial balloon for Earthshimmer tale   19   19

Old Space Program   58   59

Pellucidar   59   71

Star's Reach   75   46

What to see on Earth    --   17

Total for the Terrestrial Zone:      869   780

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Lunar Zone  -  September + October 2017

Ancient Inhabited Moon   33   26

Archives of the Moon   247   204

Earthlight    21   18

The First Men in the Moon    50   49

For November Zones Cup:  Land Rush, King Rush, Moon Rush 

Lovecraft's Moon    32   35

Lurkers on the Moon      26   25

The Moon     77   83

Moon Quiz - Author To Tale      36   26

Moon Quiz - Tale To Author     27   18

Offer of the Archives of the Moon     20   19

Thoughts on the Earthlight Article     15   19

What to see on the Moon    --   12  


Total for the Lunar Zone:      584   524

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Martian Zone  -  September + October 2017


A Coercive of Mars    44   41

A Return to Bradbury's Mars    24   18

A Rose for Ecclesiastes     31   29  

Academia on Mars    28   35

For the December Zones Cup:  Another NHOSS Adventure - James S A Corey's
                                                     A Man Without Honor

Arabella of Mars    28   21

Barsoom     51   53

A Barsoom and NSS Mars Matchup     21   23

But is it NOSS?    42   19

The Crimson Courts and My Martian Dreams     20   24

The Date of the Invasion     21   13

Global Dispatches and Extraordinary Gentlemen     25   20

In the Courts of the Crimson Kings    35   39

In the Tombs of the Martian Kings    39   42

The Inorganic Character of RSS Mars   25   19

Mars     112   128

For the November Zones Cup:  Mars et la terre à la belle époque   

Mars Quiz - Author To Tale    40   30

Mars Quiz - Tale To Author    33   29

The Martian Crown Jewels   26   28

Martian Landings in War of the Worlds     29   29

My Favorite Anthology     24   18

Out of... Mars?     30   32

Out of the Silent Planet Overview     26   17

Red Planet     24   24

Rex Gordon     20   17

Sailing the Seven Spaceways    39   31

The Sands of Mars     21   19

Shoals    38   39

Allen M Steele's Enigmatic Mars     29   30

Time to Rest     28   23

Wanderers of Mars     42   43

What to see on Mars    --   17

World of Never-Men      35


Total for the Martian Zone:      1020   981

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Asteroidal Zone   -    September + October 2017

Asteroid Progenitor Planet     61   59

Asteroids    87   91

Ceres     26   23

Chill on Beautiful Iskar!     41   48

Peril on Pallas      113   94

To the Belt with Alan E Nourse     32   35

For the November Zones Cup:  What to see on the Asteroids    

What to see on Ceres    --   3

What to See on Vesta    --   28


Total for the Asteroidal Zone:     360   381

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Jovian Zone   -   September + October 2017

Amalthea    58   40     

Asimov on Jupiter   24   18

Asimov on Jupiter Response      26   18

Callisto     43   35

Europa     33   23

Flame Lords of Jupiter    53   53

The Galilean Satellites      31   42

Ganymede     31   22

The Great Red Spot      20   17

Io      27   21

Jovian Inferno      22   16

Jupiter     69   65

Leda      22   18

Pinnah-Birds and Genetic Engineering      22   17

Thanator - For and Against    36   35

For the November Zones Cup:  What to see on Callisto   

What to see on Ganymede    7

What to see on Io    22

What to see on Jupiter    15

For the November Zones Cup:  What to see on Europa   


Total for the Jovian Zone:    517   484

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Saturnian Zone   -   September + October 2017

A Saturnian Renaissance    17   20

The Arc of Iapetus      72   69

Feeling Naked on Titan Response     20   16

Prisoners of Saturn    31   25

The Rings of Saturn     21   18

Saturn    67   62

Titan     73   78

What to see on Saturn   --   16

What to see on Titan    --   5


Total for the Saturnian Zone:      301   309

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Uranian Zone   -   September + October 2017

Ariel     22   18

Oberon     35   32

Titania     41   36

Umbriel     24   25

Uranian Eras   40   20

Uranian Gleams     38   41

Uranus     50   64

What to see on Oberon    --   7

What to see on Uranus    --   18

Total for the Uranian Zone:      250   261

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Neptunian Zone   -   September + October 2017

Neptune     49   51

Neptunian Allure    --   42

Triton     41   53

What to see on Neptune    --   8

For the November Zones Cup:  What to see on Triton   

Total for the Neptunian Zone:      90   154

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Plutonian Zone   -   September + October 2017

Cerberus      22   15

Pluto      62   39

Pluto's Endless Mysteries     18   11

Styx     24   21

What to see on Pluto     --   9

Total for the Plutonian Zone:       126   95

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Outermost Zone   -   September + October 2017

Comets      46   42

Mission to the Tenth Planet       61   44

The Outermost Reaches       58   56

The Reefs of Space       48   54

The Theoretical Ninth Planet       16   15

Total for the Outermost Zone:    229   211

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WINNER OF THE ZONES CUP  October 2017:

The Martian Zone                       981        (same rank as last month)

2nd place:     The Terrestrial Zone           780          (same rank as last month)

3rd place:     The Lunar Zone                   524          (same rank as last month)

4th place:     The Venusian Zone              495           (5th place last month)

5th place:     The Jovian Zone                  484            (4th place last month)

6th place:     The Asteroidal Zone             381           (same rank as last month)

7th place:     The Mercurian Zone            373           (same rank as last month)

8th place:     The Saturnian Zone              309          (same rank as last month)

9th place:     The Uranian Zone                 261          (same rank as last month)

10th place:   The Outermost Zone             211          (same rank as last month)

11th place:    The Solar zone                     199         (same rank as last month)

12th place:    The Neptunian Zone             154         (last place last month)

last place:     The Plutonian Zone                 95          (12th place last month)




September 2017

Solar Zone  -  September 2017

Sun   73

Vulcan  90

For the next Zones Cup:  What to see on the Sun   

Total for the Solar Zone:     163

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Mercurian Zone  -  September 2017

Battle on Mercury    25

Brightside Crossing    37

The Darkside of Mercury    35

Immortals of Mercury   35

Invasions from Mercury     29

Mercury    90

Mercury Awaits    24

Old Mercury    20

Reply re Mercury Language Myth Influencing Valeddom    19

Valeddom    44

For the next Zones Cup:  What to see on Mercury

Total for the Mercurian Zone:    358

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Venusian Zone  -   September 2017

Amtor    44

An Ice-Age Venus?   42

The Kuttner-Moore Venus    33

Love the Amtor Article    18

Perelandra    85

Sentinels From Space    31

The Sky People    30

Slaves of Venus   27

Venus    104

Venus Quiz - Author-to-Tale    33

Venus Quiz - Tale-To-Author    31

For the next Zones Cup:  What to see on Venus   

Total for the Venusian Zone:      478

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Terrestrial Zone  -  September 2017

A Plea for Lost Civilizations    28

A Relic from the Old Space Program   26

America's Own Haunting    23

Earth    67

Eerie Earths    18

Gather, Darkness!    38

Kroth   52

Man of the World    396

Offer of trial balloon for Earthshimmer tale   19

Old Space Program   58

Pellucidar   59

Star's Reach   75

to be included in next Zones Cup:  What to see on Earth   

Total for the Terrestrial Zone:      869

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Lunar Zone  -  September 2017

Ancient Inhabited Moon   33

Archives of the Moon   247

Earthlight    21

The First Men in the Moon    50

Lovecraft's Moon    32

Lurkers on the Moon      26

The Moon     77

Moon Quiz - Author To Tale      36

Moon Quiz - Tale To Author     27

Offer of the Archives of the Moon     20

Thoughts on the Earthlight Article     15

For next Zones Cup:  What to see on the Moon   


Total for the Lunar Zone:      584

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Martian Zone  -  September 2017


A Coercive of Mars    44

A Return to Bradbury's Mars    24

A Rose for Ecclesiastes     31

Academia on Mars    28

Arabella of Mars    28

Barsoom     51

A Barsoom and NSS Mars Matchup     21

But is it NOSS?    42

The Crimson Courts and My Martian Dreams     20

The Date of the Invasion     21

Global Dispatches and Extraordinary Gentlemen     25

In the Courts of the Crimson Kings    35

In the Tombs of the Martian Kings    39

The Inorganic Character of RSS Mars   25

Mars     112

Mars Quiz - Author To Tale    40

Mars Quiz - Tale To Author    33

The Martian Crown Jewels   26

Martian Landings in War of the Worlds     29

My Favorite Anthology     24.

