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1. Interplanetary Knock-Out 2020

   Sep 25, 20 03:18 AM

   

   the 32 teams battle it out for the system trophy

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2. Guess the World - Open

   Sep 15, 20 02:29 PM

   

   Readers can quiz each other

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3. An Approach to World-Building

   Sep 13, 20 05:55 AM

   

   comments on constructing a planetary epic

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4. Fictional Dates of the Old Solar System

   Sep 12, 20 06:27 AM

   our timeline extended into fictional pasts and futures

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5. Anthology Project

   Sep 02, 20 02:10 AM

   

   Anthology Project for New Old Solar System

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6. Tales To Astound

   Sep 01, 20 09:08 AM

   

   Your monthly on-site magazine of infinite adventure

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7. Farewell the Unseen Morn by David England

   Sep 01, 20 08:16 AM

   fifth episode in the saga of a Venusian private eye

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8. Uranian Throne episode 15 Zyperan

   Sep 01, 20 08:03 AM

   

   the horror athwart the route to Syoom

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9. Sleeping Fury Chapter 7: Where Giants Slumber

   Sep 01, 20 07:56 AM

   marooned in an ancient, derelict city

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10. Whom Gods Destroy by Dylan Jeninga

    Aug 29, 20 10:20 AM

    

    Looters beware - the Moon is far from dead

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11. OSS Diary 2020

    Aug 24, 20 11:48 AM

    

    musings and announcements

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12. Plague Planet by Dylan Jeninga

    Aug 01, 20 05:19 AM

    

    A distress call retracted... villainy at work on Ariel

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13. Fortune's Bitter Road by David England

    Aug 01, 20 05:17 AM

    we each have our path in this sad little drama called life

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14. CLUFFS

    Jul 05, 20 01:04 PM

    CLUFFS - Cute Little Unfulfilled Fragments of Fascination

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15. Ray Cummings' Mercury

    Jul 04, 20 02:07 PM

    

    the innermost planet as portrayed in the two 'Tama' books

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16. The Mare Frigoris Culture by Robert Gibson

    Jul 01, 20 05:45 AM

    

    a lost episode of renaissance history

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17. Gloomstalker by xiangjun zeng

    Jun 16, 20 08:15 AM

    

    sadism given form on a sinister future Venus

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18. A word of thanks and some thoughts on the genre

    May 26, 20 07:51 AM

    Aspiring author here. This site has been an absolute delight to read through. Thanks for taking the time to make it. It's great to see others out there

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19. Lunar Surface Creatures

    May 19, 20 10:51 AM

    

    the natives of our moon's outdoors

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20. A (liberal) history of the solar system.

    May 17, 20 02:39 AM

    

    A while ago, I decided to compile a history of the solar system, and the opportunities that life had. What I found is astonishing. I subscribe to the 'liberal'

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21. The Longtail by Xiangjun Zeng

    May 04, 20 10:41 AM

    

    A far-future Martian pathfinder

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22. Uranian Throne episode 14 The heartland beckons

    May 01, 20 02:36 AM

    

    a naturalised Terran shows leadership in exile

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23. A Dark, Imperious Hand by David England

    May 01, 20 02:04 AM

    Hidden Agendas, Looming Danger in the foggy streets of Venus

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24. Iron King

    Apr 24, 20 04:27 AM

    

    the ruler of Howlstone in the Red Desert

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25. Outlaws of Neptune by Robert Gibson

    Apr 01, 20 06:46 AM

    

    Interrogator Eyol dared the trail to the wobbly mountains...

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26. Uranian Throne Episode 13 The Validator Rips

    Mar 31, 20 04:31 PM

    The Terran Heir is roused at long last...

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27. Uranian Throne Episide 12 The City Cracks by Robert Gibson

    Mar 30, 20 09:24 AM

    The foundations of Olhoav split

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28. Uranian Throne Episode 11 The Terran Heir

    Mar 29, 20 04:27 PM

    the mind of an Earthman in the body of a Uranian

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29. Provided At Generous Prices by Dylan Jeninga

    Mar 01, 20 09:09 AM

    but prehistoric man did not read the small print

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30. Idea for another site - The Stellar Neighbourhood

    Feb 29, 20 02:25 PM

    

    Idea for another site - The Stellar Neighbourhood

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31. The Fireside

    Feb 04, 20 07:21 AM

    chat-reports from the author of the Longtail series

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32. The Colorless Colossus of the Cold

    Feb 01, 20 06:02 AM

    

    an alien monster on Europa

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33. The Slavanns Must Play by Robert Gibson

    Feb 01, 20 05:58 AM

    

    Earth under the Plutonian yoke

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34. Of Dresses and Dames by David England

    Feb 01, 20 05:39 AM

    An unsavoury hero shows a softer side

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35. Zones Cup 2019

    Jan 10, 20 08:32 AM

    the system's most sought-after areas

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36. Zones Cup 2018

    Jan 08, 20 11:58 AM

    the System's hit-spots

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37. Page-View Winners 2019

    Jan 08, 20 01:28 AM

    the hit parade of the most popular pages on site

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38. Interplanetary Knock-Out

    Dec 26, 19 05:32 AM

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

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39. OSS Diary 2019

    Nov 13, 19 10:12 AM

    

    Announcements and reflections...

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40. The Magistrate by Jamie Ross

    Nov 01, 19 03:20 AM

    

    Martian justice is ruthlessly environmental

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41. Devil's Due by David England

    Nov 01, 19 03:18 AM

    a disillusioned PI with a case... and a past

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42. Olhoav city-map

    Oct 13, 19 04:08 PM

    

    A plan of a Uranian city

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43. Into the Wilds by Jamie Ross

    Oct 01, 19 07:41 AM

    

    the crew of the Shining Star descend to the surface of Uranus in search of their missing pilot...

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44. An Unorthodox World

    Sep 12, 19 09:39 AM

    

    This isn't a world, and yet, it is. It's realistic, but OSS, all the same. Written in 1985, way past the age of OSS, is Larry Niven's Integral Trees. There,

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45. Where the Nightlife Never Ends by Dylan Jeninga

    Aug 31, 19 10:22 PM

    Comeuppance on Darkside...

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46. The Great Moon Hoax

    Aug 29, 19 03:00 AM

    While reading From the Earth to the Moon by Jules Verne, the book mentions a work of fiction by a Sir John Herschel, who had apparently improved a telescope's

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