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'''The Imperium Staple''' was a traveller fanzine published by Herb Petro (issues 1-10) and W. Elmer Hinton (issues 11-12).
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[[Imperium Staple]] was a [[Traveller]] [[fanzine]].
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== Description (Specifications) ==
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''The Imperium Staple'' was a [[Traveller]] [[fanzine]] published by [[Herb Petro]] (issues 1-10) and W. Elmer Hinton (issues 11-12).
  
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Herb started the fanzine due to the encouragement of Ed Edwards, editor of the Working Passage fanzine for Traveller, after Working Passage ceased publication.
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'''Issues:'''
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* [[Imperium Staple 1|Issue 1]]
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* [[Imperium Staple 2|Issue 2]]
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* [[Imperium Staple 3|Issue 3]]
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* [[Imperium Staple 4|Issue 4]]
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* [[Imperium Staple 5|Issue 5]]
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* [[Imperium Staple 6|Issue 6]]
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* [[Imperium Staple 7|Issue 7]]
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* [[Imperium Staple 8|Issue 8]]
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* [[Imperium Staple 9|Issue 9]]
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* [[Imperium Staple 10|Issue 10]]
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* [[Imperium Staple 11|Issue 11]]
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* [[Imperium Staple 12|Issue 12]]
  
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As with many hobby efforts, real life intervened after a while. Herb did not want to cease publication and found W. Elmer Hinton amenable to assuming publication of The Imperium Staple. W. Elmer Hinton had small press amateur publishing experience due to many years of publishing several Diplomacy zines.
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== History & Background ([[Dossier]]) ==
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Herb started the fanzine due to the encouragement of [[Ed Edwards]], editor of the fanzine [[Working Passage (fanzine)|Working Passage]] for Traveller, after Working Passage ceased publication.
  
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The subscription list and the the full subscription fund was transferred to Mr. Hinton after issue #10. Mr. Hinton had told Herb through personal correspondence that a small rise in the subscription price would need to be enacted to maintain the viability of the zine in the future. Miscommunication resulted in Herb announcing the price increase in issue #10. Mr. Hinton was unhappy about the announcement and refused to send Herb copies of issue #11 and #12. Mr. Hinton apparently ceased publication after issue #12 and spurned any future communication with Herb.
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As with many hobby efforts, real life intervened after a while. Herb did not want to cease publication and found Mr. Hinton amenable to assuming publication of The Imperium Staple. Mr. Hinton had small press amateur publishing experience due to many years of publishing several Diplomacy zines.
  
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Herb went on to start another short-lived zine, Continuum, which lasted for three issues. This was intended to be feature one of Herb's versions of the Traveller universe with ideas that were very non-canon (such as faster than jump communication).
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The subscription list and the the full subscription fund was transferred to Mr. Hinton after issue #10. Miscommunication and differing expectations post-transfer resulted in Mr. Hinton refusing to send Herb copies of issue #11 and #12. Mr. Hinton apparently ceased publication after issue #12.
  
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Herb did start another short-lived zine, [[Continuum]], which lasted for three issues. This was intended to feature one of Herb's versions of the Traveller universe with ideas that were very non-canon (such as faster than jump communication).
  
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===Issues===
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{{BookImageList|Herb Petro}}
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*[[Imperium Staple 1|Issue 1]]
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{{BookImageList|W. Elmer Hinton}}
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*[[Imperium Staple 2|Issue 2]]
 
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*[[Imperium Staple 3|Issue 3]]
 
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*[[Imperium Staple 4|Issue 4]]
 
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*[[Imperium Staple 5|Issue 5]]
 
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*[[Imperium Staple 6|Issue 6]]
 
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*[[Imperium Staple 7|Issue 7]]
 
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*[[Imperium Staple 8|Issue 8]]
 
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*[[Imperium Staple 9|Issue 9]]
 
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*[[Imperium Staple 10|Issue 10]]
 
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*[[Imperium Staple 11|Issue 11]]
 
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*[[Imperium Staple 12|Issue 12]]
 
  
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[[Category: Publish]]
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== References & Contributors (Sources) ==
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{{Intermediate}}
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{{Sources
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|S1= Compiler: Lord (Marquis) and Master of Sophontology [[User:Maksim-Smelchak|Maksim-Smelchak]] of the [[Ministry of Science]]
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[[Category: Fanzines]]
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[[Category: Ludography]]
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{{MET|Publications}}

Latest revision as of 14:26, 16 January 2022

Imperial Sunburst-Sun-IISS-Traveller.gif

Imperium Staple was a Traveller fanzine.

Description (Specifications)[edit]

The Imperium Staple was a Traveller fanzine published by Herb Petro (issues 1-10) and W. Elmer Hinton (issues 11-12).

Issues:

History & Background (Dossier)[edit]

Herb started the fanzine due to the encouragement of Ed Edwards, editor of the fanzine Working Passage for Traveller, after Working Passage ceased publication.

As with many hobby efforts, real life intervened after a while. Herb did not want to cease publication and found Mr. Hinton amenable to assuming publication of The Imperium Staple. Mr. Hinton had small press amateur publishing experience due to many years of publishing several Diplomacy zines.

The subscription list and the the full subscription fund was transferred to Mr. Hinton after issue #10. Miscommunication and differing expectations post-transfer resulted in Mr. Hinton refusing to send Herb copies of issue #11 and #12. Mr. Hinton apparently ceased publication after issue #12.

Herb did start another short-lived zine, Continuum, which lasted for three issues. This was intended to feature one of Herb's versions of the Traveller universe with ideas that were very non-canon (such as faster than jump communication).

10 publications for Herb Petro
2 publications for W. Elmer Hinton


References & Contributors (Sources)[edit]

This list of sources was used by the Traveller Wiki Editorial Team and individual contributors to compose this article. Copyrighted material is used under license from Far Future Enterprises or by permission of the author. The page history lists all of the contributions.
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