Out of... Mars?     30

Out of the Silent Planet Overview     26

Red Planet     24

Rex Gordon     20

Sailing the Seven Spaceways    39

The Sands of Mars     21

Shoals    38

Allen M Steele's Enigmatic Mars     29

Time to Rest     28

Wanderers of Mars     42

For the next Zones Cup:  What to see on Mars 

World of Never-Men      35


Total for the Martian Zone:      1020

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Asteroidal Zone   -    September 2017

Asteroid Progenitor Planet     61

Asteroids    87

Ceres     26

Chill on Beautiful Iskar!     41

Peril on Pallas      113

To the Belt with Alan E Nourse     32

For next Zones Cup:  What to see on Ceres

For next Zones Cup:  What to See on Vesta   


Total for the Asteroidal Zone:     360

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Jovian Zone   -   September 2017

Amalthea    58  

Asimov on Jupiter   24

Asimov on Jupiter Response      26

Callisto     43

Europa     33

Flame Lords of Jupiter    53

The Galilean Satellites      31

Ganymede     31

The Great Red Spot      20

Io      27

Jovian Inferno      22

Jupiter     69

Leda      22

Pinnah-Birds and Genetic Engineering      22

Thanator - For and Against    36

For the next Zones Cup:  What to see on Ganymede   

For the next Zones Cup:  What to see on Io   

For the next Zones Cup:  What to see on Jupiter   

For the November Zones Cup:  What to see on Europa   


Total for the Jovian Zone:    517

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Saturnian Zone   -   September 2017

A Saturnian Renaissance    17

The Arc of Iapetus      72

Feeling Naked on Titan Response     20

Prisoners of Saturn    31

The Rings of Saturn     21

Saturn    67

Titan     73

For the next Zones Cup:  What to see on Saturn  

For the next Zones Cup:  What to see on Titan   


Total for the Saturnian Zone:      301

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Uranian Zone   -   September 2017

Ariel     22

Oberon     35

Titania     41

Umbriel     24

Uranian Eras   40

Uranian Gleams     38

Uranus     50

For the next Zones Cup:  What to see on Oberon   

For the next Zones Cup:  What to see on Uranus    

Total for the Uranian Zone:      250

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Neptunian Zone   -   September 2017

Neptune     49

For next Zones Cup:  Neptunian Allure   

Triton     41

For next Zones Cup:  What to see on Neptune   

Total for the Neptunian Zone:      90

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Plutonian Zone   -   September 2017

Cerberus      22

Pluto      62

Pluto's Endless Mysteries     18

Styx     24

For the next Zones Cup:  What to see on Pluto    

Total for the Plutonian Zone:       126

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Outermost Zone   -   September 2017

Comets      46

Mission to the Tenth Planet       61

The Outermost Reaches       58

The Reefs of Space       48

The Theoretical Ninth Planet       16

Total for the Outermost Zone:    229

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WINNER OF THE ZONES CUP September 2017:

The Martian Zone                      1020        (same rank as last month)

2nd place:     The Terrestrial Zone           869          (same rank as last month)

3rd place:     The Lunar Zone                   584          (same rank as last month)

4th place:     The Jovian Zone                  517            (5th place last month)

5th place:     The Venusian Zone              478           (4th place last month)

6th place:     The Asteroidal Zone             360           (6th-7th place last month)

7th place:     The Mercurian Zone            358           (6th-7th place last month)

8th place:     The Saturnian Zone              301          (same rank as last month)

9th place:     The Uranian Zone                 250          (10th place as last month)

10th place:   The Outermost Zone             229          (9th place last month)

11th place:     The Solar zone                     163         (same rank as last month)

12th place:     The Plutonian Zone              126          (same rank as last month)

last place:     The Neptunian Zone                 90          (same rank as last month)



August 2017

Solar Zone  -  August 2017

Sun   98

Vulcan  105

Total for the Solar Zone:     203

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Mercurian Zone  -  August 2017

Battle on Mercury    23

Brightside Crossing    31

The Darkside of Mercury    38

Immortals of Mercury   23

Invasions from Mercury     27

Mercury    85

Mercury Awaits    18

Old Mercury    28

Reply re Mercury Language Myth Influencing Valeddom    22

Valeddom    43

Total for the Mercurian Zone:    338

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Venusian Zone  -  August 2017

Amtor    87

An Ice-Age Venus?   52

The Kuttner-Moore Venus    32

Love the Amtor Article    18

Perelandra    86

Sentinels From Space    31

The Sky People    37

Slaves of Venus   24

Venus    128

Venus Quiz - Author-to-Tale    40

Venus Quiz - Tale-To-Author    31

Total for the Venusian Zone:      566

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Terrestrial Zone  -  August 2017

A Plea for Lost Civilizations    24

A Relic from the Old Space Program   21

America's Own Haunting    25

Earth    75

Eerie Earths    19

Gather, Darkness!    30

Kroth   53

Man of the World    403

Offer of trial balloon for Earthshimmer tale   22

Old Space Program   70

Pellucidar   65

Star's Reach   45

Total for the Terrestrial Zone:      852

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Lunar Zone  -  August 2017

Ancient Inhabited Moon   24

Archives of the Moon   278

Earthlight    27

The First Men in the Moon    55

Lovecraft's Moon    39

Lurkers on the Moon      27

The Moon     86

Moon Quiz - Author To Tale      31

Moon Quiz - Tale To Author     22

Offer of the Archives of the Moon     29

Thoughts on the Earthlight Article     20


Total for the Lunar Zone:      638

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Martian Zone  -  August 2017


A Coercive of Mars    36

A Return to Bradbury's Mars    33

A Rose for Ecclesiastes     23

Academia on Mars    31

Arabella of Mars    18

Barsoom     46

A Barsoom and NSS Mars Matchup     17

But is it NOSS?    34

The Crimson Courts and My Martian Dreams     23

The Date of the Invasion     19

Global Dispatches and Extraordinary Gentlemen     17

In the Courts of the Crimson Kings    39

In the Tombs of the Martian Kings    35

The Inorganic Character of RSS Mars   22

Mars     136

Mars Quiz - Author To Tale    35

Mars Quiz - Tale To Author    32

The Martian Crown Jewels   26

Martian Landings in War of the Worlds     27

My Favorite Anthology     24

Out of... Mars?     27

Out of the Silent Planet Overview     24

Red Planet     29

Rex Gordon     26

Sailing the Seven Spaceways    34

The Sands of Mars     21

Shoals    34

Allen M Steele's Enigmatic Mars     30

Time to Rest     34

Wanderers of Mars     42

World of Never-Men      31


Total for the Martian Zone:      1005

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Asteroidal Zone   -   August 2017

Asteroid Progenitor Planet     61

Asteroids    86

Ceres     22

Chill on Beautiful Iskar!     34

Peril on Pallas      108

To the Belt with Alan E Nourse     27


Total for the Asteroidal Zone:     338

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Jovian Zone   -  August 2017

for next Zones Cup:  Amalthea  

Asimov on Jupiter   22

Asimov on Jupiter Response      21

Callisto     42

Europa     30

Flame Lords of Jupiter    83

The Galilean Satellites      36

Ganymede     30

The Great Red Spot      20

Io      26

Jovian Inferno      26

Jupiter     76

Leda      23

Pinnah-Birds and Genetic Engineering      17

Thanator - For and Against    37


Total for the Jovian Zone:    489

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Saturnian Zone   -  August 2017

A Saturnian Renaissance    17

The Arc of Iapetus      83

Feeling Naked on Titan Response     22

Prisoners of Saturn    22

The Rings of Saturn     23

Saturn    65

Titan     83


Total for the Saturnian Zone:      315

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Uranian Zone   -  August 2017

Ariel     20

Oberon     29

Titania     44

Umbriel     20

Uranian Eras   16

Uranian Gleams     33

Uranus     59

Total for the Uranian Zone:      221

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Neptunian Zone   -  August 2017

Neptune     51

Triton     49

Total for the Neptunian Zone:      100

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Plutonian Zone   -  August 2017

Cerberus      18

Pluto      47

Pluto's Endless Mysteries     18

Styx     20

Total for the Plutonian Zone:       103

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Outermost Zone   -  August 2017

Comets      37

Mission to the Tenth Planet       63

The Outermost Reaches       69

The Reefs of Space       48

The Theoretical Ninth Planet       15

Total for the Outermost Zone:    232

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WINNER OF THE ZONES CUP August 2017:

The Martian Zone                      1005        (same rank as last month)

2nd place:     The Terrestrial Zone           852          (same rank as last month)

3rd place:     The Lunar Zone                   638          (same rank as last month)

4th place:     The Venusian Zone              566           (same rank as last month)

5th place:     The Jovian Zone                  489            (same rank as last month)

6th-7th place:     The Mercurian Zone          338           (6th place last month)

6th-7th place:     The Asteroidal Zone           338           (7th place last month)

8th place:     The Saturnian Zone             315          (same rank as last month)

9th place:     The Outermost Zone           232           (same rank as last month)


10th place:    The Uranian Zone              221           (same rank as last month)

11th place:     The Solar zone                  203           (same rank as last month)

12th place:     The Plutonian Zone           103           (same rank as last month)

last place:     The Neptunian Zone           100           (same rank as last month)




July 2017

Solar Zone  -  July 2017

Sun   92

Vulcan  87

Total for the Solar Zone:     179

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Mercurian Zone  -  July 2017

Battle on Mercury    37

Brightside Crossing    38

The Darkside of Mercury    39

Immortals of Mercury   22

Invasions from Mercury     31

Mercury    125

Mercury Awaits    35

Old Mercury    30

Reply re Mercury Language Myth Influencing Valeddom    21

Valeddom    36

Total for the Mercurian Zone:    414

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Venusian Zone  -  July 2017

Amtor    39

An Ice-Age Venus?   87

The Kuttner-Moore Venus    39

Love the Amtor Article    23

Perelandra    81

Sentinels From Space    26

The Sky People    43

Slaves of Venus   34

Venus    146

Venus Quiz - Author-to-Tale    39

Venus Quiz - Tale-To-Author    30

Total for the Venusian Zone:      605

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Terrestrial Zone  -  July 2017

America's Own Haunting    27

Earth    80

Eerie Earths    21

Gather, Darkness!    34

Kroth   58

Man of the World    435

Old Space Program   76.

