zones cup 2018
The cultural hot spots of the Solar System in 2018, zone by zone.
[The twelve monthly hits-figures are given for each relevant page, and then totalled for the System's thirteen major foci of interest.]
The Solar Zone 2018
Incandescence
55 53 57 37 45 39 36 40 28 39 54 33
The Sun
59 90 105 89 118 104 88 118 96 99 113 102
The Gritty NOSS
-- -- -- -- 51 39 33 40 23 45 57 38
The Winds of Vulcan
-- -- -- -- 68 43 53 54 46 42 64 53
Vulcan
57 90 96 78 102 85 90 94 349 83 91 97
17 32 35 28 33 24 32 33 40 42 25 42
What to see on Vulcan
17 36 37 26 25 29 23 19 28 45 21 29
Total for the Solar Zone: 4,476
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The Mercurian Zone 2018
Battle on Mercury
33 32 45 27 30 34 33 43 37 50 71 46
Brightside Crossing
37 43 46 43 41 44 43 54 43 96 114 69
The Darkside of Mercury
32 49 52 37 32 36 34 45 35 41 53 37
Immortals of Mercury
28 35 42 39 25 34 26 69 56 64 86 31
Invasions from Mercury
36 36 40 35 28 36 28 36 30 28 47 32
Mercury
108 96 116 106 107 102 118 118 115 184 192 131
Mercury Awaits
23 32 30 25 26 25 22 46 34 23 32 36
Old Mercury
24 30 36 31 22 26 19 26 31 33 35 22
Reply re Mercury Language Myth Influencing Valeddom
15 23 28 22 19 16 17 24 29 15 21 27
For the next Zones Cup: The Resurrection of Merrick Hardcastle
Valeddom
36 56 65 51 44 44 46 47 44 40 57 45
What to see on Mercury
21 44 47 35 40 42 32 52 60 49 37 51
For the next Zones Cup: Where the Nightlife Never Ends
Zookie Must Die
-- -- -- -- 49 41 42 43 33 43 66 39
Total for the Mercurian Zone: 6,463
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The Venusian Zone 2018
For the next Zones Cup: A Life of Leisure and Renewed Vigor
Amtor
37 50 51 68 36 3538 61 58 74 84 53
An Ice-Age Venus?
56 59 79 55 51 46 47 43 53 63 63 39
The Kuttner-Moore Venus
52 36 50 46 42 44 30 38 37 44 45 38
Love the Amtor Article
22 36 34 28 26 28 22 28 23 25 24 22
Perelandra
79 102 140 129 113 89 93 105 109 186 170 123
Project Utopia
-- -- 42 43 25 38 43 45 30 38 56 37
The Purple Sea
-- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- 92
Sentinels From Space
34 37 44 34 31 34 35 42 34 74 68 52
The Sky People
26 48 48 43 30 47 23 49 41 32 43 38
Slaves of Venus
30 34 41 25 30 31 23 58 44 45 46 28
Venus
83 92 143 106 124 107 138 152 108 161 197 148
Venus Quiz - Author-to-Tale
31 40 45 38 37 30 18 25 25 46 37 34
Venus Quiz - Tale-To-Author
26 43 46 47 35 28 33 29 28 36 34 41
What to see on Venus
46 48 73 63 58 54 68 88 109 139 114 87
Total for the Venusian Zone: 8,806
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The Terrestrial Zone 2018
A Plea for Lost Civilizations
27 34 41 26 23 26 24 35 30 34 53 37
A Relic from the Old Space Program
20 34 41 36 26 27 29 33 30 64 74 34
America's Own Haunting
25 36 51 51 41 54 45 74 42 51 65 44
The Drop
-- 51 44 32 26 50 35 47 27 44 63 28
Earth
70 76 108 88 90 88 82 101 87 98 96 86
Eerie Earths
19 24 39 38 29 30 30 46 43 51 46 34
Gather, Darkness!
31 41 37 26 26 31 34 35 34 46 55 36
Kroth
55 61 88 80 64 71 66 77 62 63 94 55
Man of the World
378 516 580 466 365 443 356 372 367 457 535 404
Offer of trial balloon for Earthshimmer tale
13 21 23 22 18 24 12 20 19 30 28 21
Old Space Program
56 65 91 87 89 87 80 96 67 98 115 85
Pellucidar
54 60 101 89 85 88 98 94 83 98 109 87
The Rise
-- -- 18 41 33 48 34 51 25 45 65 36
Star's Reach
38 45 55 52 37 43 40 67 53 59 68 53
What to see on Earth
26 37 43 33 39 36 37 42 75 78 63 45
Total for the Terrestrial Zone: 13,743
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The Lunar Zone 2018
A harsh beauty - the unforgiving moon
48 45 45 34 24 44 38 46 41 34 42 28
Ancient Inhabited Moon
28 34 43 33 34 36 33 40 37 63 83 38
Archives of the Moon
263 403 468 356 245 305 238 303 245 339 381 282
Earthlight
24 33 36 27 25 26 24 29 29 31 39 28
The First Men in the Moon
42 56 60 49 48 56 62 84 55 85 92 72
For the next Zones Cup: The Great Moon Hoax
Land Rush, King Rush, Moon Rush
32 50 45 43 42 45 41 47 26 44 71 51
Lovecraft's Moon
34 36 42 29 26 33 25 33 27 34 49 34
Lurkers on the Moon
28 36 47 32 27 33 21 23 38 40 47 34
The Moon
60 77 111 80 89 91 85 92 91 119 123 109
Moon Quiz - Author To Tale
22 34 34 23 25 28 26 38 26 31 30 31
Moon Quiz - Tale To Author
23 31 44 25 29 32 26 37 33 20 23 29
Offer of the Archives of the Moon
21 32 34 30 18 30 19 21 20 25 26 29
The Rogue Planet
-- -- -- -- -- -- 55 45 28 33 48 30
Thoughts on the Earthlight Article
19 28 33 36 20 27 20 27 17 19 27 22
What to see on the Moon
23 44 58 45 49 44 46 113 62 95 74 81
Whom Gods Destroy
-- -- 59 39 39 46 35 49 32 37 62 50
Total for the Lunar Zone: 11,093
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The Martian Zone 2018
A Coercive of Mars
26 39 35 32 35 30 28 38 31 43 44 22
A Return to Bradbury's Mars
16 36 39 30 28 28 27 27 27 36 24
A Rose for Ecclesiastes
32 42 66 55 34 36 36 59 46 65 80 59
Academia on Mars
30 44 50 34 27 32 34 38 31 56 63 36
Another NHOSS Adventure - James S A Corey's A Man Without Honor
31 47 45 37 35 49 39 42 43 42 51 27
Arabella of Mars
29 45 42 40 29 38 36 48 40 45 50 37
Barsoom
44 62 78 60 65 75 57 73 59 61 86 64
A Barsoom and NSS Mars Matchup
18 35 35 33 25 34 28 23 33 44 47 41
For the next Zones Cup: Be Seeing You
But is it NOSS?
