zones cup 2020
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The cultural hotstpots of the System in 2020, zone by zone.
The Solar Zone 2020
Incandescence 410
The Sun 888
The Gritty NOSS 399
Vulcan 1083
Total for the Solar Zone: 3,862
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The Mercurian Zone 2020
Mercury 1098
Mercury Awaits 299
Old Mercury 382
Reply re Mercury Language Myth Influencing Valeddom 335
The Resurrection of Merrick Hardcastle 405
Valeddom 1064
Where the Nightlife Never Ends 488
Zookie Must Die 280
Total for the Mercurian Zone: 7,520
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The Venusian Zone 2020
A Dark, Imperious Hand 483
A Life of Leisure and Renewed Vigor 363
Amtor 865
Devil's Due 516
Farewell the Unseen Morn 199
Fortune's Bitter Road 309
Gloomstalker 311
The Hard Streets of Aphrodite 530
Of Dresses and Dames 697
Perelandra 1742
Project Utopia 365
The Purple Sea 272
The Sky People 849
Slaves of Venus 373
Venus 1281
Venus Quiz - Author-to-Tale 306
Venus Quiz - Tale-To-Author 412
Total for the Venusian Zone: 12,268
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The Terrestrial Zone 2020
A Plea for Lost Civilizations 375
A Relic from the Old Space Program 298
The Drop 307
Earth 923
Eerie Earths 366
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Kroth 1172
For the next Zones Cup: H P Lovecraft
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Man of the World 5667
Offer of trial balloon for Earthshimmer tale 270
Pellucidar 1451
Provided at Generous Prices 357
Star's Reach 496
Total for the Terrestrial Zone: 14,435
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The Lunar Zone 2020
A harsh beauty - the unforgiving moon 309
Archives of the Moon 3595
Earthlight 388
For the next Zones Cup: The Implicizer Aimed at "Blowups Happen"
Land Rush, King Rush, Moon Rush 407
Lovecraft's Moon 405
The Moon 1009
Moon Quiz - Author To Tale 284
Moon Quiz - Tale To Author 344
Offer of the Archives of the Moon 260
The Rogue Planet 336
Thoughts on the Earthlight Article 289
Whom Gods Destroy 460
Total for the Lunar Zone: 11,621
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The Martian Zone 2020
A Barsoom and Mars Match-Up 399
A Return to Bradbury's Mars 357
Academia on Mars 436
Another NHOSS Adventure - James S A Corey's A Man Without Honor 805
Arabella of Mars 843
Barsoom 1428
Be Seeing You 353
But is it NOSS? 341
The Cold White North of Mars 283
The Crimson Courts and My Martian Dreams 446
The Dance of the Red Lady 371
Field Observations from a Far-Future Mars 356
Global Dispatches and Extraordinary Gentlemen 338
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Home on Mars 313
For the next Zones Cup: The Implicizer Aimed at the Diagram of Power
In the Courts of the Crimson Kings 1047
In the Tombs of the Martian Kings 318
The Inorganic Character of RSS Mars 312
Long Live the Billion-Year Spacereich! 322
The Magistrate 653
Mars 1200
Mars et la terre à la belle époque 396
Mars Quiz - Author To Tale 400
Mars Quiz - Tale To Author 360
Martian Landings in War of the Worlds 738
One Who burns Worlds 356
Out of... Mars? 312
Out of the Silent Planet Overview 340
Red Planet 398
Rex Gordon 456
Rock Toad 371
Sailing the Seven Spaceways 801
Shoals 449
Sleeping Fury 555
Allen M Steele's Enigmatic Mars 357
Thoughts on Moorcock's The Lost Canal 362
Time to Rest 441
Total for the Martian Zone: 24,048
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The Asteroidal Zone 2020
Asteroid Progenitor Planet 1134
Asteroids 1230
Ceres 407
Chill on Beautiful Iskar! 347
Decision on Euphrosyne 49
Peril on Pallas 1440
Rimworld Trash 523
To the Belt with Alan E Nourse 314
What to see on the Asteroids 379
For the next Zones Cup: What to see on Eros
For the next Zones Cup: What to see on Pallas
Total for the Asteroidal Zone: 7,546
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The Jovian Zone 2020
Amalthea 893
Asimov on Jupiter Response 265
Callisto 605
Europa 518
Europa Dive 306
Flame Lords of Jupiter 388
Ganymede 673
Io 489
Jovian Inferno 623
Jupiter 1250
Leda 407
Pinnah-Birds and Genetic Engineering 277
Thanator - For and Against 658
For the next Zones Cup: What to see on Amalthea
Total for the Jovian Zone: 10,241
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The Saturnian Zone 2020
The Arc of Iapetus 866
Feeling Naked on Titan Response 330
The Lost Rings of Saturn 459
Pirates of Titan 311
Saturn 1118
Titan 487
For the next Zones Cup: What to see on Mimas
Total for the Saturnian Zone: 5,663
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The Uranian Zone 2020
Ariel 418
Beyond Despair 296
Plague Planet 216
Into the Wilds 481
Oberon 380
Titania 305
Umbriel 470
Uranian Eras 969
Uranian Gleams 1582
Uranian Throne 7013
Uranian Throne contents page 652
Uranian Throne reference page 739
Uranus 987
Total for the Uranian Zone: 16,003
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The Neptunian Zone 2020
Neptune 858
Neptunian Allure 474
The Sea Empress 368
Triton 667
Total for the Neptunian Zone: 3,456
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The Plutonian Zone 2020
Cerberus 289
On the Shoreline of Darkness 415
Pluto 995
Styx 337
Total for the Plutonian Zone: 3,745
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The Outermost Zone 2020
Comets 614
Mission to the Tenth Planet
691
Planet X 891
The Theoretical Ninth Planet 346
Total for the Outermost Zone: 4,518
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RANKINGS, 2020:
In first place: The Martian Zone 24,048
In second place: The Uranian Zone 16,003 (up from fourth place)
In third place: The Terrestrial Zone 14,435 (down from second place)
In fourth place: The Venusian Zone 12,268 (up from sixth place)
In fifth place: The Lunar Zone 11,621
In sixth place: The Jovian Zone 10,241 (down from third place)
In seventh place: The Asteroidal Zone 7,546
In eighth place: The Mercurian Zone 7,520
In ninth place: The Saturnian Zone 5,663
In tenth place: The Outermost Zone 4,518 (up from eleventh place)
In eleventh place: The Solar Zone 3,862 (down from tenth place)
In twelfth place: The Plutonian Zone 3,745
In last place: The Neptunian Zone 3,456
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