Pellucidar   67

Star's Reach   46

Total for the Terrestrial Zone:      844

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Lunar Zone  -  July 2017

Ancient Inhabited Moon   24

Archives of the Moon   300

Earthlight    27

The First Men in the Moon    60

Lovecraft's Moon    31

Lurkers on the Moon      28

The Moon     84

Moon Quiz - Author To Tale      32

Moon Quiz - Tale To Author     35

Offer of the Archives of the Moon     23

Thoughts on the Earthlight Article     27


Total for the Lunar Zone:      671

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Martian Zone  -  July 2017


A Coercive of Mars    36

A Return to Bradbury's Mars    38

A Rose for Ecclesiastes     37

Academia on Mars    22

Arabella of Mars    25

Barsoom     37

A Barsoom and NSS Mars Matchup     25

But is it NOSS?    33

The Crimson Courts and My Martian Dreams     26

The Date of the Invasion     24

Global Dispatches and Extraordinary Gentlemen     24

In the Courts of the Crimson Kings    42

In the Tombs of the Martian Kings    32

The Inorganic Character of RSS Mars   22

Mars     141

Mars Quiz - Author To Tale    30

Mars Quiz - Tale To Author    34

The Martian Crown Jewels   32

Martian Landings in War of the Worlds     33

My Favorite Anthology     28

Out of... Mars?     40

Out of the Silent Planet Overview     23

Red Planet     27

Rex Gordon     27

Sailing the Seven Spaceways    27

The Sands of Mars     27

Shoals    28

Allen M Steele's Enigmatic Mars     40

Time to Rest     33

Wanderers of Mars     46

World of Never-Men      40


Total for the Martian Zone:      1079

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Asteroidal Zone   -   July 2017

Asteroid Progenitor Planet     62

Asteroids    75

Ceres     28

Chill on Beautiful Iskar!     41

Peril on Pallas      119

To the Belt with Alan E Nourse     40


Total for the Asteroidal Zone:     365

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Jovian Zone   -  July 2017

Asimov on Jupiter   25

Asimov on Jupiter Response      21

Callisto     47

Europa     29

For inclusion in next Zones Cup:  Flame Lords of Jupiter   

The Galilean Satellites      38

Ganymede     31

The Great Red Spot      23

Io      23

Jovian Inferno      26

Jupiter     71

Leda      23

Pinnah-Birds and Genetic Engineering      15

Thanator - For and Against    43


Total for the Jovian Zone:    415

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Saturnian Zone   -  July 2017

A Saturnian Renaissance    22

The Arc of Iapetus      86

Feeling Naked on Titan Response     18

Prisoners of Saturn    27

The Rings of Saturn     22

Saturn    65

Titan     90


Total for the Saturnian Zone:      330

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Uranian Zone   -  July 2017

Ariel     24

Oberon     37

Titania     37

Umbriel     23

For next Zones Cup:  Uranian Eras  

Uranian Gleams     39

Uranus     58

Total for the Uranian Zone:      218

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Neptunian Zone   -  July 2017

Neptune     53

Triton     50

Total for the Neptunian Zone:      103

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Plutonian Zone   -  July 2017

Cerberus      28

Pluto      55

Pluto's Endless Mysteries     21

Styx     29

Total for the Plutonian Zone:       133

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Outermost Zone   -  July 2017

Comets      45

Mission to the Tenth Planet       80

The Outermost Reaches       72

The Reefs of Space       64

The Theoretical Ninth Planet       17

Total for the Outermost Zone:    278

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WINNER OF THE ZONES CUP JULY 2017:

The Martian Zone                      1079        (same rank as last month)

2nd place:     The Terrestrial Zone           844          (same rank as last month)

3rd place:     The Lunar Zone                   671          (same rank as last month)

4th place:     The Venusian Zone              605          (up from 5th place)

5th place:     The Jovian Zone                  415           (down from 4th place)

6th place:     The Mercurian Zone           414           (same rank as last month)

7th place:     The Asteroidal Zone            365           (up from 8th place)

8th place:     The Saturnian Zone             330          (down from 7th place)

9th place:     The Outermost Zone           278           (same rank as last month)


10th place:    The Uranian Zone              218           (same rank as last month)

11th place:     The Solar zone                  179          (same rank as last month)

12th place:     The Plutonian Zone           133          (same rank as last month)

last place:     The Neptunian Zone           103          (same rank as last month)




June 2017

Solar Zone  -  June 2017

Sun   73

Vulcan  70

Total for the Solar Zone:     143

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Mercurian Zone  -  June 2017

Battle on Mercury    48

Brightside Crossing    38

For next Zones Cup:  The Darkside of Mercury   

Immortals of Mercury   33

Invasions from Mercury     32

Mercury    84

Mercury Awaits    40

Old Mercury    35

Reply re Mercury Language Myth Influencing Valeddom    27

Valeddom    47

Total for the Mercurian Zone:    384

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Venusian Zone  -  June 2017

Amtor    44

To add to the July Zones Cup: An Ice-Age Venus?   

The Kuttner-Moore Venus    38

Love the Amtor Article    21

Perelandra    81

Sentinels From Space    26

The Sky People    38

Slaves of Venus   36

Venus    94

Venus Quiz - Author-to-Tale    50

Venus Quiz - Tale-To-Author    40

Total for the Venusian Zone:      465

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Terrestrial Zone  -  June 2017

America's Own Haunting    34

Earth    80

Eerie Earths    23

Gather, Darkness!    38

Kroth   60

Man of the World    434

Old Space Program   76

Pellucidar   83

Star's Reach   55

Total for the Terrestrial Zone:      883

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Lunar Zone  -  June 2017

Ancient Inhabited Moon   29

Archives of the Moon   296

Earthlight    21

The First Men in the Moon    62

Lovecraft's Moon    44

Lurkers on the Moon      34

The Moon     78

Moon Quiz - Author To Tale      38

Moon Quiz - Tale To Author     47

Offer of the Archives of the Moon     21

Thoughts on the Earthlight Article     28


Total for the Lunar Zone:      698

................................................

Martian Zone  -  June 2017


A Coercive of Mars    38

A Return to Bradbury's Mars    40

A Rose for Ecclesiastes     44

For inclusion in the next Zones Cup:  Academia on Mars   

Arabella of Mars    33

Barsoom     42

A Barsoom and NSS Mars Matchup     32

But is it NOSS?    31.

The Crimson Courts and My Martian Dreams     28

The Date of the Invasion     22

Global Dispatches and Extraordinary Gentlemen     26

In the Courts of the Crimson Kings    41

In the Tombs of the Martian Kings    45

The Inorganic Character of RSS Mars   22

Mars     101

Mars Quiz - Author To Tale    51

Mars Quiz - Tale To Author    46

The Martian Crown Jewels   33

Martian Landings in War of the Worlds     32

My Favorite Anthology     31

For inclusion in the next Zones Cup:   Out of... Mars?    

Out of the Silent Planet Overview     31

Red Planet     27

Rex Gordon     30

Sailing the Seven Spaceways    38

The Sands of Mars     27

Shoals    36

Allen M Steele's Enigmatic Mars     48

Time to Rest     37

Wanderers of Mars     51

World of Never-Men      42


Total for the Martian Zone:      1125

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Asteroidal Zone   -   June 2017

Asteroid Progenitor Planet     64

Asteroids    93

Ceres     30

Chill on Beautiful Iskar!     14

Peril on Pallas      119

To the Belt with Alan E Nourse     15



Total for the Asteroidal Zone:     335.

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Jovian Zone   -  June 2017

Asimov on Jupiter   24

Asimov on Jupiter Response      26

Callisto     191

Europa     35

The Galilean Satellites      38

Ganymede     40

The Great Red Spot      23

Io      33

Jovian Inferno      29

Jupiter     70

Leda      29

Pinnah-Birds and Genetic Engineering      36

For next Zones Cup:   Thanator - For and Against    


Total for the Jovian Zone:    576

..............................................