31 35 34 27 25 30 27 28 21 25 27 27 32 48 21
For the next Zones Cup: The Cold White North of Mars
The Crimson Courts and My Martian Dreams
16 33 41 29 24 29 25 27 27 30 31 25
For the next Zones Cup: The Dance of the Red Lady
The Date of the Invasion
19 29 37 29 21 28 25 28 23 27 35 24
For the next Zones Cup: Field Observations from a Far-Future Mars
Global Dispatches and Extraordinary Gentlemen
17 22 24 30 18 23 19 25 26 24 36 22
For the next Zones Cup: Home on Mars
For the next Zones Cup: Howlstone Excavations Day 2
In the Courts of the Crimson Kings
34 55 64 49 50 61 52 70 42 75 93 45
In the Tombs of the Martian Kings
32 46 45 34 26 38 27 40 22 53 54 37
The Inorganic Character of RSS Mars
28 39 37 36 19 35 19 27 29 34 46 26
Long Live the Billion-Year Spacereich!
-- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- 51 63 29
For the next Zones Cup: The Magistrate
Mars
70 94 127 106 131 140 201 181 202 210 211 211
Mars et la terre à la belle époque
27 37 41 38 33 65 43 40 35 48 53 40
Mars Quiz - Author To Tale
33 59 73 48 32 42 33 59 49 65 50 46
Mars Quiz - Tale To Author
25 48 59 38 35 42 36 36 47 81 48 43
The Martian Crown Jewels
26 36 50 47 28 40 29 36 37 55 71 55
Martian Landings in War of the Worlds
41 58 61 64 62 58 66 63 75 99 113 107
My Favorite Anthology
24 39 37 25 26 31 23 26 34 36 24 27
For the next Zones Cup: One Who burns Worlds
Out of... Mars?
39 44 44 24 27 28 20 35 28 40 57 33
Out of the Silent Planet Overview
22 33 35 33 22 28 20 27 22 23 32 27
for next Zones Cup: Pirates on Mars Again
Red Planet
23 34 38 31 23 32 23 29 32 34 58 42
Rex Gordon
21 35 39 41 30 27 24 36 39 52 54 38
For the next Zones Cup: Rock Toad
Sailing the Seven Spaceways
33 55 59 48 46 57 39 43 46 49 61 33
For the next Zones Cup: Sandworms
The Sands of Mars
24 35 45 33 27 37 30 28 36 32 45 28
Shoals
26 33 38 32 26 39 22 42 30 49 66 44
Sleeping Fury
-- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- 66 44 52 47
Allen M Steele's Enigmatic Mars
21 40 47 42 31 46 26 45 28 58 59 41
Thoughts on Moorcock's The Lost Canal
-- -- -- 50 33 44 32 46 38 52 62 42
Time to Rest
30 35 43 29 32 39 35 50 49 58 73 53
Wanderers of Mars
45 53 49 35 36 38 20 34 28 32 33 30
What to see on Mars
38 55 74 77 53 58 45 75 127 123 95 105
World of Never-Men
26 44 54 35 40 32 31 47 39 55 62 41
Total for the Martian Zone: 18,651
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The Asteroidal Zone 2018
Asteroid Progenitor Planet
42 65 85 77 68 66 79 77 77 84 95 78
Asteroids
63 91 124 92 109 96 103 138 106 143 147 128
Ceres
26 49 47 33 31 34 26 29 39 35 40 31
Chill on Beautiful Iskar!
40 60 55 30 28 30 22 35 28 51 63 51
Peril on Pallas
113 155 175 133 108 113 93 126 114 119 156 98
Rimworld Trash
-- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- 62 49 106 77
Rock and a Hard Place
-- 150 100 57 42 49 45 51 40 50 57 35
Rock and the Belt Pirates
-- -- 103 50 33 43 35 37 31 51 79 34
To the Belt with Alan E Nourse
29 51 41 26 27 23 16 29 17 33 39 21
What to see on the Asteroids
25 35 37 44 32 44 29 136 43 74 56 48
What to see on Ceres
21 37 28 30 24 34 22 62 25 56 41 30
What to see on Icarus
10 31 22 28 21 25 24 28 17 53 43 20
What to See on Vesta
15 32 28 27 15 29 19 30 21 26 28 23
Total for the Asteroidal Zone: 8,095
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The Jovian Zone 2018
Amalthea
56 54 89 61 67 56 73 92 121 143 133 92
Asimov on Jupiter
29 35 44 31 28 42 31 39 33 49 58 46
Asimov on Jupiter Response
22 30 38 30 23 22 27 24 22 28 29 21
Callisto
28 45 58 57 41 53 51 68 64 93 99 67
Europa
31 49 62 40 40 40 43 141 47 82 87 53
Europa Dive
-- -- -- 66 39 57 51 50 26 39 47 40
Flame Lords of Jupiter
57 46 55 44 44 36 26 33 21 27 49 31
The Galilean Satellites
32 63 45 39 33 29 29 52 32 47 81 41
Ganymede
29 44 58 53 49 46 52 61 94 95 102 84
The Great Red Spot
20 36 43 33 26 30 29 28 23 41 51 32
Io
136 45 44 37 28 36 35 39 35 42 46 52
Jovian Inferno
27 32 43 43 23 28 29 37 34 46 71 37
Jupiter
74 102 109 67 79 101 97 112 114 150 164 138
Leda
24 28 37 30 22 20 28 38 45 30 36 34
Pinnah-Birds and Genetic Engineering
14 29 39 29 22 28 27 34 29 21 22 25
Thanator - For and Against
46 50 53 35 34 34 34 63 56 55 76 43
What to see on Callisto
13 31 28 23 18 30 17 25 30 27 28 33
What to see on Europa
18 31 29 31 19 27 18 33 24 42 34 36
What to see on Ganymede
25 33 39 37 31 39 25 28 33 51 44 39
What to see on Io
21 37 36 29 30 31 24 38 30 53 28 31
What to see on Jupiter
32 46 58 48 48 41 44 66 85 97 72 51
Total for the Jovian Zone: 11,570
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The Saturnian Zone 2018
A Saturnian Renaissance
19 29 30 23 22 27 21 29 16 30 44 20
The Arc of Iapetus
84 114 124 82 63 73 64 94 72 79 87 70
Feeling Naked on Titan Response
