Doxacon Seattle News
by Robert King
Membership badges are almost ready to go live! Keep your eyes on this space to get your membership for Doxacon Seattle 2025! Meanwhile, our sister con, Doxacon Prime, is gearing up for their event this November 1st & 2nd at the Catholic University of America. Looks like a great time and we’re keeping them in our prayers. If you’re anywhere near the D.C. area, check them out! Also, don’t forget about our next Dungeons & Deacons game night on Thursday, December 5, 6:00pm at Woodinville Community Church.
If you haven’t marked your calendar already, make sure you’ve got February 8, 2025 set aside for Doxacon Seattle – Extasis: Escaping Reality in Pursuit of Truth!
Dates of Note
by Megan Lorance
Many birthdays and geeky events had their anniversaries this week! Here’s a generous handful of some of my favorites.
October 20
1882 – Birthday of actor Bela Lugosi
1955 – Tolkien’s final Lord of the Rings volume Return of the King published
1958 – Birthday of actor Viggo Mortensen
1979 – Birthday of actor John Krasinski
October 21
1929 – Birthday of author Ursula K. Le Guin
1956 – Birthday of actress Carrie Fisher
October 22
1938 – Birthday of actors Christopher Lloyd & Derek Jacobi
1952 – Birthday of actor Jeff Goldblum
October 23
1942 – Birthday of author Michael Crichton
1959 – Birthday of Weird Al Yankovic
October 24
T.A. 3018 – Frodo wakes up in Rivendell
1632 – Birthday of microscope maker Anton Van Leeuwenhoek
1893 – Birthday of film producer-director Merian Cooper (“King Kong”)
1943 – Birthday of Ernesto Vegetti, cataloguer of SF in Italy (Quod non est in Catalogo non est in mundo – What is not in the catalogue is not in the world)
October 25
1978 – John Carpenter’s ‘Halloween’ premieres
October 26
1492 – Lead (graphite) pencils first used
1962 – Birthday of actor Cary Elwes
1984 – Premier of “The Terminator”
