Tag: Tolkien

Oct 23

Doxacon Seattle Weekly Digest (October 20-26, 2024)

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 …

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Dec 24

The eucatastrophe of history, or, Merry Christmas!

We geeks are lovers of myth, speculative fiction, wonderous tales, and fantasies of idea and imagination. We love to ask, “What if?” and to surround ourselves with works of transcendent beauty or compelling mystery. We long to immerse ourselves in worlds more glorious and dramatic than the one we experience everyday. We yearn for connection, …

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Nov 24

Meet our Clerical Keynotes for 2021: Frs. Augustine and Marcin!

Fr. Marcin Szymanski, OP (pronounced “mar-tzin”, not “martian”) and Fr. Augustine Hilander, OP are both Catholic priests and Dominican friars. The idea of prophecy is one of the most common tropes in pop culture, but not many know its origins in the Christian tradition of the West. Frs. Augustine and Marcin are excited to bring …

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