Mota

A fanzine edited by Terry Hughes which was nominated for the 1979 Best Fanzine Hugo. It was named for the chief (fake) god in Heinlein’s novel Sixth Column.

In 2015, Dan Steffan collected much from the fanzines in the 202-page The MOTA Reader.

Issue	Date	Pages	Notes
1	July 1971	17
2	October 1971	30
3	November 1971	34
4	February 1972	28
5	May 1972	42
6	August 1972	26
7	July 1974	18
8	October 1974	18
9	January 1975	18
10	March 1975	20
11	July 1975	20
12	October 1975	20
13	December 1975	20
14	February 1976	20
15	March 1976	20
16	April 1976	20
17	June 1976	22
18	July 1976	20
19	August 1976	40
20	December 1976	22
21	May 1977	46
22	July 1977	22
23	November 1977	20
24	March 1978	20
25	May 1978	22
26	November 1978	20
27	January 1979	20
28	June 1979	20
29	August 1979	20
30	September 1979	20
31	May 1980	22	Final issue

Mota online at fanac.org

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Publication

1971—1980

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