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1. Haunted Worlds - Fictional auras of places on Earth, the Moon and Mars

   Nov 14, 24 02:46 PM

   
   The double life of our place-names

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2. Cities of the Old Solar System

   Nov 14, 24 11:45 AM

   
   Planetary cultural hotspots

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3. The Forgetters

   Nov 13, 24 01:05 PM

   Taldis Norkoten versus the Quonians

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4. The Outermost Reaches

   Nov 13, 24 11:55 AM

   
   The outermost reaches of the solar system - trans-Plutonian space

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5. Names in the Old Solar System

   Nov 13, 24 07:09 AM

   Names in the Old Solar System

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6. CLUFFS

   Nov 13, 24 06:03 AM

   
   CLUFFS - Cute Little Unfulfilled Fragments of Fascination

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7. Fictional Dates of the Old Solar System

   Nov 11, 24 02:14 PM

   
   our timeline extended into imagined pasts and futures

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8. Idea for another site - The Stellar Neighbourhood

   Nov 11, 24 01:45 PM

   
   the named or designated stars that appear in literature

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9. Guess The World - how many scenes on each world

   Nov 11, 24 05:57 AM

   
   how each world is doing on the scenic front

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10. What to see on Saturn

    Nov 11, 24 05:49 AM

    
    The Saturnian Scene

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11. Guess The World - Fifth Series

    Nov 10, 24 07:03 AM

    
    Yet more scenes from Solar System worlds

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12. Neptunian Allure

    Nov 09, 24 08:14 AM

    
    The eighth planet and the romance of discovery

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13. The Worm of Poleva

    Nov 08, 24 02:37 PM

    
    Peril on the Starside of Uranus

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14. C L Moore and the Old Solar System - the adventures of Northwest Smith

    Nov 08, 24 01:45 PM

    
    a lone planeteer who lives by his wits

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15. The Far Future in the Old Solar System

    Nov 08, 24 01:30 PM

    
    The Far Future in the Old Solar System

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16. A Survey of Ooranye

    Nov 08, 24 06:20 AM

    
    the geography, biologies and mentalities of the seventh planet

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17. Eerie Earths

    Nov 07, 24 11:11 AM

    
    a shimmer of mystery enlarges our world

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18. The implicizer aimed at Blowups Happen

    Nov 07, 24 08:40 AM

    
    embellishing a reference to ancient lunar catastrophe

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19. Silicon Life in the Old Solar System

    Nov 07, 24 08:14 AM

    
    the alternative to carbon

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20. Authors of the Old Solar System

    Nov 05, 24 04:02 PM

    authors who have contributed to the old solar system

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21. The First Men in the Moon by H G Wells

    Nov 05, 24 12:46 PM

    
    by far the finest account of a first lunar voyage

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22. What to see on the Asteroids

    Nov 05, 24 03:02 AM

    
    innumerable worlds in the inner planets' back yard

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23. The Rings of Saturn

    Nov 04, 24 12:43 PM

    
    a unique setting formed by zillions of moonlets

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24. Slaves of Venus

    Nov 04, 24 12:31 PM

    subjection on Earth's sister planet

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25. The Great Red Spot

    Nov 03, 24 02:05 PM

    
    How Jupiter's most famous feature figures in sf

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26. Thanator - For and Against

    Nov 03, 24 01:35 PM

    
    Trying to find excuses for this attempt at a pastiche of Barsoom

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27. The Darkside of Mercury

    Nov 03, 24 08:18 AM

    
    Unexpected life in the dark and cold

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28. Chill on beautiful Iskar!

    Nov 02, 24 09:45 AM

    
    A memorable asteroid

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29. Perelandra by C S Lewis: the good, the bad and the numinous

    Nov 02, 24 07:36 AM

    
    Good and evil and floating islands

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30. Clark Ashton Smith - The Immortals of Mercury

    Nov 01, 24 03:36 PM

    
    Secret Lords of the Twilight Belt

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31. Prisoners of Saturn

    Nov 01, 24 12:30 PM

    
    Prisoners of Saturn

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32. The Open Secret

    Nov 01, 24 12:17 PM

    
    after the fall of the Rubidium Fort

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33. the hits race

    Nov 01, 24 08:54 AM

    
    the monthly popularity-contest for world-teams

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34. Invasions from Mercury

    Oct 31, 24 04:58 PM

    The inner planet is not shy of attacking Earth

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35. What to see on Callisto

    Oct 29, 24 07:30 AM

    
    The Callistan scene

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36. What to see on the Moon

    Oct 28, 24 04:09 AM

    
    The lunar scene

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37. William Hope Hodgson: A View by Antolin Gibson

    Oct 27, 24 09:11 AM

    
    a master of dark far-future splendour

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38. What to see on Neptune

    Oct 27, 24 06:39 AM

    
    The Neptunian scene

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39. Zendexor's OSS Diary 2024

    Oct 26, 24 09:16 AM

    
    reflections on life, the oss and everything

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40. Rex Gordon and the Old Solar System

    Oct 26, 24 06:03 AM

    
    Marooned on an unforgettable Mars

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41. James Blish and the Old Solar System

    Oct 25, 24 07:17 AM

    
    James Blish and the Old Solar System

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42. The works of Jack Vance - A Flaw in the Idea?

    Oct 25, 24 07:11 AM

    
    the issue of retribution accompanying justice

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43. What to see on Mercury

    Oct 25, 24 04:24 AM

    
    The Mercurian scene

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44. The Shears of Night

    Oct 24, 24 11:31 AM

    
    the phosphorus era at its doomed height

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45. Rider Haggard - style, set-piece and character by Antolin Gibson

    Oct 24, 24 07:23 AM

    
    a critical quest for the secret of adventurous narrative

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46. What to see on Mars

    Oct 24, 24 06:47 AM

    
    The Martian Scene

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47. Colin Wilson and the Old Solar System

    Oct 23, 24 09:02 AM

    
    Colin Wilson and the Old Solar System

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48. Edgar Rice Burroughs and the Old Solar System

    Oct 22, 24 02:13 PM

    
    Edgar Rice Burroughs and the Old Solar System

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49. Interplanetary Huntress - the Gerry Carlyle Stories of Arthur K Barnes

    Oct 21, 24 12:37 PM

    
    Interplanetary Huntress - the Gerry Carlyle Stories of Arthur K Barnes

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50. Battle on Mercury by Lester del Rey

    Oct 21, 24 12:34 PM

    
    human explorers and energy-beings

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51. Time to Rest by John Wyndham

    Oct 20, 24 09:41 AM

    Time to Rest by John Wyndham

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52. Uranian Gleams

    Oct 20, 24 08:31 AM

    
    Uranian Gleams is the first ever epic set on the planet Uranus

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53. Prologue to the first edition of Uranian Gleams

    Oct 20, 24 08:23 AM

    from some correspondence of A.D. 3604

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54. S M Stirling and the New Old Solar System

    Oct 20, 24 06:31 AM

    Prehistorically terraformed Mars and Venus

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