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1. The Mare Frigoris Culture by Robert Gibson

   Dec 15, 24 02:37 AM

   
   a lost episode of renaissance history

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2. Author Heaven - Plus

   Dec 14, 24 12:06 PM

   Author Heaven - Plus

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3. Valeddom - Mercury Awaits

   Dec 13, 24 01:46 PM

   
   Resurrects the traditional Twilight Belt version of Mercury

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4. Moral dimensions of the Old Solar System

   Dec 13, 24 01:24 PM

   
   slavery, arena bloodshed and specism in the OSS

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5. Primordial Worlds

   Dec 11, 24 09:12 AM

   
   the OSS in ancient days

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

   Dec 11, 24 08:55 AM

   
   The double life of our place-names

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7. History of Hopes

   Dec 10, 24 11:59 AM

   
   Optimistic science and speculation

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8. Hollow Worlds

   Dec 10, 24 11:18 AM

   
   habitable interiors of planets and moons

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9. Themes

   Dec 09, 24 11:10 AM

   
   topics to be found in OSS literature

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

    Dec 09, 24 06:29 AM

    
    how each world is doing on the scenic front

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11. What to see on Themis

    Dec 09, 24 06:18 AM

    
    Pickering's discounted discovery brought to fictional life

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12. Guess The World - Fifth Series

    Dec 08, 24 09:16 AM

    
    Yet more scenes from Solar System worlds

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13. Hyper-Brains in the Old Solar System

    Dec 07, 24 10:44 AM

    
    Swollen, hypertrophied or disembodied brains in the Old Solar System

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14. Idea for another site - The Stellar Neighbourhood

    Dec 06, 24 01:27 PM

    
    the named or designated stars that appear in literature

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15. Poetic Licence

    Dec 06, 24 01:19 PM

    
    leeway for writers in the OSS

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16. The Great Red Spot

    Dec 05, 24 08:19 AM

    
    How Jupiter's most famous feature figures in sf

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17. Intelligent Plants in the Old Solar System

    Dec 04, 24 02:27 PM

    
    vegetable brains and awareness

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18. What to see on Planet X

    Dec 04, 24 08:50 AM

    
    scenes from the tenth planet

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19. An acquired taste

    Dec 03, 24 03:28 PM

    Hi there As a long time science fiction reader I enjoy the spirited debate even if it takes me a while to catch up with the topic sometimes. Can you provide

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20. H P Lovecraft - misunderstood?

    Dec 02, 24 01:04 PM

    
    an awe-inspirer rather than a horrifier

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21. What to see on Iris

    Dec 02, 24 09:21 AM

    The Iridian scene

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22. the hits race

    Dec 01, 24 07:34 AM

    
    the monthly popularity-contest for world-teams

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23. Fictional Dates of the Old Solar System

    Nov 30, 24 03:03 PM

    
    our timeline extended into imagined pasts and futures

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24. Alien Scripts in the Old Solar System

    Nov 30, 24 12:06 PM

    
    mysterious planetary writings

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25. GAWI

    Nov 29, 24 07:36 AM

    Getting Away With It

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26. Plying the Space-lanes of the Old Solar System

    Nov 28, 24 11:53 AM

    
    on the celestial tracks

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27. Decisive Battles of the Old Solar System

    Nov 27, 24 02:30 PM

    
    The clashes that shaped the worlds we knew

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28. Greenery

    Nov 25, 24 12:24 PM

    
    a mobile home fights a deadly plant

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29. What to see on Jupiter

    Nov 25, 24 05:44 AM

    
    The Jovian scene

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30. Uranian Clock

    Nov 24, 24 07:31 AM

    
    the divisions of the thirty-hour day on Ooranye

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31. Authors of the Old Solar System

    Nov 22, 24 12:49 PM

    authors who have contributed to the old solar system

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32. Radioactive Life

    Nov 22, 24 07:22 AM

    good for metamorphic plots...