Saturnian Zone   -  June 2017

A Saturnian Renaissance    28

The Arc of Iapetus      84

Feeling Naked on Titan Response     27

Prisoners of Saturn    32

The Rings of Saturn     30

Saturn    64

Titan     88


Total for the Saturnian Zone:      353

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Uranian Zone   -  June 2017

Ariel     26

Oberon     39

Titania     36

Umbriel     27

Uranian Gleams     50

Uranus     51

Total for the Uranian Zone:      229

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Neptunian Zone   -  June 2017

Neptune     46

Triton     41

Total for the Neptunian Zone:      87

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Plutonian Zone   -  June 2017

Cerberus      32

Pluto      51

Pluto's Endless Mysteries     26

Styx     26

Total for the Plutonian Zone:       135

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Outermost Zone   -  June 2017

Comets      41

Mission to the Tenth Planet       62

The Outermost Reaches       65

The Reefs of Space       66

The Theoretical Ninth Planet       22

Total for the Outermost Zone:    256

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WINNER OF THE ZONES CUP JUNE 2017:

The Martian Zone                      1125        (same rank as last month)

2nd place:     The Terrestrial Zone           883          (same rank as last month)

3rd place:     The Lunar Zone                   698          (same rank as last month)

4th place:     The Jovian Zone                  576           (up from 5th place)

5th place:     The Venusian Zone              465          (down from 4th place)

6th place:     The Mercurian Zone           384           (same rank as last month)

7th place:     The Saturnian Zone             353          (same rank as last month).

8th place:     The Asteroidal Zone            335           (same rank as last month)

9th place:     The Outermost Zone           256           (same rank as last month)

10th place:    The Uranian Zone              229           (same rank as last month)

11th place:     The Solar zone                  143          (same rank as last month)

12th place:     The Plutonian Zone           135          (same rank as last month)

last place:     The Neptunian Zone             87          (same rank as last month)




May 2017

Solar Zone  -  May 2017

Sun   68

Vulcan  56

Total for the Solar Zone:     124

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Mercurian Zone  -  May 2017

Battle on Mercury    38

Brightside Crossing    30

Immortals of Mercury   28

Invasions from Mercury     25

Mercury    65

Mercury Awaits    41

Old Mercury    42

Reply re Mercury Language Myth Influencing Valeddom    21

Valeddom    44

Total for the Mercurian Zone:    334

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Venusian Zone  -  May 2017

Amtor    29

The Kuttner-Moore Venus    31

Love the Amtor Article    19

Perelandra    77

Sentinels From Space    24

The Sky People    30

Slaves of Venus   36

Venus    79

Venus Quiz - Author-to-Tale    38

Venus Quiz - Tale-To-Author    33

Total for the Venusian Zone:      396

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Terrestrial Zone  -  May 2017

America's Own Haunting    24

Earth    52

Eerie Earths    15

Gather, Darkness!    30

Kroth   38

Man of the World    386

Old Space Program   45

Pellucidar   60

Star's Reach   52

Total for the Terrestrial Zone:      702

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Lunar Zone  -  May 2017

Ancient Inhabited Moon   25

Archives of the Moon   269

Earthlight    24

The First Men in the Moon    64

Lovecraft's Moon    31

Lurkers on the Moon      31

The Moon     64

Moon Quiz - Author To Tale      30

Moon Quiz - Tale To Author     39

Offer of the Archives of the Moon     19

Thoughts on the Earthlight Article     26


Total for the Lunar Zone:      622

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Martian Zone  -  May 2017


A Coercive of Mars    34

A Return to Bradbury's Mars    34

A Rose for Ecclesiastes     53

Arabella of Mars    23

Barsoom     47

A Barsoom and NSS Mars Matchup     25

But is it NOSS?    31

The Crimson Courts and My Martian Dreams     28

The Date of the Invasion     25

Global Dispatches and Extraordinary Gentlemen     20

In the Courts of the Crimson Kings    38

In the Tombs of the Martian Kings    38

The Inorganic Character of RSS Mars   26

Mars     77

Mars Quiz - Author To Tale    38

Mars Quiz - Tale To Author    40

The Martian Crown Jewels   33

Martian Landings in War of the Worlds     23

My Favorite Anthology     25

Out of the Silent Planet Overview     20

Red Planet     21

Rex Gordon     25

Sailing the Seven Spaceways    43

The Sands of Mars     25

Shoals    34

Allen M Steele's Enigmatic Mars     42

Time to Rest     36

Wanderers of Mars     29

World of Never-Men      35


Total for the Martian Zone:      958

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Asteroidal Zone   -   May 2017

Asteroid Progenitor Planet     48

Asteroids    59

Ceres     28

Peril on Pallas      100

For next Zones Cup: To the Belt with Alan E Nourse

                                    and Chill on Beautiful Iskar!


Total for the Asteroidal Zone:     235

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Jovian Zone   -  May 2017

Asimov on Jupiter   27

Asimov on Jupiter Response      23

Callisto     42

Europa     26

The Galilean Satellites      35

Ganymede     25

The Great Red Spot      19

Io      23

Jovian Inferno      26

Jupiter     39

Leda      25

Pinnah-Birds and Genetic Engineering      41


Total for the Jovian Zone:    351

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Saturnian Zone   -  May 2017

A Saturnian Renaissance    25

The Arc of Iapetus      78

Feeling Naked on Titan Response     24

Prisoners of Saturn    29

The Rings of Saturn     28

Saturn    58

Titan     50


Total for the Saturnian Zone:      292

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Uranian Zone   -  May 2017

Ariel     19

Oberon     25

Titania     29

Umbriel     26

Uranian Gleams     40

Uranus     49

Total for the Uranian Zone:      188

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Neptunian Zone   -  May 2017

Neptune     37

Triton     37

Total for the Neptunian Zone:      74

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Plutonian Zone   -  May 2017

Cerberus      20

Pluto      47

Pluto's Endless Mysteries     21

Styx     22

Total for the Plutonian Zone:       110

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Outermost Zone   -  May 2017

Comets      37

Mission to the Tenth Planet       52

The Outermost Reaches       49

The Reefs of Space       46

The Theoretical Ninth Planet       22

Total for the Outermost Zone:    206

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WINNER OF THE ZONES CUP MAY 2017:

The Martian Zone                      958        (same rank as last month)

2nd place:     The Terrestrial Zone          702         (same rank as last month)

3rd place:     The Lunar Zone                  622         (same rank as last month)

4th place:     The Venusian Zone            396           (same rank as last month)

5th place:     The Jovian Zone                 351           (same rank as last month)

6th place:     The Mercurian Zone          334           (same rank as last month)

7th place:     The Saturnian Zone            292          (same rank last month).

8th place:     The Asteroidal Zone           235           (up from 9th place)

9th place:     The Outermost Zone           206          (down from 8th place)

10th place:    The Uranian Zone              188           (same rank as last month)

11th place:     The Solar zone                  124          (same rank as last month)

12th place:     The Plutonian Zone           110          (same rank as last month)

last place:     The Neptunian Zone             74          (same rank as last month)