21 30 32 25 25 30 16 22 22 28 31 29
For the next Zones Cup: The Lost Rings of Saturn
Pirates of Titan
-- -- -- 58 44 53 37 49 33 35 50 42
Prisoners of Saturn
31 34 41 34 44 29 29 35 27 50 72 42
The Rings of Saturn
32 30 31 22 23 27 26 26 24 34 56 30
Saturn
44 76 90 83 68 80 92 90 76 130 138 123
Titan
83 71 77 69 100 121 98 92 118 153 153 164
What to see on Saturn
23 37 41 37 29 42 32 35 45 72 55 55
What to see on Titan
23 32 43 24 36 29 34 87 45 66 69 42
Total for the Saturnian Zone: 6,279
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The Uranian Zone 2018
Ariel
26 31 36 29 25 28 39 36 39 29 26 34
Beyond Despair
-- -- 66 61 26 46 41 47 27 37 46 31
The Chthonic Pull
-- -- 64 46 37 56 36 44 32 39 51 38
For the next Zones Cup: Into the Wilds
Oberon
31 37 43 34 30 31 37 86 40 59 62 47
Titania
26 35 41 34 27 30 28 40 32 32 42 40
Umbriel
25 41 39 32 36 28 32 25 27 34 34 33
Uranian Eras
30 49 58 54 53 35 23 46 25 24 26 33
Uranian Gleams
35 45 54 44 29 45 37 50 32 53 84 34
Uranian Throne
-- -- -- -- 50 94 119 239 177 233 416 272
Uranian Throne contents page
-- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- 24 21 32 28
Uranian Throne reference page
-- -- -- -- -- -- 39 51 47 70 112 100
Uranus
65 72 86 74 74 64 74 126 98 117 133 101
What to see on Oberon
15 25 26 20 16 25 23 21 19 24 32 31
What to see on Umbriel
17 23 26 21 16 25 15 23 30 26 21 25
What to see on Uranus
27 34 39 30 29 35 31 73 56 46 41 38
Total for the Uranian Zone: 7,809
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The Neptunian Zone 2018
Neptune
122 61 75 62 79 73 75 102 76 142 124 87
Neptunian Allure
33 45 49 37 32 40 31 56 51 40 54 44
For the next Zones Cup: Outlaws of Neptune
For the next Zones Cup: The Sea Empress
Triton
44 63 85 53 44 45 63 86 71 101 100 65
What to see on Neptune
14 33 36 25 29 27 26 26 43 53 38 39
What to see on Triton
15 28 32 22 26 23 21 47 47 28 25 30
Total for the Neptunian Zone: 3,123
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The Plutonian Zone 2018
Cerberus
20 30 40 23 20 28 22 27 28 26 44 30
On the Shoreline of Darkness
-- -- 60 41 34 62 48 76 36 58 65 39
Pluto
42 71 77 64 64 66 74 80 84 103 111 97
Pluto's Endless Mysteries
18 37 36 26 20 31 18 22 22 28 33 23
Styx
18 34 40 28 24 28 25 42 30 35 35 36
What to see on Pluto
19 31 32 32 25 30 25 29 40 40 40 41
What to see on Styx
21 24 26 24 13 31 17 22 16 26 32 32
Total for the Plutonian Zone: 3,147
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The Outermost Zone 2018
Comets
34 56 69 56 57 56 66 65 43 91 96 86
Mission to the Tenth Planet
63 71 81 59 46 52 53 64 44 59 63 53
The Outermost Reaches
63 72 83 70 64 64 54 70 66 60 88 63
The Reefs of Space
46 59 72 70 52 68 53 66 63 61 87 67
The Theoretical Ninth Planet
16 25 26 24 21 20 21 19 31 23 31 25
What to see on comets
26 27 31 20 24 23 23 42 29 41 31 41
Total for the Outermost Zone: 3,717
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RANKINGS, 2018:
In first place: The Martian Zone 18,651
In second place: The Terrestrial Zone 13,743
In third place: The Jovian Zone 11,570
In fourth place: The Lunar Zone 11,073
In fifth place: The Venusian Zone 8,806
In sixth place: The Asteroidal Zone 8,095
In seventh place: The Uranian Zone 7,809
In eighth place: The Mercurian Zone 6,463
In ninth place: The Saturnian Zone 6,279
In tenth place: The Solar Zone 4,476
In eleventh place: The Outermost Zone 3,717
In twelfth place: The Plutonian Zone 3,147
In last place: The Neptunian Zone 3,123results part-way through the year:
at end of third quarter:
The Solar Zone - 2018 Jan-Sept totals
Incandescence
55 53 57 37 45 39 36 40 28
Sun
59 90 105 89 118 104 88 118 96
The Gritty NOSS
-- -- -- -- 51 39 33 40 23
The Winds of Vulcan
-- -- -- -- 68 43 53 54 46
Vulcan
57 90 96 78 102 85 90 94 349
17 32 35 28 33 24 32 33 40
What to see on Vulcan
17 36 37 26 25 29 23 19 28
Total for the Solar Zone: 3262
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The Mercurian Zone - 2018 Jan-Sept totals
Battle on Mercury
33 32 45 27 30 34 33 43 37
Brightside Crossing
37 43 46 43 41 44 43 54 43
The Darkside of Mercury
32 49 52 37 32 36 34 45 35
Immortals of Mercury
28 35 42 39 25 34 26 69 56
Invasions from Mercury
36 36 40 35 28 36 28 36 30
Mercury
108 96 116 106 107 102 118 118 115
Mercury Awaits
23 32 30 25 26 25 22 46 34
Old Mercury
24 30 36 31 22 26 19 26 31
Reply re Mercury Language Myth Influencing Valeddom
15 23 28 22 19 16 17 24 29
Valeddom
36 56 65 51 44 44 46 47 44
What to see on Mercury
21 44 47 35 40 42 32 52 60
Zookie Must Die
-- -- -- -- 49 41 42 43 33
Total for the Mercurian Zone: 4420
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The Venusian Zone - 2018 Jan-Sept totals
Amtor
37 50 51 68 36 3538 61 58
An Ice-Age Venus?
