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The cultural hotstpots of the System in 2019, zone by zone.
The Solar Zone 2019
Incandescence 328
The Sun 922
The Gritty NOSS 351
Vulcan 829
Total for the Solar Zone: 3,316
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The Mercurian Zone 2019
Mercury 1073
Mercury Awaits 277
Old Mercury 340
For the next Zones Cup: Ray Cummings' Mercury
Reply re Mercury Language Myth Influencing Valeddom 294
The Resurrection of Merrick Hardcastle 180
Valeddom 506
Where the Nightlife Never Ends 164
Zookie Must Die 309
Total for the Mercurian Zone: 5,810
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The Venusian Zone 2019
A Life of Leisure and Renewed Vigor 210
Amtor 769For the next Zones Cup: Gloomstalker
The Hard Streets of Aphrodite 83
Of Dresses and Dames 58
Perelandra 1200
Project Utopia 284
The Purple Sea 415
The Sky People 439
Slaves of Venus 291
Venus 1236
Venus Quiz - Author-to-Tale 283
Venus Quiz - Tale-To-Author 365
Total for the Venusian Zone: 8,226
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The Terrestrial Zone 2019
A Plea for Lost Civilizations 313
A Relic from the Old Space Program 279
The Drop 281
Earth 791
Eerie Earths 335
Kroth 596
Man of the World 4040
Offer of trial balloon for Earthshimmer tale 245
Pellucidar 802
For the next Zone Cup: Provided at Generous Prices
The Rise 307
Star's Reach 375
Total for the Terrestrial Zone: 10,472
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The Lunar Zone 2019
A harsh beauty - the unforgiving moon 254
Archives of the Moon 2941
Earthlight 280
Land Rush, King Rush, Moon Rush 328
For the next Zones Cup: Lunar Surface Creatures
Lovecraft's Moon 327
For the next Zones Cup: The Mare Frigoris Culture
The Moon 1010
Moon Quiz - Author To Tale 265
Moon Quiz - Tale To Author 326
Offer of the Archives of the Moon 250
The Rogue Planet 347
Thoughts on the Earthlight Article 230
Whom Gods Destroy 402
Total for the Lunar Zone: 9,179
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The Martian Zone 2019
A Barsoom and Mars Match-Up 348
A Return to Bradbury's Mars 276
Academia on Mars 385
Another NHOSS Adventure - James S A Corey's A Man Without Honor 391
Arabella of Mars 417
Barsoom 610
Be Seeing You 325
But is it NOSS? 287
The Cold White North of Mars 402
The Crimson Courts and My Martian Dreams 320
The Dance of the Red Lady 238
Field Observations from a Far-Future Mars 351
Global Dispatches and Extraordinary Gentlemen 311
For the next Zones Cup: The Hidden City of Mars
Home on Mars 342
Howlstone Excavations Day 2 93
In the Courts of the Crimson Kings 445
In the Tombs of the Martian Kings 334
The Inorganic Character of RSS Mars 250
Long Live the Billion-Year Spacereich! 371
The Magistrate 183
Mars 1350
Mars et la terre à la belle époque 312
Mars Quiz - Author To Tale 429
Mars Quiz - Tale To Author 411
Martian Landings in War of the Worlds 698
One Who burns Worlds 109
Out of... Mars? 302
Out of the Silent Planet Overview 249
Red Planet 359
Rex Gordon 347
Rock Toad 274
Sailing the Seven Spaceways 364
Sandworms 188
Shoals 404
Sleeping Fury 943
Allen M Steele's Enigmatic Mars 314
Thoughts on Moorcock's The Lost Canal 350
Time to Rest 447
Total for the Martian Zone: 18,854
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The Asteroidal Zone 2019
Asteroid Progenitor Planet 745
Asteroids 1075
Ceres 335
Chill on Beautiful Iskar! 306
For the next Zones Cup: Decision on Euphrosyne
Peril on Pallas 1188
Rimworld Trash 590
To the Belt with Alan E Nourse 258
What to see on the Asteroids 375
Total for the Asteroidal Zone: 6,397
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The Jovian Zone 2019
Amalthea 888
Asimov on Jupiter Response 276
Callisto 624
Europa 535
Europa Dive 319
Flame Lords of Jupiter 287
Ganymede 775
Io 486
Jovian Inferno 501
Jupiter 1147
Leda 294
Pinnah-Birds and Genetic Engineering 245
Thanator - For and Against 373
Total for the Jovian Zone: 9,581
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The Saturnian Zone 2019
The Arc of Iapetus 700
Feeling Naked on Titan Response 241
The Lost Rings of Saturn 264
Pirates of Titan 287
Saturn 1010
Titan 979
Total for the Saturnian Zone: 5,177
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The Uranian Zone 2019
Ariel 364
Beyond Despair 274
For the next Zones Cup: Plague Planet
Into the Wilds 193
Oberon 306
Titania 305
Umbriel 332
Uranian Eras 333
Uranian Gleams 475
Uranian Throne 3771
Uranian Throne contents page 250
Uranian Throne reference page 890
Uranus 821
For next Zones Cup: What to see on Ariel
Total for the Uranian Zone: 9,488
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The Neptunian Zone 2019
Neptune 850
Neptunian Allure 365
The Sea Empress 403
Triton 610
Total for the Neptunian Zone: 2,903
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The Plutonian Zone 2019
Cerberus 255
On the Shoreline of Darkness 295
Pluto 788
Styx 306
For the next Zones Cup: What to see on Cerberus
Total for the Plutonian Zone: 2,482
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The Outermost Zone 2019
Comets 667
Mission to the Tenth Planet
504
The Theoretical Ninth Planet 319
Total for the Outermost Zone: 3,243
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RANKINGS, 2019:
In first place: The Martian Zone 18,854
In second place: The Terrestrial Zone 10,472
In third place: The Jovian Zone 9,581
In fourth place: The Uranian Zone 9,488
In fifth place: The Lunar Zone 9,179
In sixth place: The Venusian Zone 8,226
In seventh place: The Asteroidal Zone 6,397
In eighth place: The Mercurian Zone 5,810
In ninth place: The Saturnian Zone 5,177
In tenth place: The Solar Zone 3,316
In eleventh place: The Outermost Zone 3,243
In last place: The Neptunian Zone 2,903
In twelfth place: The Plutonian Zone 2,482
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