April 2017

Solar Zone  -  April 2017

Sun   49

Vulcan  62

Total for the Solar Zone:     111


Mercurian Zone  -  April 2017

Battle on Mercury    23

Brightside Crossing    27

Immortals of Mercury   16

Invasions from Mercury     20

Mercury    81

Mercury Awaits    29

Old Mercury    28

Reply re Mercury Language Myth Influencing Valeddom    11

Valeddom    32

Total for the Mercurian Zone:    267


Venusian Zone  -  April 2017

Amtor    34

The Kuttner-Moore Venus    25

Love the Amtor Article    21

Perelandra    91

Sentinels From Space    24

The Sky People    25

Slaves of Venus   32

Venus    74

Venus Quiz - Author-to-Tale    58

Venus Quiz - Tale-To-Author    33

Total for the Venusian Zone:      417


Terrestrial Zone  -  April 2017

America's Own Haunting    23

Earth    50

Eerie Earths    16

Gather, Darkness!    47

Kroth   38

Man of the World    306

Old Space Program   53

Pellucidar   52

Star's Reach   58

Total for the Terrestrial Zone:      643


Lunar Zone  -  April 2017

Ancient Inhabited Moon   22

Archives of the Moon   206

Earthlight    19

The First Men in the Moon    54

Lovecraft's Moon    31

Lurkers on the Moon      21

The Moon     60

Moon Quiz - Author To Tale      30

Moon Quiz - Tale To Author     32

Offer of the Archives of the Moon     13

Thoughts on the Earthlight Article     18


Total for the Lunar Zone:      506


Martian Zone  -  April 2017


A Coercive of Mars    23

A Return to Bradbury's Mars    22

A Rose for Ecclesiastes     36

Arabella of Mars    19

Barsoom     36

A Barsoom and NSS Mars Matchup     22

But is it NOSS?    25

The Crimson Courts and My Martian Dreams     15

The Date of the Invasion     19

Global Dispatches and Extraordinary Gentlemen     13

In the Courts of the Crimson Kings    26

In the Tombs of the Martian Kings    53

The Inorganic Character of RSS Mars   21

Mars     76

Mars Quiz - Author To Tale    35

Mars Quiz - Tale To Author    25

The Martian Crown Jewels   26

Martian Landings in War of the Worlds     20

My Favorite Anthology     21

Out of the Silent Planet Overview     21

Red Planet     17

Rex Gordon     29

Sailing the Seven Spaceways    25

The Sands of Mars     23

Shoals    31

Allen M Steele's Enigmatic Mars     32

Time to Rest     29

Wanderers of Mars     40

World of Never-Men      36


Total for the Martian Zone:      816


Asteroidal Zone   -   April 2017

Asteroid Progenitor Planet     39

Asteroids    60

Ceres     17

Peril on Pallas      75


Total for the Asteroidal Zone:     191


Jovian Zone   -  April 2017

Asimov on Jupiter   19

Asimov on Jupiter Response      13

Callisto     37

Europa     24

The Galilean Satellites      16

Ganymede     23

The Great Red Spot      19

Io      21

Jovian Inferno      14

Jupiter     54

Leda      22

Pinnah-Birds and Genetic Engineering      26


Total for the Jovian Zone:    288


Saturnian Zone   -  April 2017

A Saturnian Renaissance    25

The Arc of Iapetus      59

Feeling Naked on Titan Response     20

Prisoners of Saturn    29

The Rings of Saturn     24

Saturn    76

Titan     32


Total for the Saturnian Zone:      265


Uranian Zone   -  April 2017

Ariel     30

Oberon     25

Titania     31

Umbriel     21

Uranian Gleams     25

Uranus     42

Total for the Uranian Zone:      174


Neptunian Zone   -  April 2017

Neptune     71

Triton     26

Total for the Neptunian Zone:      97


Plutonian Zone   -  April 2017

Cerberus      25.

Pluto      67.

Pluto's Endless Mysteries     16.

Styx     25.

Total for the Plutonian Zone:       107


Outermost Zone   -  April 2017

Comets      36

Mission to the Tenth Planet       48

The Outermost Reaches       45

The Reefs of Space       45

The Theoretical Ninth Planet       23

Total for the Outermost Zone:    197


WINNER OF THE ZONES CUP APRIL 2017:

The Martian Zone                      816       (same rank as last month)

2nd place:     The Terrestrial Zone          643        (same rank as last month)

3rd place:     The Lunar Zone                  506        (same rank as last month)

4th place:     The Venusian Zone             417          (up from 5th place)

5th place:     The Jovian Zone                 288          (down from 4th place)

6th place:     The Mercurian Zone          267          (same rank as last month)

7th place:     The Saturnian Zone            265          (same rank last month).

8th place:     The Outermost Zone          197           (up from 9th place)

9th place:     The Asteroidal Zone           191           (down from 8th place)

10th place:    The Uranian Zone              174          (same rank as last month)

11th place:     The Solar zone                  111          (up from 12th place)

12th place:     The Plutonian Zone           107         (down from 11th place)

last place:     The Neptunian Zone             97          (same rank as last month)



march 2017


Solar Zone  -  March 2017

Sun   53

Vulcan  55

Total for the Solar Zone:     108


Mercurian Zone  -  March 2017

Battle on Mercury    31

Brightside Crossing    18

Immortals of Mercury   22

Invasions from Mercury     26

Mercury    89

Mercury Awaits    28

Old Mercury    32

Reply re Mercury Language Myth Influencing Valeddom    17

Valeddom    36

Total for the Mercurian Zone:    299


Venusian Zone  -  March 2017

Amtor    38

The Kuttner-Moore Venus    27

Love the Amtor Article    22

Perelandra    73

For belated inclusion in next Zones Cup: Sentinels From Space

The Sky People    28

Slaves of Venus   39

Venus    85


For belated inclusion in next Zones Cup:  Venus Quiz - Author-to-Tale

and Venus Quiz - Tale-To-Author

Total for the Venusian Zone:      312


Terrestrial Zone  -  March 2017

America's Own Haunting    21

Earth    60

Eerie Earths    16

For next Zones Cup:  Gather, Darkness!

Kroth   42

Man of the World    367

Old Space Program  42

Pellucidar   49

Star's Reach   50

Total for the Terrestrial Zone:      647


Lunar Zone  -  March 2017

Ancient Inhabited Moon   22

Archives of the Moon   263

Earthlight    24

The First Men in the Moon    6

Lovecraft's Moon    72

Lurkers on the Moon      24

The Moon     61

Moon Quiz - Author To Tale      39

Moon Quiz - Tale To Author 

38

Offer of the Archives of the Moon     21

Thoughts on the Earthlight Article     26


Total for the Lunar Zone:      596


Martian Zone  -  March 2017


A Coercive of Mars    39

A Return to Bradbury's Mars    53

A Rose for Ecclesiastes     47

Arabella of Mars    22

Barsoom     40

A Barsoom and NSS Mars Matchup     17

But is it NOSS?    63

The Crimson Courts and My Martian Dreams     23

The Date of the Invasion     30

Global Dispatches and Extraordinary Gentlemen     22

In the Courts of the Crimson Kings    35

For the next Zones Cup:  In the Tombs of the Martian Kings

The Inorganic Character of RSS Mars   29

Mars     84

Mars Quiz - Author To Tale    40

Mars Quiz - Tale To Author    43

The Martian Crown Jewels   31

Martian Landings in War of the Worlds     24

My Favorite Anthology     26

Out of the Silent Planet Overview     21

Red Planet     21

Rex Gordon     24

Sailing the Seven Spaceways    47

The Sands of Mars     20

Shoals    25

Allen M Steele's Enigmatic Mars     48

Time to Rest     41

Wanderers of Mars     44

World of Never-Men      39


Total for the Martian Zone:      998


Asteroidal Zone   -   March 2017

Asteroid Progenitor Planet     52

Asteroids    65

Ceres     27

Peril on Pallas      144


Total for the Asteroidal Zone:     288


Jovian Zone   -  March 2017

Asimov on Jupiter   21

Asimov on Jupiter Response      19

Callisto     29

Europa     30

The Galilean Satellites      23

Ganymede     23

The Great Red Spot      23

Io      30

Jovian Inferno      22

Jupiter     58

Leda      21

Pinnah-Birds and Genetic Engineering      30


Total for the Jovian Zone:    329


Saturnian Zone   -  March 2017

A Saturnian Renaissance    33

The Arc of Iapetus      73

Feeling Naked on Titan Response     18

Prisoners of Saturn    36

The Rings of Saturn     18

Saturn    75

Titan     42


Total for the Saturnian Zone:      295


Uranian Zone   -  March 2017

Ariel     28

Oberon     32

Titania     40

Umbriel     22

Uranian Gleams     38

Uranus     48

Total for the Uranian Zone:      208


Neptunian Zone   -  March 2017

Neptune     61

Triton     34

Total for the Neptunian Zone:      95


Plutonian Zone   -  March 2017

Cerberus      25

Pluto      67

Pluto's Endless Mysteries     16

Styx     25

Total for the Plutonian Zone:       133


Outermost Zone   -  March 2017

Comets      37

Mission to the Tenth Planet       46

The Outermost Reaches       64

The Reefs of Space       44

The Theoretical Ninth Planet       21

Total for the Outermost Zone:    212


WINNER OF THE ZONES CUP MARCH 2017:

The Martian Zone                   998       (same rank as last month)

2nd place:     The Terrestrial Zone          647        (same rank as last month)

3rd place:     The Lunar Zone                  596        (same rank as last month)

4th place:     The Jovian Zone                 329          (up from 6th place)

5th place:     The Venusian Zone             312          (same rank as last month)

6th place:     The Mercurian Zone          299          (down from 4th place)

7th place:     The Saturnian Zone             295         (same rank last month).

8th place:     The Asteroidal Zone             288         (same rank last month)

9th place:     The Outermost Zone           212          (up from 10th place)

10th place:    The Uranian Zone               208          (down from 9th place)

11th place:     The Plutonian zone            133        (up from 12th place)

12th place:     The Solar Zone                   108         (up from last place)

last place:     The Neptunian Zone               95          (down from 11th place)



february 2017

Solar Zone  -  February 2017

Sun   38

Vulcan  51

Total for the Solar Zone:     89


Mercurian Zone  -  February 2017

Battle on Mercury    37

Brightside Crossing    24

Immortals of Mercury   20

Invasions from Mercury     17

Mercury    114

Mercury Awaits    26

Old Mercury    21

Reply re Mercury Language Myth Influencing Valeddom    17

Valeddom    23

Total for the Mercurian Zone:    299


Venusian Zone  -  February 2017

Amtor    30

The Kuttner-Moore Venus    32

Love the Amtor Article    11

Perelandra    70

The Sky People    24

Slaves of Venus   46

Venus    85

Total for the Venusian Zone:      298


Terrestrial Zone  -  February 2017

America's Own Haunting    15

Earth    48

Eerie Earths    13

Kroth   25

Man of the World    296

Old Space Program  31

Pellucidar   70

Star's Reach   40

Total for the Terrestrial Zone:      538


Lunar Zone  -  February 2017

Ancient Inhabited Moon   13

Archives of the Moon   204

Earthlight    21

[For inclusion in the March Zones Cup:  The First Men in the Moon.]

