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1. Interplanetary Knock-Out

   Feb 21, 19 03:47 AM

   32 teams from around the System vie each month for the IKO Trophy

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2. Field Observations from a Far-Future Mars by Xiangjun Zeng

   Feb 17, 19 06:54 AM

   ...found in the Grand Library of Red City

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3. Sandworms

   Feb 17, 19 06:51 AM

   

   creatures of the Martian Cauldron...

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4. OSS Diary 2019

   Feb 05, 19 12:05 PM

   

   Announcements and reflections...

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5. Tales To Astound

   Feb 01, 19 05:40 AM

   

   Your monthly on-site magazine of infinite adventure

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6. Uranian Throne Episode 10 The Londoner

   Feb 01, 19 04:24 AM

   

   An unsuspecting amateur of space science

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7. The Sons of Eris by David England

   Feb 01, 19 04:19 AM

   

   space pirates with a difference...

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8. Pirates on Mars - again: Chris Roberson's Mariner

   Jan 31, 19 05:59 PM

   Dylan Jeninga reports on the penultimate tale in Old Mars

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9. Guess the World - Open

   Jan 31, 19 03:47 AM

   Readers can quiz each other

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10. The Best Views in the Solar System

    Jan 28, 19 02:16 PM

    I am working on a story whose opening scene is planned to be on Callisto with a view of Jupiter. When writing this scene, I thought, wouldn’t it be nice

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11. Solar System of Ideas: Stapledon and Dick - by Antolin Gibson

    Jan 23, 19 05:09 PM

    worlds swept into visionary schemes

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12. Chinese lunar rover, Navigation and Names

    Jan 14, 19 05:40 AM

    crossing the magpie bridge...

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13. Zones Cup 2018

    Jan 10, 19 07:52 AM

    the System's hit-spots

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14. Page View Winners 2018

    Jan 06, 19 09:36 AM

    Top of the System charts

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15. OSS clues, NOSS News

    Jan 05, 19 11:59 AM

    

    Spreading the word for new tales or obscure gems...

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16. Uranian Throne Episode 9 The Last Card

    Dec 31, 18 07:16 PM

    

    Dyoom commits to the final hope for Olhoav

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17. The Adventures of Longtail - Sleeping Fury Part 2

    Dec 31, 18 07:16 PM

    the Red City and the Dune Sea...

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18. Something New Under the Sun by David England

    Dec 31, 18 07:14 PM

    

    Hear from a space-faring assistant to a Baroness-spy...

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19. The Adventures of Longtail

    Dec 30, 18 07:59 AM

    A far-future, post-human Solar System

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20. The Cold White North of Mars

    Dec 29, 18 01:32 PM

    

    The Red Planet's Boreal Pole in for NOSS treatment

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21. The Purple Sea by Dylan Jeninga

    Dec 27, 18 12:55 PM

    

    Is Venus Eden or Hell? Hard to decide...

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22. The Worlds of Edgar Rice Burroughs by Antolin Gibson

    Dec 24, 18 05:04 PM

    ERB the Experimenter

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23. OSS Diary 2018

    Dec 24, 18 04:55 PM

    

    News, thoughts and reflections

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24. Fictional Dates of the Old Solar System

    Dec 22, 18 02:47 PM

    our timeline extended into fictional pasts and futures

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25. Anthology Project

    Dec 20, 18 04:03 AM

    

    Anthology Project for New Old Solar System

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26. Uranian Throne reference page

    Dec 15, 18 08:49 AM

    terms and names used in the story

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27. uranian throne episode 8 the brain-mist writhes

    Dec 01, 18 01:39 AM

    

    Hyala smashes the bowl...

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28. Science catching up?

    Nov 26, 18 07:27 AM

    

    the literal in pursuit of the literary

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29. Uranian Throne Episode 7 The Claw Extends

    Nov 01, 18 07:23 AM

    

    Watch your step during the Great Backgrounder Revolution...

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30. home on mars by phyllis eisenstein - reviewed by dylan jeninga

    Oct 27, 18 08:03 AM

    the thrill of martian familiarity...

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31. CLUFFS

    Oct 25, 18 02:43 PM

    CLUFFS - Cute Little Unfulfilled Fragments of Fascination

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32. We are all human after all by Jamie Ross

    Oct 07, 18 03:27 PM

    

    epic toilet wars in space

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33. Long Live the Billion-Year Space Reich by Violet Bertelsen

    Oct 01, 18 06:16 AM

    

    A somewhat Elon-gated ambition...

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34. The Lifeblood of Worlds by David England

    Oct 01, 18 06:14 AM

    

    Set in an early Space Age...

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35. Uranian Throne Episode 6 The Infrastructure Throbs

    Oct 01, 18 06:08 AM

    

    Dempelath excites the urban fabric

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36. Rimworld Trash by Dylan T Jeninga

    Sep 07, 18 03:20 AM

    

    The good ship Rasi gets into trouble on Leda

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37. The Adventures of Longtail 1: Sleeping Fury by Xiangjun Zeng

    Sep 01, 18 09:54 AM

    The Longtail saga is underway

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38. Uranian Throne Part 5 - The Lever of Power

    Sep 01, 18 09:51 AM

    

    Exploitation of "backgrounder" discontent gains Dempelath a mass-following...

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39. Discussion of "Longtail: A Prologue"

    Aug 29, 18 06:08 AM

    I looked around the site and it appears there doesn't seem to be a discussion of Longtail: A Prologue by Xianjun Zeng (to be found in Tales to Astound).

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40. Uranian Throne Part 4 - Exception

    Aug 01, 18 03:07 AM

    

    Dempelath confounds Dynoom, and Hyala finds out who she is

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41. Re: Stretching the OSS

    Jul 09, 18 06:51 AM

    That's an interesting question. I think a good case can be made for membership in the OSS when a story takes place entirely in our solar system but the

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42. The Rogue Planet by Dylan Jeninga

    Jul 01, 18 09:10 AM

    a wandering world with a silent tale to tell...

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43. Uranian Throne Part 3 - The Nebulee

    Jul 01, 18 09:06 AM

    An inexperienced Wayfarer confronts the unknown

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44. interplanetary-knock-out-hall-of-fame

    Jun 26, 18 03:58 AM

    the list of champions

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45. Caliban's Bar

    Jun 04, 18 02:17 AM

    

    a drunken ditty of a spaceman's dive

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46. The Dark Forest Premise and a Look at Spacesuits by Jamie Ross

    Jun 01, 18 10:55 AM

    

    back to a better future with skin-tight suits...

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47. Uranian Throne Part 2 - Hyala

    Jun 01, 18 10:43 AM

    

    ...A comforter in troubled times

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48. Retaliators of Luna

    May 17, 18 04:00 PM

    Thoughts on Curt Newton's Resurrection

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49. Zookie Must Die by Violet Bertelsen

    May 03, 18 03:10 AM

    

    Meeting your fate on Darkside

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50. The Gritty NOSS by Dylan Jeninga

    May 01, 18 04:30 PM

    Composing The Winds of Vulcan

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51. The Winds of Vulcan by Dylan Jeninga

    May 01, 18 04:30 PM

    

    The harsh little world was supposed to be lifeless, but...

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