The Guild of Fans and Disciples

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Fan Club
Name: The Guild of Fans and Disciples
Dates: 1994-ongoing
Founder(s): Phil Penney and Jacqui Edge
Leadership: Elizabeth Alway
Country based in: United Kingdom
Focus: Terry Pratchett (particularly Discworld)
External Links: GoFaD at Library Thing Archived version of their website
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The Guild’s Logo and Crest

The Guild of Fans and Disciples (often shorted to just The Guild), was a Discworld fanclub, they are known for creating The Wizards Knob fanzine. The club was first established in 1994, as of 2000 it had over 2000 members worldwide[1].

There are also two different fanclubs originating from The Guild, the North American Discworld Society (or NADS) for fans in North America, and the Klatchian Foreign Legion for fans outside North America and the UK[2].

The Guild of Fans and Disciples! Welcome to the new-look Guild web site! It has been a long time in the making (errr... sorry about that) but hopefully you will find the contents interesting. These are the official pages of the unofficial Terry Pratchett Fan Club. Contain within are back issues of the Guild newsletter, joining information, a bibliography, fan reviews and links to all things Pratchetteskew on the World Wide Web.

The Guild of Fans and Disciples website [3]

The fanclub uses the Guild naming convention.

References

  1. ^ The Guild of Fans and Disciples Guild Information (archived October 2, 2000)
  2. ^ Guild of Fans and Disciples Counterweight Continent Branch Welcome Letter (archived October 2, 2000)
  3. ^ The Guild of Fans and Disciples (on the wayback machine) Homepage (archived October 2, 2000)