56 59 79 55 51 46 47 43 53
The Kuttner-Moore Venus
52 36 50 46 42 44 30 38 37
Love the Amtor Article
22 36 34 28 26 28 22 28 23
Perelandra
79 102 140 129 113 89 93 105 109
Project Utopia
-- -- 42 43 25 38 43 45 30
For the next Zones Cup: The Purple Sea
Sentinels From Space
34 37 44 34 31 34 35 42 34
The Sky People
26 48 48 43 30 47 23 49 41
Slaves of Venus
30 34 41 25 30 31 23 58 44
Venus
83 92 143 106 124 107 138 152 108
Venus Quiz - Author-to-Tale
31 40 45 38 37 30 18 25 25
Venus Quiz - Tale-To-Author
26 43 46 47 35 28 33 29 28
What to see on Venus
46 48 73 63 58 54 68 88 109
Total for the Venusian Zone: 6030
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The Terrestrial Zone - 2018 Jan-Sept totals
A Plea for Lost Civilizations
27 34 41 26 23 26 24 35 30
A Relic from the Old Space Program
20 34 41 36 26 27 29 33 30
America's Own Haunting
25 36 51 51 41 54 45 74 42
The Drop
-- 51 44 32 26 50 35 47 27
Earth
70 76 108 88 90 88 82 101 87
Eerie Earths
19 24 39 38 29 30 30 46 43
Gather, Darkness!
31 41 37 26 26 31 34 35 34
Kroth
55 61 88 80 64 71 66 77 62
Man of the World
378 516 580 466 365 443 356 372 367
Offer of trial balloon for Earthshimmer tale
13 21 23 22 18 24 12 20 19
Old Space Program
56 65 91 87 89 87 80 96 67
Pellucidar
54 60 101 89 85 88 98 94 83
The Rise
-- -- 18 41 33 48 34 51 25
Star's Reach
38 45 55 52 37 43 40 67 53
What to see on Earth
26 37 43 33 39 36 37 42 75
Total for the Terrestrial Zone: 9813
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The Lunar Zone - 2018 Jan-Sept totals
A harsh beauty - the unforgiving moon
48 45 45 34 24 44 38 46 41
Ancient Inhabited Moon
28 34 43 33 34 36 33 40 37
Archives of the Moon
263 403 468 356 245 305 238 303 245
Earthlight
24 33 36 27 25 26 24 29 29
The First Men in the Moon
42 56 60 49 48 56 62 84 55
Land Rush, King Rush, Moon Rush
32 50 45 43 42 45 41 47 26
Lovecraft's Moon
34 36 42 29 26 33 25 33 27
Lurkers on the Moon
28 36 47 32 27 33 21 23 38
The Moon
60 77 111 80 89 91 85 92 91
Moon Quiz - Author To Tale
22 34 34 23 25 28 26 38 26
Moon Quiz - Tale To Author
23 31 44 25 29 32 26 37 33
Offer ofthe Archives of the Moon
21 32 34 30 18 30 19 21 20
For later Zones Cup: The Rogue Planet
-- -- -- -- -- -- 55 45 28
Thoughts on the Earthlight Article
19 28 33 36 20 27 20 27 17
What to see on the Moon
23 44 58 45 49 44 46 113 62
Whom Gods Destroy
-- -- 59 39 39 46 35 49 32
Total for the Lunar Zone: 7880
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The Martian Zone - 2018 Jan-Sept totals
A Coercive of Mars
26 39 35 32 35 30 28 38 31
A Return to Bradbury's Mars
16 36 39 30 28 28 27 27 23
A Rose for Ecclesiastes
32 42 66 55 34 36 36 59 46
Academia on Mars
30 44 50 34 27 32 34 38 31
Another NHOSS Adventure - James S A Corey's A Man Without Honor
31 47 45 37 35 49 39 42 43
Arabella of Mars
29 45 42 40 29 38 36 48 40
Barsoom
44 62 78 60 65 75 57 73 59
A Barsoom and NSS Mars Matchup
18 35 35 33 25 34 28 23 33
But is it NOSS?
31 35 34 27 25 30 27 28 21 25 27 27
For the next quarter: The Cold White North of Mars
The Crimson Courts and My Martian Dreams
16 33 41 29 24 29 25 28 23
The Date of the Invasion
19 29 37 29 21 28 19 25 26
Global Dispatches and Extraordinary Gentlemen
17 22 24 30 18 23 19 25 26
For the next Zones Cup: Home on Mars
In the Courts of the Crimson Kings
34 55 64 49 50 61 52 70 42
In the Tombs of the Martian Kings
32 46 45 34 26 38 27 40 22
The Inorganic Character of RSS Mars
28 39 37 36 19 35 19 27 29
For next Zones Cup: Long Live the Billion-Year Spacereich!
Mars
70 94 127 106 131 140 201 181 202
Mars et la terre à la belle époque
27 37 41 38 33 65 43 40 35
Mars Quiz - Author To Tale
33 59 73 48 32 42 33 59 49
Mars Quiz - Tale To Author
25 48 59 38 35 42 36 36 47
The Martian Crown Jewels
26 36 50 47 28 40 29 36 37
Martian Landings in War of the Worlds
41 58 61 64 62 58 66 63 75
My Favorite Anthology
24 39 37 25 26 31 23 26 34
Out of... Mars?
39 44 44 24 27 28 20 35 28
Out of the Silent Planet Overview
22 33 35 33 22 28 20 27 22
Red Planet
23 34 38 31 23 32 23 29 32
Rex Gordon
21 35 39 41 30 27 24 36 39
Sailing the Seven Spaceways
33 55 59 48 46 57 39 43 46
The Sands of Mars
24 35 45 33 27 37 30 28 36
Shoals
26 33 38 32 26 39 22 42 30
Sleeping Fury
-- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- 66
Allen M Steele's Enigmatic Mars
21 40 47 42 31 46 26 45 28
Thoughts on Moorcock's The Lost Canal
-- -- -- 50 33 44 32 46 38
Time to Rest
30 35 43 29 32 39 35 50 49
Wanderers of Mars
45 53 49 35 36 38 20 34 28
What to see on Mars
38 55 74 77 53 58 45 75 127
World of Never-Men
26 44 54 35 40 32 31 47 39
Total for the Martian Zone: 12733
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The Asteroidal Zone - 2018 Jan-Sept totals
Asteroid Progenitor Planet
42 65 85 77 68 66 79 77 77
Asteroids
63 91 124 92 109 96 103 138 106
Ceres
26 49 47 33 31 34 26 29 39
Chill on Beautiful Iskar!