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33. Jovian Inferno - "Bridge" by James Blish

    Nov 21, 24 02:18 PM

    
    a nightmare view of the giant planet

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34. Pioneering Fugitives - John W Campbell's Penton and Blake

    Nov 20, 24 09:23 AM

    
    the first explorers to gain the freedom of the System

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35. What to see on Titan

    Nov 20, 24 04:15 AM

    
    The Titanic scene

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36. CLUFFS

    Nov 19, 24 02:25 PM

    
    CLUFFS - Cute Little Unfulfilled Fragments of Fascination

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37. Star's Reach by John Michael Greet

    Nov 18, 24 02:06 PM

    
    the deindustrial future - Earth as a fictional rival of ancient Mars

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38. The Forgetters

    Nov 18, 24 11:10 AM

    Taldis Norkoten versus the Quonians

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39. A E van Vogt and the Old Solar System

    Nov 18, 24 08:17 AM

    
    One of the indispensible Old Masters of sf

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40. What to see on Neptune

    Nov 18, 24 03:18 AM

    
    The Neptunian scene

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41. Religion in the Old Solar System

    Nov 17, 24 08:33 AM

    
    Creeds and transcendence in the Old Solar System

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42. What to see on Ganymede

    Nov 17, 24 08:11 AM

    
    The Ganymedean scene

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43. Time Travel and Reality Change in the Old Solar System

    Nov 16, 24 07:20 AM

    
    Enlarging the scope of reality

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44. The Old Space Program

    Nov 15, 24 04:52 AM

    
    How it might and ought to have happened

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45. Cities of the Old Solar System

    Nov 14, 24 11:45 AM

    
    Planetary cultural hotspots

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46. The Outermost Reaches

    Nov 13, 24 11:55 AM

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

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47. Names in the Old Solar System

    Nov 13, 24 07:09 AM

    Names in the Old Solar System

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48. What to see on Saturn

    Nov 11, 24 05:49 AM

    
    The Saturnian Scene

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49. Neptunian Allure

    Nov 09, 24 08:14 AM

    
    The eighth planet and the romance of discovery

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50. The Worm of Poleva

    Nov 08, 24 02:37 PM

    
    Peril on the Starside of Uranus

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51. 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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52. 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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53. A Survey of Ooranye

    Nov 08, 24 06:20 AM

    
    the geography, biologies and mentalities of the seventh planet

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54. Eerie Earths

    Nov 07, 24 11:11 AM

    
    a shimmer of mystery enlarges our world

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55. The implicizer aimed at Blowups Happen

    Nov 07, 24 08:40 AM

    
    embellishing a reference to ancient lunar catastrophe

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56. Silicon Life in the Old Solar System

    Nov 07, 24 08:14 AM

    
    the alternative to carbon

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57. 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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58. What to see on the Asteroids

    Nov 05, 24 03:02 AM

    
    innumerable worlds in the inner planets' back yard

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59. The Rings of Saturn

    Nov 04, 24 12:43 PM

    
    a unique setting formed by zillions of moonlets

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60. Slaves of Venus

    Nov 04, 24 12:31 PM

    subjection on Earth's sister planet

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61. 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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62. The Darkside of Mercury

    Nov 03, 24 08:18 AM

    
    Unexpected life in the dark and cold

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63. Chill on beautiful Iskar!

    Nov 02, 24 09:45 AM

    
    A memorable asteroid

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64. 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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65. Clark Ashton Smith - The Immortals of Mercury

    Nov 01, 24 03:36 PM

    
    Secret Lords of the Twilight Belt

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66. Prisoners of Saturn

    Nov 01, 24 12:30 PM

    
    Prisoners of Saturn

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67. The Open Secret

    Nov 01, 24 12:17 PM

    
    after the fall of the Rubidium Fort

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68. Invasions from Mercury

    Oct 31, 24 04:58 PM

    The inner planet is not shy of attacking Earth

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69. What to see on Callisto

    Oct 29, 24 07:30 AM

    
    The Callistan scene

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70. What to see on the Moon

    Oct 28, 24 04:09 AM

    
    The lunar scene

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71. 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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72. Zendexor's OSS Diary 2024

    Oct 26, 24 09:16 AM

    
    reflections on life, the oss and everything

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73. Rex Gordon and the Old Solar System

    Oct 26, 24 06:03 AM

    
    Marooned on an unforgettable Mars

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74. James Blish and the Old Solar System

    Oct 25, 24 07:17 AM

    
    James Blish and the Old Solar System

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75. 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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76. What to see on Mercury

    Oct 25, 24 04:24 AM

    
    The Mercurian scene

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77. The Shears of Night

    Oct 24, 24 11:31 AM

    
    the phosphorus era at its doomed height

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78. 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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79. What to see on Mars

    Oct 24, 24 06:47 AM

    
    The Martian Scene

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80. Colin Wilson and the Old Solar System

    Oct 23, 24 09:02 AM

    
    Colin Wilson and the Old Solar System

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