What's new in the defunct Old Solar System? To keep out of date, enjoy each oldsflash in the items below.
Jun 26, 2022
Uranian Throne episode 16 Confluence at Ao
the wilderness-wanderer arrives
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Jun 25, 2022
Uranian Throne episode 15 Zyperan
the horror athwart the route to Syoom
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Jun 25, 2022
Guess The World third series
More scenes to test your recognition skills
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Jun 24, 2022
What to see on Venus
The Venusian scene
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Jun 19, 2022
oss diary 2022
reflections on life, the oss and everything
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Jun 18, 2022
What to see on Mercury
The Mercurian scene
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Jun 15, 2022
Uranian Throne episode 14 The heartland beckons
a naturalised Terran shows leadership in exile
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Jun 14, 2022
What to see on Dione
the Dionean scene
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Jun 11, 2022
What to see on the Moon
The lunar scene
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Jun 07, 2022
What to see on Mars
The Martian Scene
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Jun 04, 2022
Fictional Dates of the Old Solar System
our timeline extended into fictional pasts and futures
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Jun 03, 2022
Guess The World - how many scenes on each world
how well each world is doing on the scenic front
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Jun 02, 2022
the hits race
the monthly popularity-contest for world-teams
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May 27, 2022
What to see on Vulcan
The Vulcanian scene
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May 26, 2022
Uranian Throne Episode 13 The Validator Rips
The Terran Heir is roused at long last...
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May 24, 2022
What to see on Europa
The Europan scene
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May 21, 2022
CLUFFS
CLUFFS - Cute Little Unfulfilled Fragments of Fascination
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May 16, 2022
Guess the World - Open
Readers can quiz each other
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May 13, 2022
What to see on Io
The Ionian scene
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May 10, 2022
Uranian Throne Episide 12 The City Cracks by Robert Gibson
The foundations of Olhoav split
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May 06, 2022
What to see on Pluto
The Plutonian scene
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May 03, 2022
Uranian Throne Episode 11 The Terran Heir
the mind of an Earthman in the body of a Uranian
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May 03, 2022
Characters of Worlds or...?
Regarding that idea about the “characters of the worlds” or planetary archetypes – I think you may have got something here. I wonder if all these imaginary
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Apr 20, 2022
More native planetary names by authors
Hello! I saw your page about Names in the Old Solar System and since I am a bit of an amateur linguist, I always appreciate good naming in the descriptions
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Apr 18, 2022
Uranian Throne Episode 10 The Londoner
An unsuspecting amateur of space science
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Apr 15, 2022
Uranian Throne Episode 9 The Last Card
Dynoom commits to the final hope for Olhoav
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Apr 12, 2022
the jungle moons - a discussion
the densely blooming outer satellites of the system...
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Apr 11, 2022
What to see on Earth
The Terran Scene
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Mar 31, 2022
uranian throne episode 8 the brain-mist writhes
Hyala smashes the bowl...
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Mar 29, 2022
What to see on Ceres
The Cerian scene
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Feb 27, 2022
Idea for another site - The Stellar Neighbourhood
Idea for another site - The Stellar Neighbourhood
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Feb 18, 2022
A Survey of Ooranye
the geography, biologies and mentalities of the seventh planet
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Jan 29, 2022
Uranian Throne episode 19 The Non-Dummy Run
a simulation turns dangerously real
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Jan 18, 2022
What to see on the Sun
The solar scene
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Dec 14, 2021
Ooranye - maps
maps of the uranian hemispheres
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Dec 12, 2021
Reconstructions by Robert Gibson
a mystery of the Second World War
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Dec 08, 2021
oss diary 2021
reflections on life, the old solar system and everything
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Oct 31, 2021
Ice age Venus?
First, let me join those who've said thanks for putting this site together. I always loved the old SF stories and wished something like them were still
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Oct 30, 2021
The Mare Frigoris Culture by Robert Gibson
a lost episode of renaissance history
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Oct 19, 2021
Old Friends by K S Augustin
two knights in a tavern, at the end of a tourney, each unaware of the other's plan
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Oct 05, 2021
Creakers
writing that clunks amid the proto-oss rubble
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Oct 03, 2021
Ceres
the literary soul of the largest asteroid
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Sep 17, 2021
Delegators by Nikita Zuev
Terran negotiators on a world that faces doom...
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Aug 26, 2021
Interplanetary Knock-Out 2020-2021
the 32 teams battle it out for the system trophy
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Jul 25, 2021
Uranian Throne episode 18 The Rash Down-Payment
A tour guide takes risks with an ancient curse
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Jul 12, 2021
Rescue on Dione by Robert Gibson
A tale of Saturn's fourth moon
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Jun 19, 2021
What to see on Saturn
The Saturnian Scene
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Jun 15, 2021
What to see on Pallas
What to see on Pallas
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Jun 07, 2021
The implicizer aimed at the Martian Diagram of Power
An enigmatic snippet from James Blish is expanded into a fuller scenario
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