40 60 55 30 28 30 22 35 28
Peril on Pallas
113 155 175 133 108 113 93 126 114
Rimworld Trash
-- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- 62
Rock and a Hard Place
-- 150 100 57 42 49 45 51 40
Rock and the Belt Pirates
-- -- 103 50 33 43 35 37 31
To the Belt with Alan E Nourse
29 51 41 26 27 23 16 29 17
What to see on the Asteroids
25 35 37 44 32 44 29 136 43
What to see on Ceres
21 37 28 30 24 34 22 62 25
What to see on Icarus
10 31 22 28 21 25 24 28 17
What to See on Vesta
15 32 28 27 15 29 19 30 21
Total for the Asteroidal Zone: 5647
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The Jovian Zone - 2018 Jan-Sept totals
Amalthea
56 54 89 61 67 56 73 92 121
Asimov on Jupiter
29 35 44 31 28 42 31 39 33
Asimov on Jupiter Response
22 30 38 30 23 22 27 24 22
Callisto
28 45 58 57 41 53 51 68 64
Europa
31 49 62 40 40 40 43 141 47
Europa Dive
-- -- -- 66 39 57 51 50 26
Flame Lords of Jupiter
57 46 55 44 44 36 26 33 21
The Galilean Satellites
32 63 45 39 33 29 29 52 32
Ganymede
29 44 58 53 49 46 52 61 94
The Great Red Spot
20 36 43 33 26 30 29 28 23
Io
136 45 44 37 28 36 35 39 35
Jovian Inferno
27 32 43 43 23 28 29 37 34
Jupiter
74 102 109 67 79 101 97 112 114
Leda
24 28 37 30 22 20 28 38 45
Pinnah-Birds and Genetic Engineering
14 29 39 29 22 28 27 34 29
Thanator - For and Against
46 50 53 35 34 34 34 63 56
What to see on Callisto
13 31 28 23 18 30 17 25 30
What to see on Europa
18 31 29 31 19 27 18 33 24
What to see on Ganymede
25 33 39 37 31 39 25 28 33
What to see on Io
21 37 36 29 30 31 24 38 30
What to see on Jupiter
32 46 58 48 48 41 44 66 85
Total for the Jovian Zone: 7929
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The Saturnian Zone - 2018 Jan-Sept totals
A Saturnian Renaissance
19 29 30 23 22 27 21 29 16
The Arc of Iapetus
84 114 124 82 63 73 64 94 72
Feeling Naked on Titan Response
21 30 32 25 25 30 16 22 22
Pirates of Titan
-- -- -- 58 44 53 37 49 33
Prisoners of Saturn
31 34 41 34 44 29 29 35 27
The Rings of Saturn
32 30 31 22 23 27 26 26 24
Saturn
44 76 90 83 68 80 92 90 76
Titan
83 71 77 69 100 121 98 92 118
What to see on Saturn
23 37 41 37 29 42 32 35 45
What to see on Titan
23 32 43 24 36 29 34 87 45
Total for the Saturnian Zone: 3989
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The Uranian Zone - 2018 Jan-Sept totals
Ariel
26 31 36 29 25 28 39 36 39
Beyond Despair
-- -- 66 61 26 46 41 47 27
The Chthonic Pull
-- -- 64 46 37 56 36 44 32
Oberon
31 37 43 34 30 31 37 86 40
Titania
26 35 41 34 27 30 28 40 32
Umbriel
25 41 39 32 36 28 32 25 27
Uranian Eras
30 49 58 54 53 35 23 46 25
Uranian Gleams
35 45 54 44 29 45 37 50 32
Uranian Throne
-- -- -- -- 50 94 119 239 177
Uranian Throne contents page
-- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- 24
Uranian Throne reference page
-- -- -- -- -- -- 39 51 47
Uranus
65 72 86 74 74 64 74 126 98
What to see on Oberon
15 25 26 20 16 25 23 21 19
What to see on Umbriel
17 23 26 21 16 25 15 23 30
What to see on Uranus
27 34 39 30 29 35 31 73 56
Total for the Uranian Zone: 4922
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The Neptunian Zone - 2018 Jan-Sept totals
Neptune
122 61 75 62 79 73 75 102 76
Neptunian Allure
33 45 49 37 32 40 31 56 51
Triton
44 63 85 53 44 45 63 86 71
What to see on Neptune
14 33 36 25 29 27 26 26 43
What to see on Triton
15 28 32 22 26 23 21 47 47
Total for the Neptunian Zone: 2153
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The Plutonian Zone - 2018 Jan-Sept totals
Cerberus
20 30 40 23 20 28 22 27 28
On the Shoreline of Darkness
-- -- 60 41 34 62 48 36 76
Pluto
42 71 77 64 64 66 74 80 84
Pluto's Endless Mysteries
18 37 36 26 20 31 18 22 22
Styx
18 34 40 28 24 28 25 42 30
What to see on Pluto
19 31 32 32 25 30 25 29 40
What to see on Styx
21 24 26 24 13 31 17 22 16
Total for the Plutonian Zone: 2173
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The Outermost Zone - 2018 Jan-Sept totals
Comets
34 56 69 56 57 56 66 65 43
Mission to the Tenth Planet
63 71 81 59 46 52 53 64 44
The Outermost Reaches
63 72 83 70 64 64 54 70 66
The Reefs of Space
46 59 72 70 52 68 53 66 63
The Theoretical Ninth Planet
16 25 26 24 21 20 21 19 31
What to see on comets
26 27 31 20 24 23 23 42 29
Total for the Outermost Zone: 2651
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RANKINGS AT END OF THIRD QUARTER:
In first place: The Martian Zone 12733
In second place: The Terrestrial Zone 9813
In third place: The Jovian Zone 7929 (up from fourth place)
In fourth place: The Lunar Zone 7880 (down from third place)
In fifth place: The Venusian Zone 6030
In sixth place: The Asteroidal Zone 5647
In seventh place: The Uranian Zone 4922 (up from ninth place)
In eighth place: The Mercurian Zone 4420 (down from seventh place)
In ninth place: The Saturnian Zone 3989 (down from eighth place)
In tenth place: The Solar Zone 3262
In eleventh place: The Outermost Zone 2651
In twelfth place: The Plutonian Zone 2173
In last place: The Neptunian Zone 2153at end of second quarter:
The Solar Zone - 2018 Jan-June totals
Incandescence
55 53 57 37 45 39
Sun
59 90 105 89 118 104
The Gritty NOSS
-- -- -- -- 51 59
The Winds of Vulcan
-- -- -- -- 68 43
57 90 96 78 102 85
What to see on the Sun
17 32 35 28 33 24
What to see on Vulcan
17 36 37 26 25 29
Total for the Solar Zone: 1899
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The Mercurian Zone - 2018 Jan-June totals
Battle on Mercury
33 32 45 27 30 34
Brightside Crossing
37 43 46 43 41 44
The Darkside of Mercury
32 49 52 37 32 36
Immortals of Mercury
28 35 42 39 25 34
Invasions from Mercury
36 36 40 35 28 36
Mercury
108 96 116 106 107 102
Mercury Awaits
23 32 30 25 26 25
Old Mercury
24 30 36 31 22 26
Reply re Mercury Language Myth Influencing Valeddom
15 23 28 22 19 16
Valeddom
36 56 65 51 44 44
What to see on Mercury
21 44 47 35 40 42
Zookie Must Die
-- -- -- -- 49 41
Total for the Mercurian Zone: 2794
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The Venusian Zone - 2018 Jan-June totals
Amtor
37 50 51 68 36 35
An Ice-Age Venus?
