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1. Guess the World - Open

   Jan 19, 20 03:24 PM

   Readers can quiz each other

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2. Interplanetary Knock-Out 2020

   Jan 19, 20 02:41 AM

   the 32 teams battle it out for the system trophy

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3. OSS Diary 2020

   Jan 18, 20 11:46 AM

   musings and announcements

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4. Zones Cup 2019

   Jan 10, 20 08:32 AM

   the system's most sought-after areas

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5. Zones Cup 2018

   Jan 08, 20 11:58 AM

   the System's hit-spots

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6. Page-View Winners 2019

   Jan 08, 20 01:28 AM

   the hit parade of the most popular pages on site

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7. Tales To Astound

   Jan 01, 20 02:27 PM

   

   Your monthly on-site magazine of infinite adventure

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8. Outlaws of Neptune by Robert Gibson

   Jan 01, 20 02:25 PM

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

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9. One Who Burns Worlds by David England

   Jan 01, 20 02:19 PM

   A daughter's quest to find her place takes a strange turn

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10. Of Dresses and Dames by David England

    Jan 01, 20 02:12 PM

    An unsavoury hero shows a softer side

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11. 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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12. Anthology Project

    Dec 15, 19 01:42 PM

    

    Anthology Project for New Old Solar System

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13. CLUFFS

    Dec 07, 19 07:18 AM

    CLUFFS - Cute Little Unfulfilled Fragments of Fascination

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14. The Fireside

    Nov 18, 19 08:33 AM

    chat-reports from the author of the Longtail series

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15. OSS Diary 2019

    Nov 13, 19 10:12 AM

    

    Announcements and reflections...

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16. Uranian Throne Episode 13 The Validator Rips

    Nov 01, 19 03:21 AM

    The Terran Heir is roused at long last...

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17. The Magistrate by Jamie Ross

    Nov 01, 19 03:20 AM

    

    Martian justice is ruthlessly environmental

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18. 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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19. Olhoav city-map

    Oct 13, 19 04:08 PM

    

    A plan of a Uranian city

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20. Fictional Dates of the Old Solar System

    Oct 09, 19 01:27 PM

    our timeline extended into fictional pasts and futures

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21. Sleeping Fury episode 4 by Xiangjun Zeng

    Oct 01, 19 07:52 AM

    Continuing the adventures of Longtail on far-future Mars

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22. 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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23. The Dance of the Red Lady by David England

    Oct 01, 19 07:25 AM

    coming of age among faltering worlds...

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24. 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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25. Sleeping Fury Part 3 by Xiangjun Zeng

    Aug 31, 19 10:28 PM

    the iron king and the red city manoeuvre for advantage

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26. Where the Nightlife Never Ends by Dylan Jeninga

    Aug 31, 19 10:22 PM

    Comeuppance on Darkside...

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

    Aug 31, 19 10:01 PM

    The foundations of Olhoav split

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28. 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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29. Who will next reach the Moon? by Jamie Ross

    Aug 01, 19 11:44 AM

    

    Assessing the seriousness of space programs...

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30. The Resurrection of Merrick Hardcastle by K S Augustin

    Aug 01, 19 07:06 AM

    Things can get tough on Mercury...

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31. Exile To Space by Jamie Ross

    Aug 01, 19 06:56 AM

    

    rejected by two worlds...

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32. Have any of you heard of Space: 1889?

    Jul 31, 19 03:20 AM

    Space: 1889 is a tabletop rpg that brings the Old Solar System to life. Old Mars, shaped again. The red deserts and canal cities of a falling Mars that

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33. The Adventures of Longtail

    Jul 21, 19 07:55 AM

    

    A far-future, post-human Solar System

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34. A Life of Leisure and Renewed Vigor by James W Murphy

    Jul 01, 19 03:13 PM

    Venus is not for everyone...

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35. Rock Toad

    Jun 24, 19 06:46 AM

    a mountain-sized Martian being

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36. Whom Gods Destroy by Dylan Jeninga

    Jun 07, 19 03:42 PM

    

    Looters beware - the Moon is far from dead

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37. 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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38. Planet X

    Apr 13, 19 04:16 PM

    

    a fictional world that orbits beyond Pluto...

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39. The Sea Empress by Dylan Jeninga

    Apr 02, 19 09:32 AM

    

    Neptunian oceanic splendour and sorrow

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40. An Approach to World-Building

    Apr 01, 19 04:30 AM

    

    comments on constructing a planetary epic

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41. 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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42. Be Seeing You by Dylan Jeninga

    Mar 01, 19 05:09 AM

    

    A rover with sentiment...

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43. 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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44. Uranian Throne Episode 10 The Londoner

    Feb 01, 19 04:24 AM

    

    An unsuspecting amateur of space science

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45. 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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46. 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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47. 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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48. Chinese lunar rover, Navigation and Names

    Jan 14, 19 05:40 AM

    crossing the magpie bridge...

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49. Page View Winners 2018

    Jan 06, 19 09:36 AM

    Top of the System charts

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50. OSS clues, NOSS News

    Jan 05, 19 11:59 AM

    

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

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51. 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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52. 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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