[For inclusion in the March Zones Cup: Lovecraft's Moon.]

Lurkers on the Moon      28

Moon     47

Moon Quiz - Author To Tale      27

Moon Quiz - Tale To Author    29

Offer of the Archives of the Moon     13

Thoughts on the Earthlight Article     11


Total for the Lunar Zone:      393


Martian Zone  -  February 2017


For next Zones Cup:   A Coercive of Mars

A Return to Bradbury's Mars    28

A Rose for Ecclesiastes     39

Arabella of Mars    17

Barsoom     40

A Barsoom and NSS Mars Matchup     19

For next Zones Cup:  But is it NOSS?

The Crimson Courts and My Martian Dreams     18

The Date of the Invasion     16

Global Dispatches and Extraordinary Gentlemen     18

In the Courts of the Crimson Kings    26

The Inorganic Character of RSS Mars   25

Mars     119

Mars Quiz - Author To Tale    29

Mars Quiz - Tale To Author    36

The Martian Crown Jewels   20

Martian Landings in War of the Worlds     51

My Favorite Anthology     19

Out of the Silent Planet Overview     18

Red Planet     15

Rex Gordon     17

For next Zones Cup:   Sailing the Seven Spaceways

The Sands of Mars     15

For next Zones Cup:  Shoals

Allen M Steele's Enigmatic Mars     39

Time to Rest   36

Wanderers of Mars     105

World of Never-Men      30


Total for the Martian Zone:      795


Asteroidal Zone   -   February 2017

Asteroid Progenitor Planet     35

Asteroids    91

Ceres     20

Peril on Pallas      84


Total for the Asteroidal Zone:     230


Jovian Zone   -  February 2017

Asimov on Jupiter   18

Asimov on Jupiter Response      16

Callisto     32

Europa     36

The Galilean Satellites      16

Ganymede     19

The Great Red Spot      14

Io      16

Jovian Inferno      12

Jupiter     64

Leda      15

Pinnah-Birds and Genetic Engineering      25


Total for the Jovian Zone:    283


Saturnian Zone   -  February 2017

A Saturnian Renaissance    21

The Arc of Iapetus      63

Feeling Naked on Titan Response     12

Prisoners of Saturn    42

The Rings of Saturn     21

Saturn    82

Titan     23


Total for the Saturnian Zone:      264


Uranian Zone   -  February 2017

Ariel     15

Oberon     25

Titania     18

Umbriel     19

Uranian Gleams     25

Uranus     73

Total for the Uranian Zone:      175


Neptunian Zone   -  February 2017

Neptune     35

Triton     74

Total for the Neptunian Zone:      109


Plutonian Zone   -  February 2017

Cerberus      15

Pluto      48

Pluto's Endless Mysteries     12

Styx     17

Total for the Plutonian Zone:       92


Outermost Zone   -  February 2017

Comets      36

Mission to the Tenth Planet       42

The Outermost Reaches       44

The Reefs of Space       25

The Theoretical Ninth Planet       15

Total for the Outermost Zone:    162


WINNER OF THE ZONES CUP FEBRUARY 2017:

The Martian Zone                   795       (same rank as last month)

2nd place:     The Terrestrial Zone          538        (same rank as last month)

3rd place:     The Lunar Zone                  393        (same rank as last month)

4th place:     The Mercurian Zone          299          (up from 5th-6th place)

5th place:     The Venusian Zone             298          (down from 4th place)

6th place:     The Jovian Zone                  283          (equal 5th-6th last month)

7th place:     The Saturnian Zone             264         (same rank last month).

8th place:     The Asteroidal Zone             230         (same rank last month)

9th place:     The Uranian Zone                175          (up from 10th place)

10th place:     The Outermost Zone         162          (down from 9th place)

11th place:     The Neptunian Zone            109         (up from last place)

12th place:     The Plutonian zone               92        (down from 11th place)

last place:     The Solar Zone                       89          (down from 12th place)




january 2017

Solar Zone  -  January 2017

Sun   37

Vulcan  40

Total for the Solar Zone:     77


Mercurian Zone  -  January 2017

Battle on Mercury    33

Brightside Crossing    25

Immortals of Mercury   20

Invasions from Mercury     13

Mercury    55

Mercury Awaits    22

Old Mercury    23

Reply re Mercury Language Myth Influencing Valeddom    15

Valeddom    24

Total for the Mercurian Zone:    230


Venusian Zone  -  January 2017

Amtor    44

The Kuttner-Moore Venus    25

Love the Amtor Article    10

Perelandra    75

The Sky People    22

Slaves of Venus   17

Venus    78

Total for the Venusian Zone:      271


Terrestrial Zone  -  January 2017

America's Own Haunting    9

Earth    29

Eerie Earths    12

Kroth   20

Man of the World    236

Old Space Program  37

Pellucidar   37

Star's Reach   32

Total for the Terrestrial Zone:      412


Lunar Zone  -  January 2017

[For inclusion in the March Zones Cup: Lovecraft's Moon.]

Ancient Inhabited Moon   12

Archives of the Moon   177

Earthlight    15

Lurkers on the Moon      34

Moon     47

For inclusion in the next Zones Cup:  Moon Quiz - Author To Tale and Moon Quiz - Tale To Author

Offer of the Archives of the Moon     12

Thoughts on the Earthlight Article     15


Total for the Lunar Zone:      312


Martian Zone  -  January 2017

For inclusion in the next Zones Cup:  A Return to Bradbury's Mars

A Rose for Ecclesiastes     33

Arabella of Mars    17

Barsoom     26

A Barsoom and NSS Mars Matchup     14

The Crimson Courts and My Martian Dreams     17

The Date of the Invasion     8

Global Dispatches and Extraordinary Gentlemen     9

In the Courts of the Crimson Kings    28

The Inorganic Character of RSS Mars   17

Mars     61

Mars Quiz - Author To Tale    26

Mars Quiz - Tale To Author    35

The Martian Crown Jewels   23

Martian Landings in War of the Worlds     25

My Favorite Anthology     15

Out of the Silent Planet Overview     13

Red Planet     15

Rex Gordon     16

The Sands of Mars     14

For inclusion in the next Zones Cup: Allen M Steele's Enigmatic Mars    

For inclusion in the next Zones Cup:  Time to Rest  

Wanderers of Mars     28

World of Never-Men      31


Total for the Martian Zone:      471


Asteroidal Zone   -   January 2017


Asteroid Progenitor Planet     31

Asteroids    58

Ceres     18

Peril on Pallas      68


Total for the Asteroidal Zone:     175


Jovian Zone   -  January 2017

Asimov on Jupiter   17

Asimov on Jupiter Response      13

Callisto     35

Europa     20

The Galilean Satellites      8

Ganymede     17

The Great Red Spot      10

Io      14

Jovian Inferno      13

Jupiter     47

Leda      11

Pinnah-Birds and Genetic Engineering      25


Total for the Jovian Zone:    230


Saturnian Zone   -  January 2017

A Saturnian Renaissance    27

The Arc of Iapetus      54

Feeling Naked on Titan Response     14

Prisoners of Saturn    39

The Rings of Saturn     13

Saturn    49

Titan     13


Total for the Saturnian Zone:      209


Uranian Zone   -  January 2017

Ariel     9

Oberon     20

Titania     12

Umbriel     12

Uranian Gleams     20

Uranus     39

Total for the Uranian Zone:      112


Neptunian Zone   -  January 2017

Neptune     26

Triton     28

Total for the Neptunian Zone:      54


Plutonian Zone   -  January 2017

Cerberus      12

Pluto      40

Pluto's Endless Mysteries     15

Styx     14

Total for the Plutonian Zone:       81


Outermost Zone   -  January 2017

Comets      23

Mission to the Tenth Planet       38

The Outermost Reaches       64

The Reefs of Space       24

The Theoretical Ninth Planet       11

Total for the Outermost Zone:    160


WINNER OF THE ZONES CUP JANUARY 2017:

The Martian Zone                   471       (up from 2nd place).

2nd place:     The Terrestrial Zone          412       (down from first place)

3rd place:     The Lunar Zone                  312       (same rank as last month)

4th place:     The Venusian Zone             271         (up from 6th place)

5th-6th place:     The Jovian Zone            230    (down from 4th place)

5th-6th place:     The Mercurian Zone      230    (5th place last month)

7th place:     The Saturnian Zone             209     (same rank last month).