56 59 79 55 51 46
The Kuttner-Moore Venus
52 36 50 46 42 44
Love the Amtor Article
22 36 34 28 26 28
Perelandra
79 102 140 129 113 89
Project Utopia
-- -- 42 43 25 38
Sentinels From Space
34 37 44 34 31 34
The Sky People
26 48 48 43 30 47
Slaves of Venus
30 34 41 25 30 31
Venus
83 92 143 106 124 107
Venus Quiz - Author-to-Tale
31 40 45 38 37 30
Venus Quiz - Tale-To-Author
26 43 46 47 35 28
What to see on Venus
46 48 73 63 58 54
Total for the Venusian Zone: 3957
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The Terrestrial Zone - 2018 Jan-June totals
A Plea for Lost Civilizations
27 34 41 26 23 26
A Relic from the Old Space Program
20 34 41 36 26 27
America's Own Haunting
25 36 51 51 41 54
The Drop
-- 51 44 32 26 50
Earth
70 76 108 88 90 88
Eerie Earths
19 24 39 38 29 30
Gather, Darkness!
31 41 37 26 26 31
Kroth
55 61 88 80 64 71
Man of the World
378 516 580 466 365 443
Offer of trial balloon for Earthshimmer tale
13 21 23 22 18 24
Old Space Program
56 65 91 87 89 87
Pellucidar
54 60 101 89 85 88
The Rise
-- -- 18 41 33 48
Star's Reach
38 45 55 52 37 43
What to see on Earth
26 37 43 33 39 36
Total for the Terrestrial Zone: 6477
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The Lunar Zone - 2018 Jan-June totals
A harsh beauty - the unforgiving moon
48 45 45 34 24 44
Ancient Inhabited Moon
28 34 43 33 34 36
Archives of the Moon
263 403 468 356 245 305
Earthlight
24 33 36 27 25 26
The First Men in the Moon
42 56 60 49 48 56
Land Rush, King Rush, Moon Rush
32 50 45 43 42 45
Lovecraft's Moon
34 36 42 29 26 33
Lurkers on the Moon
28 36 47 32 27 33
The Moon
60 77 111 80 89 91
Moon Quiz - Author To Tale
22 34 34 23 25 29
Moon Quiz - Tale To Author
23 31 44 25 29 32
Offer of the Archives of the Moon
21 32 34 30 18 30
For later Zones Cup: The Rogue Planet
Thoughts on the Earthlight Article
19 28 33 36 20 27
What to see on the Moon
23 44 58 45 49 44
Whom Gods Destroy
-- -- 59 39 39 46
Total for the Lunar Zone: 5252
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The Martian Zone - 2018 Jan-June totals
A Coercive of Mars
26 39 35 32 35 30
A Return to Bradbury's Mars
16 36 39 30 28 28
A Rose for Ecclesiastes
32 42 66 55 34 36
Academia on Mars
30 44 50 34 27 32
Another NHOSS Adventure - James S A Corey's A Man Without Honor
31 47 45 37 35 49
Arabella of Mars
29 45 42 40 29 38
Barsoom
44 62 78 60 65 75
A Barsoom and NSS Mars Matchup
18 35 35 33 25 34
But is it NOSS?
31 35 34 27 25 30
The Crimson Courts and My Martian Dreams
16 33 41 29 24 29
The Date of the Invasion
19 29 37 29 21 28
Global Dispatches and Extraordinary Gentlemen
17 22 24 30 18 23
In the Courts of the Crimson Kings
34 55 64 49 50 61
In the Tombs of the Martian Kings
32 46 45 34 26 38
The Inorganic Character of RSS Mars
28 39 37 36 19 35
Mars
70 94 127 106 131 140
Mars et la terre à la belle époque
27 37 41 38 33 65
Mars Quiz - Author To Tale
33 59 73 48 32 42
Mars Quiz - Tale To Author
25 48 59 38 35 42
The Martian Crown Jewels
26 36 50 47 28 40
Martian Landings in War of the Worlds
41 58 61 64 62 58
My Favorite Anthology
24 39 37 25 26 31
Out of... Mars?
39 44 44 24 27 28
Out of the Silent Planet Overview
22 33 35 33 22 28
Red Planet
23 34 38 31 23 32
Rex Gordon
21 35 39 41 30 27
Sailing the Seven Spaceways
33 55 59 48 46 57
The Sands of Mars
24 35 45 33 27 37
Shoals
26 33 38 32 26 39
Allen M Steele's Enigmatic Mars
21 40 47 42 31 46
Thoughts on Moorcock's The Lost Canal
-- -- -- 50 33 44
Time to Rest
30 35 43 29 32 39
Wanderers of Mars
45 53 49 35 36 38
What to see on Mars
38 55 74 77 53 58
World of Never-Men
26 44 54 35 40 32
Total for the Martian Zone: 8302
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The Asteroidal Zone - 2018 Jan-June totals
Asteroid Progenitor Planet
42 65 85 77 68 66
Asteroids
63 91 124 92 109 96
Ceres
26 49 47 33 31 34
Chill on Beautiful Iskar!
