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1. CLUFFS

   Jun 26, 19 06:07 AM

   CLUFFS - Cute Little Unfulfilled Fragments of Fascination

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2. Interplanetary Knock-Out

   Jun 26, 19 03:29 AM

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

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3. Rock Toad

   Jun 24, 19 06:46 AM

   a mountain-sized Martian being

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4. Olhoav city-map

   Jun 19, 19 12:11 PM

   

   A plan of a Uranian city

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5. OSS Diary 2019

   Jun 07, 19 03:49 PM

   

   Announcements and reflections...

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6. Whom Gods Destroy by Dylan Jeninga

   Jun 07, 19 03:42 PM

   

   Looters beware - the Moon is far from dead

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7. Tales To Astound

   Jun 01, 19 12:14 PM

   

   Your monthly on-site magazine of infinite adventure

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8. The Lost Rings of Saturn by James W Murphy

   Jun 01, 19 11:56 AM

   A Jovian saves the day - on Saturn

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9. The Fate of All Things by David England

   Jun 01, 19 06:46 AM

   an irrevocable choice between knowledge and vengeance

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10. Planet X

    Apr 13, 19 04:16 PM

    

    a fictional world that orbits beyond Pluto...

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11. Howlstone Excavations Day 2

    Apr 10, 19 03:12 PM

    more researchers' notes from a lost Longtail city...

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12. The Sea Empress by Dylan Jeninga

    Apr 02, 19 09:32 AM

    

    Neptunian oceanic splendour and sorrow

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13. The Sons of Eris by David England

    Apr 01, 19 04:40 AM

    

    space pirates with a difference...

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14. An Approach to World-Building

    Apr 01, 19 04:30 AM

    

    comments on constructing a planetary epic

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15. Uranian Throne Episode 11 The Terran Heir

    Mar 04, 19 02:38 AM

    the mind of an Earthman in the body of a Uranian

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16. Be Seeing You by Dylan Jeninga

    Mar 01, 19 05:09 AM

    

    A rover with sentiment...

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17. 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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18. Sandworms

    Feb 17, 19 06:51 AM

    

    creatures of the Martian Cauldron...

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19. Uranian Throne Episode 10 The Londoner

    Feb 01, 19 04:24 AM

    

    An unsuspecting amateur of space science

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20. 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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21. Guess the World - Open

    Jan 31, 19 03:47 AM

    Readers can quiz each other

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22. 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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23. 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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24. Chinese lunar rover, Navigation and Names

    Jan 14, 19 05:40 AM

    crossing the magpie bridge...

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25. Zones Cup 2018

    Jan 10, 19 07:52 AM

    the System's hit-spots

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26. Page View Winners 2018

    Jan 06, 19 09:36 AM

    Top of the System charts

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27. OSS clues, NOSS News

    Jan 05, 19 11:59 AM

    

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

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28. 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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29. 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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30. 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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31. The Adventures of Longtail

    Dec 30, 18 07:59 AM

    A far-future, post-human Solar System

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32. 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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33. The Purple Sea by Dylan Jeninga

    Dec 27, 18 12:55 PM

    

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

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34. The Worlds of Edgar Rice Burroughs by Antolin Gibson

    Dec 24, 18 05:04 PM

    ERB the Experimenter

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35. OSS Diary 2018

    Dec 24, 18 04:55 PM

    

    News, thoughts and reflections

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36. 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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37. Anthology Project

    Dec 20, 18 04:03 AM

    

    Anthology Project for New Old Solar System

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38. Uranian Throne reference page

    Dec 15, 18 08:49 AM

    terms and names used in the story

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39. uranian throne episode 8 the brain-mist writhes

    Dec 01, 18 01:39 AM

    

    Hyala smashes the bowl...

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40. Science catching up?

    Nov 26, 18 07:27 AM

    

    the literal in pursuit of the literary

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41. 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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42. 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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43. We are all human after all by Jamie Ross

    Oct 07, 18 03:27 PM

    

    epic toilet wars in space

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44. 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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45. The Lifeblood of Worlds by David England

    Oct 01, 18 06:14 AM

    

    Set in an early Space Age...

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46. Uranian Throne Episode 6 The Infrastructure Throbs

    Oct 01, 18 06:08 AM

    

    Dempelath excites the urban fabric

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47. 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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48. 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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49. 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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50. 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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51. 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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52. 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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53. 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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