the eternal zones
story archive
Here is our archive of on-site OSS tales, arranged, broadly, in astronomical zones from the Sun outwards to the
System's edge. (When a tale is set on more than one world, it is listed in more than one zone.)
This, therefore, is where all our on-site fiction lurks. Here the unwary reader is drawn into our ameliorated neighbouring worlds, which have progressed, under the loving care of our writers, to being what they jolly well ought to be...
in and around the solar furnace
Something New Under the Sun by David England (the scene on Vulcan)
The Winds of Vulcan by Dylan Jeninga
marvels of old mercury
Zookie Must Die by Violet Bertelsen
The Lifeblood of Worlds by David England (the Mercurian scene in Part 2)
a warm but not scorching venus
The Purple Sea by Dylan Jeninga
Project Utopia by R Olsen
Something New Under the Sun by David England (the opening scene)
earth-shimmer
The Lifeblood of Worlds by David England
Man of the World by Robert Gibson
mysteries of the moon
The Archives of the Moon by Robert Gibson
Whom Gods Destroy by Dylan Jeninga
The Rogue Planet by Dylan Jeninga
meandering on mars
The Lifeblood of Worlds by David England
Wanderers of Mars by Dylan Jeninga
Be Seeing You by Dylan Jeninga
Sleeping Fury by Xiangjun Zeng
Long Live the Billion-Year Spacereich! by Violet Bertelsen
asteroidal adventures
Rock and a Hard Place by Joseph Guzzo
Rock and the Belt Pirates by Joseph Guzzo
Peril on Pallas by Dylan Jeninga and Zendexor
The Lifeblood of Worlds by David England (part 2, the scene on Ceres)
Rimworld Trash by Dylan T Jeninga
jovian jeopardy
Flame Lords of Jupiter by Robert Gibson
Europa Dive by Jamie Ross
Rimworld Trash by Dylan T Jeninga (the opening episode on Leda)
the saturn system
The Arc of Iapetus by Robert Gibson
Pirates of Titan by Dylan T Jeninga
The Lost Rings of Saturn by James W Murphy
uranian dreams
The Chthonic Pull by Violet Bertelsen
Uranian Throne by Robert Gibson
Beyond Despair by Jamie Ross
neptunian horizons
The Sea Empress by Dylan Jeninga
plutonian nightmare
On the Shoreline of Darkness by Violet Bertelsen
Trans-plutonian trip
Mission to the Tenth Planet by Dylan Jeninga and Zendexor
workshop
Longtail: A Prologue by Xiangjun Zeng
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CLUFFS
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CLUFFS - Cute Little Unfulfilled Fragments of Fascination
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Interplanetary Knock-Out
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OSS Diary 2019
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Whom Gods Destroy by Dylan Jeninga
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The Lost Rings of Saturn by James W Murphy
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A Jovian saves the day - on Saturn
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The Fate of All Things by David England
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Planet X
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a fictional world that orbits beyond Pluto...
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Howlstone Excavations Day 2
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The Sea Empress by Dylan Jeninga
Apr 02, 19 09:32 AM
Neptunian oceanic splendour and sorrow
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The Sons of Eris by David England
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space pirates with a difference...
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An Approach to World-Building
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comments on constructing a planetary epic
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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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Be Seeing You by Dylan Jeninga
Mar 01, 19 05:09 AM
A rover with sentiment...
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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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Sandworms
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creatures of the Martian Cauldron...
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Uranian Throne Episode 10 The Londoner
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An unsuspecting amateur of space science
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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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Guess the World - Open
Jan 31, 19 03:47 AM
Readers can quiz each other
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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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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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Chinese lunar rover, Navigation and Names
Jan 14, 19 05:40 AM
crossing the magpie bridge...
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Zones Cup 2018
Jan 10, 19 07:52 AM
the System's hit-spots
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Page View Winners 2018
Jan 06, 19 09:36 AM
Top of the System charts
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OSS clues, NOSS News
Jan 05, 19 11:59 AM
Spreading the word for new tales or obscure gems...
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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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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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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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The Adventures of Longtail
Dec 30, 18 07:59 AM
A far-future, post-human Solar System
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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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The Purple Sea by Dylan Jeninga
Dec 27, 18 12:55 PM
Is Venus Eden or Hell? Hard to decide...
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The Worlds of Edgar Rice Burroughs by Antolin Gibson
Dec 24, 18 05:04 PM
ERB the Experimenter
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OSS Diary 2018
Dec 24, 18 04:55 PM
News, thoughts and reflections
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Fictional Dates of the Old Solar System
Dec 22, 18 02:47 PM
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Anthology Project
Dec 20, 18 04:03 AM
Anthology Project for New Old Solar System
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Uranian Throne reference page
Dec 15, 18 08:49 AM
terms and names used in the story
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uranian throne episode 8 the brain-mist writhes
Dec 01, 18 01:39 AM
Hyala smashes the bowl...
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Science catching up?
Nov 26, 18 07:27 AM
the literal in pursuit of the literary
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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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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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We are all human after all by Jamie Ross
Oct 07, 18 03:27 PM
epic toilet wars in space
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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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The Lifeblood of Worlds by David England
Oct 01, 18 06:14 AM
Set in an early Space Age...
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Uranian Throne Episode 6 The Infrastructure Throbs
Oct 01, 18 06:08 AM
Dempelath excites the urban fabric
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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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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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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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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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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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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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The Rogue Planet by Dylan Jeninga
Jul 01, 18 09:10 AM
a wandering world with a silent tale to tell...