40 60 55 30 28 30
Peril on Pallas
113 155 175 133 108 113
For the next Zones Cup: Rimworld Trash
Rock and a Hard Place
-- 150 100 57 42 49
Rock and the Belt Pirates
-- -- 103 50 33 43
To the Belt with Alan E Nourse
29 51 41 26 27 23
What to see on the Asteroids
25 35 37 44 32 44
What to see on Ceres
21 37 28 30 24 34
What to see on Icarus
10 31 22 28 21 25
What to See on Vesta
15 32 28 27 15 29
Total for the Asteroidal Zone: 3732
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The Jovian Zone - 2018 Jan-June totals
Amalthea
56 54 89 61 67 56
Asimov on Jupiter
29 35 44 31 28 42
Asimov on Jupiter Response
22 30 38 30 23 22
Callisto
28 45 58 57 41 53
Europa
31 49 62 40 40 40
Europa Dive
-- -- -- 66 39 57
Flame Lords of Jupiter
57 46 55 44 44 36
The Galilean Satellites
32 63 45 39 23 39
Ganymede
29 44 58 53 49 46
The Great Red Spot
20 36 43 33 26 30
Io
136 45 44 37 28 36
Jovian Inferno
27 32 43 43 23 28
Leda
24 28 37 30 22 20
Pinnah-Birds and Genetic Engineering
14 29 39 29 22 28
Thanator - For and Against
46 50 53 35 34 34
What to see on Callisto
13 31 28 23 18 30
What to see on Europa
18 31 29 31 19 27
What to see on Ganymede
25 33 39 37 31 39
What to see on Io
21 37 36 29 30 31
What to see on Jupiter
32 46 58 48 48 41
Total for the Jovian Zone: 5010
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The Saturnian Zone - 2018 Jan-June totals
A Saturnian Renaissance
19 29 30 23 22 27
The Arc of Iapetus
84 114 124 82 63 73
Feeling Naked on Titan Response
21 30 32 25 25 30
Pirates of Titan
-- -- -- 58 44 53
Prisoners of Saturn
31 34 41 34 44 29
The Rings of Saturn
32 30 31 22 23 27
Saturn
44 76 90 83 68 80
Titan
83 71 77 69 100 121
What to see on Saturn
23 37 41 37 29 42
What to see on Titan
23 32 43 24 36 29
Total for the Saturnian Zone: 2744
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The Uranian Zone - 2018 Jan-June totals
Ariel
26 31 36 29 25 28
Beyond Despair
-- -- 66 61 26 46
The Chthonic Pull
-- -- 64 46 37 56
Oberon
31 37 43 34 30 31
Titania
26 35 41 34 27 30
Umbriel
25 41 39 32 36 28
Uranian Eras
30 49 58 54 53 35
Uranian Gleams
35 45 54 44 29 45
Uranian Throne
-- -- -- -- 50 94
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Uranus
65 72 86 74 74 64
What to see on Oberon
15 25 26 20 16 25
What to see on Umbriel
17 23 26 21 16 25
What to see on Uranus
27 34 39 30 29 35
Total for the Uranian Zone: 2736
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The Neptunian Zone - 2018 Jan-June totals
Neptune
122 61 75 62 79 73
Neptunian Allure
33 45 49 37 32 40
Triton
44 63 85 53 44 45
What to see on Neptune
14 33 36 25 29 27
What to see on Triton
15 28 32 22 26 23
Total for the Neptunian Zone: 1352
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The Plutonian Zone - 2018 Jan-June totals
Cerberus
20 30 40 23 20 28
On the Shoreline of Darkness
-- -- 60 41 34 62
Pluto
42 71 77 64 64 66
Pluto's Endless Mysteries
18 37 36 26 20 31
Styx
18 34 40 28 24 28
What to see on Pluto
19 31 32 32 25 30
What to see on Styx
21 24 26 24 13 31
Total for the Plutonian Zone: 1390
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The Outermost Zone - 2018 Jan-June totals
Comets
34 56 69 56 57 56
Mission to the Tenth Planet
63 71 81 59 46 52
The Outermost Reaches
63 72 83 70 64 64
The Reefs of Space
46 59 72 70 52 68
The Theoretical Ninth Planet
16 25 26 24 21 20
What to see on comets
26 27 31 20 24 23
Total for the Outermost Zone: 1769
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RANKINGS AT END OF SECOND QUARTER:
In first place: The Martian Zone 8302
In second place: The Terrestrial Zone 6477
In third place: The Lunar Zone 5252
In fourth place: The Jovian Zone 5010
In fifth place: The Venusian Zone 3957 (up from sixth place)
In sixth place: The Asteroidal Zone 3732 (down from fifth place)
In seventh place: The Mercurian Zone 2794 (up from ninth place)
In eighth place: The Saturnian Zone 2744 (down from seventh place)
In ninth place: The Uranian Zone 2736 (down from eighth place)
In tenth place: The Solar Zone 1899 (up from eleventh place)
In eleventh place: The Outermost Zone 1769 (down from tenth place)
In twelfth place: The Plutonian Zone 1390 (up from last place)
In last place: The Neptunian Zone 1352 (down from twelfth place)
at end of first quarter:
The Solar Zone - Jan, Feb, Mar 2018
Incandescence
55 53 57
Sun
59 90 105
for the next Zones Cup: The Gritty NOSS and The Winds of Vulcan
Vulcan
57 90 96
What to see on the Sun
17 32 35
What to see on Vulcan
17 36 37
Total for the Solar Zone: 826
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The Mercurian Zone - Jan, Feb, Mar 2018
Battle on Mercury
33 32 45
Brightside Crossing
37 43 46
The Darkside of Mercury
32 49 52
Immortals of Mercury
28 35 42
Invasions from Mercury
36 36 40
Mercury
108 96 116
Mercury Awaits
23 32 30
Old Mercury
24 30 36
Reply re Mercury Language Myth Influencing Valeddom
15 23 28
Valeddom
36 56 65
What to see on Mercury
21 44 47
For the next Zones Cup: Zookie Must Die.
Total for the Mercurian Zone: 1127
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The Venusian Zone - Jan, Feb, Mar 2018
Amtor
37 50 51
The Kuttner-Moore Venus
52 36 50
Love the Amtor Article
22 36 34
Perelandra
79 102 140
Project Utopia
-- -- 42
Sentinels From Space
34 37 44
The Sky People
26 48 48
Slaves of Venus
30 34 41
Venus
83 92 143
Venus Quiz - Author-to-Tale
31 40 45
Venus Quiz - Tale-To-Author
26 43 46
What to see on Venus
46 48 73
Total for the Venusian Zone: 1983
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The Terrestrial Zone - Jan, Feb, Mar 2018
A Plea for Lost Civilizations
27 34 41
A Relic from the Old Space Program
20 34 41
America's Own Haunting
25 36 51
The Drop
-- 51 44
Earth
70 76 108
Eerie Earths
19 24 39
Gather, Darkness!