8th place:     The Asteroidal Zone            175      (same rank last month)

9th place:     The Outermost Zone           160     (same rank last month)

10th place:     The Uranian Zone              112      (same rank last month)

11th place:     The Plutonian zone               81    (up from last place)

12th place:     The Solar Zone                     63     (same rank last month)

last place:     The Neptunian Zone              54     (down from 11th place)



december 2016

Solar Zone  -  December 2016

Sun   32

Vulcan  31

Total for the Solar Zone:     63


Mercurian Zone  -  December 2016

To add to January Zones Cup: Battle on Mercury

Brightside Crossing    31

Immortals of Mercury   15

Invasions from Mercury     25

Mercury    70

Mercury Awaits    33

Old Mercury    27

Reply re Mercury Language Myth Influencing Valeddom    12

Valeddom    28

Total for the Mercurian Zone:    241


Venusian Zone  -  December 2016

To appear in the next Zones Cup: Slaves of Venus

Amtor    54

The Kuttner-Moore Venus    22

Love the Amtor Article    14

Perelandra    72

The Sky People    22

Venus    55

Total for the Venusian Zone:      239


Terrestrial Zone  -  December 2016

America's Own Haunting    18

Earth    28

Eerie Earths    9

Kroth   21

Man of the World    254

Old Space Program  30

Pellucidar   42

Star's Reach   32

Total for the Terrestrial Zone:      434


Lunar Zone  -  December 2016

Ancient Inhabited Moon   12

Archives of the Moon   189

Earthlight    19

Lurkers on the Moon      25

Moon     41

Thoughts on the Earthlight Article     16


Total for the Lunar Zone:      302


Martian Zone  -  December 2016

To add to January Zones Cup:  A Rose for Ecclesiastes

To add to January Zones Cup:  Mars Quiz - Tale To Author and Mars Quiz - Author To Tale

Arabella of Mars    12

Barsoom     32

A Barsoom and NSS Mars Matchup     10

The Crimson Courts and My Martian Dreams     17

The Date of the Invasion     12

In the Courts of the Crimson Kings    25

Global Dispatches and Extraordinary Gentlemen     17

The Inorganic Character of RSS Mars   20

Mars     55

The Martian Crown Jewels   23

Martian Landings in War of the Worlds     25

My Favorite Anthology     22

Out of the Silent Planet Overview     17

Red Planet     13

Rex Gordon     24

The Sands of Mars     15

Wanderers of Mars     42

World of Never-Men      19


Total for the Martian Zone:      400


Asteroidal Zone   -  December 2016


Asteroid Progenitor Planet     41

Asteroids    45

Ceres     21

Peril on Pallas      73


Total for the Asteroidal Zone:     180


Jovian Zone   -  December 2016 

Asimov on Jupiter   11

Asimov on Jupiter Response      9

Callisto     34

Europa     28

The Galilean Satellites      16

Ganymede     20

The Great Red Spot      21

Io      16

Jovian Inferno      15

Jupiter     37

Leda      16

Pinnah-Birds and Genetic Engineering      23


Total for the Jovian Zone:    246


Saturnian Zone   -  December 2016 

A Saturnian Renaissance    13

The Arc of Iapetus      52

Feeling Naked on Titan Response     12

Prisoners of Saturn    20

The Rings of Saturn     18

Saturn    42

Titan     24


Total for the Saturnian Zone:      181


Uranian Zone   -  December 2016 

Ariel     18

Oberon     23

Titania     11

Umbriel     17

Uranian Gleams     25

Uranus     37

Total for the Uranian Zone:      131


Neptunian Zone   -  December 2016

Neptune     34

Triton     35

Total for the Neptunian Zone:      69


Plutonian Zone   -  December 2016 

Cerberus      11

Pluto      25

Pluto's Endless Mysteries     11

Styx     13

Total for the Plutonian Zone:       60


Outermost Zone   -  December 2016 

Comets      18

Mission to the Tenth Planet       34

The Outermost Reaches       35

The Reefs of Space       35

The Theoretical Ninth Planet       15

Total for the Outermost Zone:    137


WINNER OF THE ZONES CUP DECEMBER 2016:

The Terrestrial Zone     434

2nd place:     The Martian Zone     400     (same rank last month)

3rd place:     The Lunar Zone     302        (up from 4th place)  

4th place:     The Jovian Zone     246           (up from 5th place)

5th place:     The Mercurian Zone     241    (up from 6th place)

6th place:     The Venusian Zone     239     (down from 3rd place)

7th place:     The Saturnian Zone     181     (same rank last month)

8th place:     The Asteroidal Zone     180     (same rank last month)

9th place:     The Outermost Zone     137    (up from 10th place)

10th place:     The Uranian Zone     131      (down from 9th place)

11th place:     The Neptunian Zone     69     (same rank last month)

12th place:     The Solar Zone     63            (up from last place)

last place:     The Plutonian Zone     60      (down from 12th place)



november 2016

Solar Zone  -  November 2016

Sun   42

Vulcan  42

Total for the Solar Zone:     84


Mercurian Zone  -  November 2016

Brightside Crossing    27

Immortals of Mercury   17

Invasions from Mercury     24

Mercury    124

Mercury Awaits    23

Old Mercury    22

Reply re Mercury Language Myth Influencing Valeddom    13

Valeddom    29

Total for the Mercurian Zone:    279


Venusian Zone  -  November 2016

Amtor    46

The Kuttner-Moore Venus    28

Love the Amtor Article    14

Perelandra    116

The Sky People    30

Venus    106

Total for the Venusian Zone:      340



Terrestrial Zone  -  November 2016

America's Own Haunting    16

Earth    51

Eerie Earths    14

Kroth   32

Man of the World    318

Old Space Program  54

Pellucidar   84

Star's Reach   42

Total for the Terrestrial Zone:      611


Lunar Zone  -  November 2016

Ancient Inhabited Moon   18

Archives of the Moon   199

Earthlight    13

Moon     58

Thoughts on the Earthlight Article     13


For inclusion in the Lunar Zone of the next Zones Cup: Lurkers on the Moon.


Total for the Lunar Zone:      301


Martian Zone  -  November 2016

Arabella of Mars    17

Barsoom     38

A Barsoom and NSS Mars Matchup     14

The Crimson Courts and My Martian Dreams     27

The Date of the Invasion     20

In the Courts of the Crimson Kings    32

Global Dispatches and Extraordinary Gentlemen     23

The Inorganic Character of RSS Mars   54

Mars     65

The Martian Crown Jewels   17

Martian Landings in War of the Worlds     29

My Favorite Anthology     19

Out of the Silent Planet Overview     28

Red Planet     19

Rex Gordon     20

The Sands of Mars     17

Wanderers of Mars     39


For inclusion in the Martian Zone of the next Zones Cup: World of Never-Men.


Total for the Martian Zone:      478


Asteroidal Zone   -  November 2016


Asteroid Progenitor Planet     37

Asteroids    70

Ceres     31

Peril on Pallas      88


Total for the Asteroidal Zone:     226


Jovian Zone   -  November 2016 

Asimov on Jupiter   18

Asimov on Jupiter Response      15

Callisto     51

Europa     27

The Galilean Satellites      18

Ganymede     19

The Great Red Spot      16

Io      20

Jovian Inferno      15

Jupiter     60

Leda      15


For inclusion in the Jovian Zone of the next Zones Cup: Pinnah-Birds and Genetic Engineering


Total for the Jovian Zone:    294


Saturnian Zone   -  November 2016 

A Saturnian Renaissance    19

The Arc of Iapetus      69

Feeling Naked on Titan Response     12

Prisoners of Saturn    22

The Rings of Saturn     30

Saturn    58

Titan     22


Total for the Saturnian Zone:      232


Uranian Zone   -  November 2016 

Ariel     17

Oberon     28

Titania     15

Umbriel     23

Uranian Gleams     29

Uranus     51

Total for the Uranian Zone:      163


Neptunian Zone   -  November 2016

Neptune     40

Triton     102

Total for the Neptunian Zone:      142


Plutonian Zone   -  November 2016 

Cerberus      21

Pluto      48

Pluto's Endless Mysteries     15

Styx     22

Total for the Plutonian Zone:       106


Outermost Zone   -  November 2016 

Comets      31

Mission to the Tenth Planet       26

The Outermost Reaches       42

The Reefs of Space       29

The Theoretical Ninth Planet       19

Total for the Outermost Zone:    147


WINNER OF THE ZONES CUP NOVEMBER 2016:

The Terrestrial Zone     611

2nd place:     The Martian Zone     478     (same rank last month)

3rd place:     The Venusian Zone     340     (up from 4th place)

4rd place:     The Lunar Zone     301        (down from 3rd place)  

5th place:     The Jovian Zone     294           (up from 6th place)

6th place:     The Mercurian Zone     279    (down from 5th place)

