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'''The Meshan Saga''' was the Fanzine for the [[History of the Imperium Working Group]] New Zealand. It was produced by [[Martin Rait]] and contained material written by the HIWG NZ members, and the HIWG group assigned the [[Meshan Sector]] to the group for development. Martin had permission from [[GDW]] to be an officially published TNE fanzine for the area.  
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'''The Meshan Saga''' was the Fanzine for the [[History of the Imperium Working Group]] New Zealand. It was published by FSpace Publications and produced by [[Martin Rait]] and contained material written by the HIWG NZ members, and the HIWG group assigned the [[Meshan Sector]] to the group for development. Martin had permission from [[GDW]] to be an officially published TNE fanzine for the area.  
  
The Meshan Saga published 10 issues, the final one in April 1999. The fanzine was republished in PDF format and placed online shortly after the last issue appeard. It remains available for free download from the archive site.  
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The Meshan Saga published 10 issues, beginning in 1995, with the final one in April 1999. The fanzine was republished in PDF format and placed online shortly after the last issue and appeared on the TMS CDROM for a few years afterwards. In 2007 Martin removed the online archive from the GeoCities archive, as he had from his own server years earlier. Martin is in negotiations to obtain permission to republish this material in a modern form.
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Copies of the publication are lodged with the National Archives, Wellington, New Zealand, both physical copies and digital PDFs on CDROM in their collection under ISSN 1174-8710. They are held in the Alexander Turnbull Library, Serials Collection, Call Number: Per MES.
  
 
* [[Meshan Saga 1]]: December 1995
 
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* [[Meshan Saga 10]]: April 1999
 
* [[Meshan Saga 10]]: April 1999
  
==External Links==
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[http://www.geocities.com/Area51/Matrix/1302/ Meshan Saga archive]
 
  
 
[[Category: HIWG]]
 
[[Category: HIWG]]
 
[[Category: Publish|Meshan Saga]]
 
[[Category: Publish|Meshan Saga]]

Revision as of 09:04, 12 March 2008

The Meshan Saga was the Fanzine for the History of the Imperium Working Group New Zealand. It was published by FSpace Publications and produced by Martin Rait and contained material written by the HIWG NZ members, and the HIWG group assigned the Meshan Sector to the group for development. Martin had permission from GDW to be an officially published TNE fanzine for the area.

The Meshan Saga published 10 issues, beginning in 1995, with the final one in April 1999. The fanzine was republished in PDF format and placed online shortly after the last issue and appeared on the TMS CDROM for a few years afterwards. In 2007 Martin removed the online archive from the GeoCities archive, as he had from his own server years earlier. Martin is in negotiations to obtain permission to republish this material in a modern form.

Copies of the publication are lodged with the National Archives, Wellington, New Zealand, both physical copies and digital PDFs on CDROM in their collection under ISSN 1174-8710. They are held in the Alexander Turnbull Library, Serials Collection, Call Number: Per MES.