OSS Updates

Recent Articles and Updates

• 
• 
• 

1. Interplanetary Knock-Out 2020

   Jul 13, 20 03:55 AM

   

   the 32 teams battle it out for the system trophy

   Read More

2. Guess the World - Open

   Jul 11, 20 08:32 AM

   

   Readers can quiz each other

   Read More

3. Anthology Project

   Jul 11, 20 06:44 AM

   

   Anthology Project for New Old Solar System

   Read More

4. OSS Diary 2020

   Jul 05, 20 01:42 PM

   

   musings and announcements

   Read More

5. CLUFFS

   Jul 05, 20 01:04 PM

   CLUFFS - Cute Little Unfulfilled Fragments of Fascination

   Read More

6. Ray Cummings' Mercury

   Jul 04, 20 02:07 PM

   

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

   Read More

7. Tales To Astound

   Jul 01, 20 06:12 AM

   

   Your monthly on-site magazine of infinite adventure

   Read More

8. Fortune's Bitter Road by David England

   Jul 01, 20 05:47 AM

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

   Read More

9. The Mare Frigoris Culture by Robert Gibson

   Jul 01, 20 05:45 AM

   

   a lost episode of renaissance history

   Read More

10. Gloomstalker by xiangjun zeng

    Jun 16, 20 08:15 AM

    

    sadism given form on a sinister future Venus

    Read More

11. Fictional Dates of the Old Solar System

    Jun 02, 20 11:20 AM

    our timeline extended into fictional pasts and futures

    Read More

12. 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

    Read More

13. Lunar Surface Creatures

    May 19, 20 10:51 AM

    

    the natives of our moon's outdoors

    Read More

14. 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'

    Read More

15. The Longtail by Xiangjun Zeng

    May 04, 20 10:41 AM

    

    A far-future Martian pathfinder

    Read More

16. Uranian Throne episode 14 The heartland beckons

    May 01, 20 02:36 AM

    

    a naturalised Terran shows leadership in exile

    Read More

17. A Dark, Imperious Hand by David England

    May 01, 20 02:04 AM

    Hidden Agendas, Looming Danger in the foggy streets of Venus

    Read More

18. Iron King

    Apr 24, 20 04:27 AM

    

    the ruler of Howlstone in the Red Desert

    Read More

19. The Last Baroness by David England

    Apr 01, 20 06:49 AM

    all things must come to an end...

    Read More

20. Outlaws of Neptune by Robert Gibson

    Apr 01, 20 06:46 AM

    

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

    Read More

21. Uranian Throne Episode 13 The Validator Rips

    Mar 31, 20 04:31 PM

    The Terran Heir is roused at long last...

    Read More

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

    Mar 30, 20 09:24 AM

    The foundations of Olhoav split

    Read More

23. Uranian Throne Episode 11 The Terran Heir

    Mar 29, 20 04:27 PM

    the mind of an Earthman in the body of a Uranian

    Read More

24. Sleeping Fury: Journey to the Skybridge by Xiangjun Zeng

    Mar 04, 20 06:55 AM

    the latest in the Longtail saga

    Read More

25. Provided At Generous Prices by Dylan Jeninga

    Mar 01, 20 09:09 AM

    but prehistoric man did not read the small print

    Read More

26. Idea for another site - The Stellar Neighbourhood

    Feb 29, 20 02:25 PM

    

    Idea for another site - The Stellar Neighbourhood

    Read More

27. The Fireside

    Feb 04, 20 07:21 AM

    chat-reports from the author of the Longtail series

    Read More

28. The Colorless Colossus of the Cold

    Feb 01, 20 06:02 AM

    

    an alien monster on Europa

    Read More

29. The Slavanns Must Play by Robert Gibson

    Feb 01, 20 05:58 AM

    

    Earth under the Plutonian yoke

    Read More

30. Of Dresses and Dames by David England

    Feb 01, 20 05:39 AM

    An unsavoury hero shows a softer side

    Read More

31. Zones Cup 2019

    Jan 10, 20 08:32 AM

    the system's most sought-after areas

    Read More

32. Zones Cup 2018

    Jan 08, 20 11:58 AM

    the System's hit-spots

    Read More

33. Page-View Winners 2019

    Jan 08, 20 01:28 AM

    the hit parade of the most popular pages on site

    Read More

34. 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

    Read More

35. Interplanetary Knock-Out

    Dec 26, 19 05:32 AM

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

    Read More

36. OSS Diary 2019

    Nov 13, 19 10:12 AM

    

    Announcements and reflections...

    Read More

37. The Magistrate by Jamie Ross

    Nov 01, 19 03:20 AM

    

    Martian justice is ruthlessly environmental

    Read More

38. Devil's Due by David England

    Nov 01, 19 03:18 AM

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

    Read More

39. Olhoav city-map

    Oct 13, 19 04:08 PM

    

    A plan of a Uranian city

    Read More

40. 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...

    Read More

41. The Dance of the Red Lady by David England

    Oct 01, 19 07:25 AM

    coming of age among faltering worlds...

    Read More

42. 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,

    Read More

43. Where the Nightlife Never Ends by Dylan Jeninga

    Aug 31, 19 10:22 PM

    Comeuppance on Darkside...

    Read More

44. 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

    Read More

45. Who will next reach the Moon? by Jamie Ross

    Aug 01, 19 11:44 AM

    

    Assessing the seriousness of space programs...

    Read More

46. The Resurrection of Merrick Hardcastle by K S Augustin

    Aug 01, 19 07:06 AM

    Things can get tough on Mercury...

    Read More

47. Exile To Space by Jamie Ross

    Aug 01, 19 06:56 AM

    

    rejected by two worlds...

    Read More

48. 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

    Read More

49. The Adventures of Longtail

    Jul 21, 19 07:55 AM

    

    A far-future, post-human Solar System

    Read More