7th place:     The Saturnian Zone     232     (same rank last month)

8th place:     The Asteroidal Zone     226     (same rank last month)

9th place:     The Uranian Zone     163         (same rank last month)

10th place:     The Outermost Zone     147    (same rank last month)

11th place:     The Neptunian Zone     142       (up from 12th place)

12th place:     The Plutonian Zone     106      (down from 11th place)

last place:     The Solar Zone     84               (same rank last month)




october 2016


Solar Zone  -  October 2016

Sun   30

Vulcan  34

Total for the Solar Zone:     64


Mercurian Zone  -  October 2016

Brightside Crossing    31

Immortals of Mercury   17

Invasions from Mercury     22

Mercury    97

Mercury Awaits    20

Old Mercury    21

Reply re Mercury Language Myth Influencing Valeddom    19

Valeddom    27

Total for the Mercurian Zone:    254


Venusian Zone  -  October 2016

Amtor    36

The Kuttner-Moore Venus    17

Love the Amtor Article    13

Perelandra    98

The Sky People    20

Venus    84

Total for the Venusian Zone:      268


Terrestrial Zone  -  October 2016

America's Own Haunting    11

Earth    48

Eerie Earths    13

Kroth   26

Man of the World    217

Old Space Program  55

Pellucidar   68

Star's Reach   18

Total for the Terrestrial Zone:      456


Lunar Zone  -  October 2016

Ancient Inhabited Moon   15

Archives of the Moon   186

Earthlight    16

Moon     58

Thoughts on the Earthlight Article     15

Total for the Lunar Zone:      290


Martian Zone  -  October 2016

Arabella of Mars    23

Barsoom     20

A Barsoom and NSS Mars Matchup     21

The Crimson Courts and My Martian Dreams     26

The Date of the Invasion     17

In the Courts of the Crimson Kings     21

Global Dispatches and Extraordinary Gentlemen     20

Mars     58

The Martian Crown Jewels   28

Martian Landings in War of the Worlds     52

My Favorite Anthology     21

Out of the Silent Planet Overview     25

Red Planet     15

Rex Gordon     16

The Sands of Mars     16

Wanderers of Mars     25

Total for the Martian Zone:      404


Asteroidal Zone   -  October 2016

Asteroid Progenitor Planet     31

Asteroids    56

Ceres     17

Peril on Pallas      75

Total for the Asteroidal Zone:     179


Jovian Zone   -  October 2016 

Asimov on Jupiter   19

Asimov on Jupiter Response      15

Callisto     60

Europa     19

The Galilean Satellites      11

Ganymede     9

The Great Red Spot      15

Io      14

Jovian Inferno      18

Jupiter     56

Leda      16


Total for the Jovian Zone:    252


Saturnian Zone   -  October 2016 

A Saturnian Renaissance    22

The Arc of Iapetus      49

Feeling Naked on Titan Response     15

Prisoners of Saturn    13

The Rings of Saturn     29

Saturn    53

Titan     23


Total for the Saturnian Zone:      204


Uranian Zone   -  October 2016 

Ariel     15

Oberon     16

Titania     17

Umbriel     22

Uranian Gleams     25

Uranus     53

Total for the Uranian Zone:      148


Neptunian Zone   -  October 2016

Neptune     34

Triton     48

Total for the Neptunian Zone:      82


Plutonian Zone   -  October 2016 

Cerberus      19

Pluto      44

Pluto's Endless Mysteries     14

Styx     24

Total for the Plutonian Zone:       101


Outermost Zone   -  October 2016 

Comets      22

Mission to the Tenth Planet       39

The Outermost Reaches       23

The Reefs of Space       26

The Theoretical Ninth Planet       14

Total for the Outermost Zone:    124


WINNER OF THE ZONES CUP OCTOBER 2016:

The Terrestrial Zone     456

2nd place:     The Martian Zone     404      (same rank last month)

3rd place:     The Lunar Zone     290         (same rank last month)

4th place:     The Venusian Zone     268     (up from 5th place)

5th place:     The Mercurian Zone     254    (up from 6th place)

6th place:     The Jovian Zone     252          (down from 4th place)

7th place:     The Saturnian Zone     204     (up from 8th place)

8th place:     The Asteroidal Zone     179     (down from 7th place)

9th place:     The Uranian Zone     148         (up from 10th place)

10th place:     The Outermost Zone     124    (down from 9th place)

11th place:     The Plutonian Zone     101      (up from 12th place)

12th place:     The Neptunian Zone     82       (up from last place)

last place:     The Solar Zone     64               (down from 11th place)





september 2016

Solar Zone   -  September 2016

Sun   52

Vulcan  43

Total for the Solar Zone:     95


Mercurian Zone   -  September 2016

Immortals of Mercury   22

Invasions from Mercury     26

Mercury    92

Mercury Awaits    44

Old Mercury    15

Reply re Mercury Language Myth Influencing Valeddom    18

Valeddom    29

Total for the Mercurian Zone:    246


Venusian Zone   -  September 2016

Amtor    34

The Kuttner-Moore Venus    20

Love the Amtor Article    14

Perelandra    86

The Sky People    25

Venus    92

Total for the Venusian Zone:      271


Terrestrial Zone   -  September 2016

America's Own Haunting    29

Earth    56

Eerie Earths    17

Kroth   34

Man of the World    276

Old Space Program  65

Pellucidar   64

Total for the Terrestrial Zone:      541


Lunar Zone   -  September 2016

Ancient Inhabited Moon   23

Archives of the Moon   277

Earthlight    19

Moon     53

Thoughts on the Earthlight Article     25

Total for the Lunar Zone:      397


Martian Zone   -  September 2016

Arabella of Mars    22

Barsoom     22

A Barsoom and NSS Mars Matchup     14

The Crimson Courts and My Martian Dreams     40

The Date of the Invasion     16

In the Courts of the Crimson Kings     29

Global Dispatches and Extraordinary Gentlemen     21

Mars     72

Martian Landings in War of the Worlds     43

My Favorite Anthology     38

Out of the Silent Planet Overview     28

Red Planet     21

Rex Gordon     23

The Sands of Mars     21

Wanderers of Mars     34

Total for the Martian Zone:      444


Asteroidal Zone   -  September 2016

Asteroid Progenitor Planet     46

Asteroids    62

Ceres     38

Peril on Pallas      89

Total for the Asteroidal Zone:     235


Jovian Zone  -  September 2016

Asimov on Jupiter   22

Asimov on Jupiter Response      19

Callisto     40

Europa     30

The Galilean Satellites      23

Ganymede     28

The Great Red Spot      14

Io      21

Jovian Inferno      27

Jupiter     94

Leda      18

Total for the Jovian Zone:    336


Saturnian Zone   -  September 2016  

The Arc of Iapetus      66

Feeling Naked on Titan Response     15

The Rings of Saturn     14

Saturn    50

Titan     34

Total for the Saturnian Zone:      179


Uranian Zone   -  September 2016 

Ariel     19

Oberon     25

Titania     12

Umbriel     27

Uranian Gleams     35

Uranus     45

Total for the Uranian Zone:      163


Neptunian Zone   -  September 2016 

Neptune     46

Triton     36

Total for the Neptunian Zone:      82


Plutonian Zone   -  September 2016 

Cerberus      26

Pluto      36

Pluto's Endless Mysteries     14

Styx     27

Total for the Plutonian Zone:       93


Outermost Zone   -  September 2016 

Comets      26

Mission to the Tenth Planet       48

The Outermost Reaches       46

The Reefs of Space       29

The Theoretical Ninth Planet       17

Total for the Outermost Zone:    166 
 


WINNER OF THE ZONES CUP SEPTEMBER 2016:

The Terrestrial Zone     541

2nd place:     The Martian Zone     444

3rd place:     The Lunar Zone     397

4th place:     The Jovian Zone     336

5th place:     The Venusian Zone     271

6th place:     The Mercurian Zone     246

7th place:     The Asteroidal Zone     235

8th place:     The Saturnian Zone     179

9th place:     The Outermost Zone     166

10th place:     The Uranian Zone     163

11th place:     The Solar Zone     95

12th place:     The Plutonian Zone     93

Last place:     The Neptunian Zone     82

Stid:  Well, evidently Earth is the most sought-after planet.... maybe we ought to mount an expedition to investigate it.

Harlei:  It's not fair, really, on the other planets.  Earth has a zone that stretches to Universe Six, in Man of the World...

Zendexor:  The other zones will just have to pull their socks up.  Perhaps the balance of power will shift.  Changes occur frequently.  The Mars Zone will benefit next month from The Martian Crown JewelsLots of things can happen... unpredictable things, especially on this site.  I agree the Earth-Shimmer gives the third planet an inherent advantage, but heck, what about the lunarian advantage of number one hit The Archives of the Moon, and what about the many Martian treasures and the unbeatable Martian OSS literary prestige?  Still and all, it's something to be living in the top Zone...