31 41 37
Kroth
55 61 88
Man of the World
378 516 580
Offer of trial balloon for Earthshimmer tale
13 21 23
Old Space Program
56 65 91
Pellucidar
54 60 101
The Rise
-- -- 18
Star's Reach
38 45 55
What to see on Earth
26 37 43
Total for the Terrestrial Zone: 3273
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The Lunar Zone - Jan, Feb, Mar 2018
A harsh beauty - the unforgiving moon
48 45 45
Ancient Inhabited Moon
28 34 43
Archives of the Moon
263 403 468
Earthlight
24 33 36
The First Men in the Moon
42 56 60
Land Rush, King Rush, Moon Rush
32 50 45
Lovecraft's Moon
34 36 42
Lurkers on the Moon
28 36 47
The Moon
60 77 111
Moon Quiz - Author To Tale
22 34 34
Moon Quiz - Tale To Author
23 31 44
Offer of the Archives of the Moon
21 32 34
For later Zones Cup: The Rogue Planet
Thoughts on the Earthlight Article
19 28 33
What to see on the Moon
23 44 58
Whom Gods Destroy
-- -- 59
Total for the Lunar Zone: 2755
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The Martian Zone - Jan, Feb, Mar 2018
A Coercive of Mars
26 39 35
A Return to Bradbury's Mars
16 36 39
A Rose for Ecclesiastes
32 42 66
Academia on Mars
30 44 50
Another NHOSS Adventure - James S A Corey's A Man Without Honor
31 47 45
Arabella of Mars
29 45 42
Barsoom
44 62 78
A Barsoom and NSS Mars Matchup
18 35 35
But is it NOSS?
31 35 34
The Crimson Courts and My Martian Dreams
16 33 41
The Date of the Invasion
19 29 37
Global Dispatches and Extraordinary Gentlemen
17 22 24
In the Courts of the Crimson Kings
34 55 64
In the Tombs of the Martian Kings
32 46 45
The Inorganic Character of RSS Mars
28 39 37
Mars
70 94 127
Mars et la terre à la belle époque
27 37 41
Mars Quiz - Author To Tale
33 59 73
Mars Quiz - Tale To Author
25 48 59
The Martian Crown Jewels
26 36 50
Martian Landings in War of the Worlds
41 58 61
My Favorite Anthology
24 39 37
Out of... Mars?
39 44 44
Out of the Silent Planet Overview
22 33 35
Red Planet
23 34 38
Rex Gordon
21 35 39
Sailing the Seven Spaceways
33 55 59
The Sands of Mars
24 35 45
Shoals
26 33 38
Allen M Steele's Enigmatic Mars
21 40 47
Thoughts on Moorcock's The Lost Canal [for next Zones Cup]
Time to Rest
30 35 43
Wanderers of Mars
45 53 49
What to see on Mars
38 55 74
World of Never-Men
26 44 54
Total for the Martian Zone: 4148
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The Asteroidal Zone - Jan, Feb, Mar 2018
Asteroid Progenitor Planet
42 65 85
Asteroids
63 91 124
Ceres
26 49 47
Chill on Beautiful Iskar!
40 60 55
Peril on Pallas
113 155 175
Rock and a Hard Place
-- 150 100
Rock and the Belt Pirates
-- -- 103
To the Belt with Alan E Nourse
29 51 41
What to see on the Asteroids
25 35 37
What to see on Ceres
21 37 28
What to see on Icarus
10 31 22
Total for the Asteroidal Zone: 1985
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The Jovian Zone - Jan, Feb, Mar 2018
Amalthea
56 54 89
Asimov on Jupiter
29 35 44
Asimov on Jupiter Response
22 30 38
Callisto
28 45 58
Europa
31 49 62
For next Zones Cup: Europa Dive
Flame Lords of Jupiter
57 46 55
The Galilean Satellites
32 63 45
Ganymede
29 44 58
The Great Red Spot
20 36 43
Io
136 45 44
Jovian Inferno
27 32 43
Leda
24 28 37
Pinnah-Birds and Genetic Engineering
14 29 39
Thanator - For and Against
46 50 53
What to see on Callisto
13 31 28
What to see on Europa
18 31 29
What to see on Ganymede
25 33 39
What to see on Io
21 37 36
What to see on Jupiter
32 46 58
Total for the Jovian Zone: 2607
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The Saturnian Zone - Jan, Feb, Mar 2018
A Saturnian Renaissance
19 29 30
The Arc of Iapetus
84 114 124
Feeling Naked on Titan Response
21 30 32
For the next Zones Cup: Pirates of Titan
Prisoners of Saturn
31 34 41
The Rings of Saturn
32 30 31
Saturn
44 76 90
Titan
83 71 77
What to see on Saturn
23 37 41
What to see on Titan
23 32 43
Total for the Saturnian Zone: 1322
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The Uranian Zone - Jan, Feb, Mar 2018
Ariel
26 31 36
Beyond Despair
-- -- 66
The Chthonic Pull
-- -- 64
Oberon
31 37 43
Titania
26 35 41
Umbriel
25 41 39
Uranian Eras
30 49 58
Uranian Gleams
35 45 54
For the next Zones Cup: Uranian Throne
Uranus
65 72 86
What to see on Oberon
15 25 26
What to see on Umbriel
17 23 26
What to see on Uranus
27 34 39
Total for the Uranian Zone: 1277
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The Neptunian Zone - Jan, Feb, Mar 2018
Neptune
122 61 75
Neptunian Allure
33 45 49
Triton
44 63 85
What to see on Neptune
14 33 36
What to see on Triton
15 28 32
Total for the Neptunian Zone: 735
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The Plutonian Zone - Jan, Feb, Mar 2018
Cerberus
20 30 40
On the Shoreline of Darkness
-- -- 60
Pluto
42 71 77
Pluto's Endless Mysteries
18 37 36
Styx
18 34 40
What to see on Pluto
19 31 32
What to see on Styx
21 24 26
Total for the Plutonian Zone: 676
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The Outermost Zone - Jan, Feb, Mar 2018
Comets
34 56 69
Mission to the Tenth Planet
63 71 81
The Outermost Reaches
63 72 83
The Reefs of Space
46 59 72
The Theoretical Ninth Planet
16 25 26
What to see on comets
26 27 31
Total for the Outermost Zone: 920
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RANKINGS AT END OF FIRST QUARTER:
In first place: The Martian Zone 4148
In second place: The Terrestrial Zone 3273
In third place: The Lunar Zone 2755
In fourth place: The Jovian Zone 2607
In fifth place: The Asteroidal Zone 1985
In sixth place: The Venusian Zone 1983
In seventh place: The Saturnian Zone 1322
In eighth place: The Uranian Zone 1277
In ninth place: The Mercurian Zone 1127
In tenth place: The Outermost Zone 920
In eleventh place: The Solar Zone 826
In twelfth place: The Neptunian Zone 735
In last place: The Plutonian Zone 676
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