J.R.R. Tolkien began The Lord of the Rings as a sequel to his smash-hit fantasy novel The Hobbit. The new book soon took on a life of its own, becoming […]
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“To love is to will the good of the another.” –St. Thomas Aquinas, Summa Theologiae I.ii.26 This principle is seen clearly in the redemption arc of Loki, both the original MCU version
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Bam! Smack! Pow! You see the words jump up on the screen, and your favorite crime-fighting team clobbers some crazy criminals trying to disrupt the society of Gotham. Though an
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In a previous article for this blog, I mentioned that I’ve been making my way through The Dragonriders of Pern, Anne McCaffrey’s expansive series of science-fantasy novels. The planet of
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St. Maximilian Kolbe is most well-known for his example of self-sacrifice in Auschwitz, where he convinced the Nazi soldiers to kill him, instead of another prisoner who had a family.
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In the opening pages of J.R.R. Tolkien’s Silmarillion, we meet the character of Eru, also called Ilúvatar, (representing God in Tolkien’s universe) who creates a great theme of music in
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Hello there! I wanted to give a brief update on our recent pre-ordering campaign for Finnian Issue #5. Our campaign was a success! We are sincerely grateful to the 186
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Roverandom is the endearing tale of a little dog’s adventures after being turned into a toy by a wizard. Tolkien originally told this story to his children after one of
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Natasha Romanoff (aka “Black Widow”), is a curious character in the MCU. She has a complicated past, with a “ledger” dripping with blood. It’s a past she wants to forget,
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Ray Bradbury was one of the most influential American writers of the twentieth century. His novels, including Fahrenheit 451 and The Martian Chronicles, are considered classics of the science fiction
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