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  Comic Book: Felicia: Melari’s Wish Author: Chuck Melville Pages:171 Hard Core Scale: 4/4 Normal Scale: 10/10 Publish Date: 1987 About: Felicia the Sorceress lives her life freely from the Magi council of   Katara and the conflicts of good and evil. A young rabbit family at the inn she is staying at asks her aid in recovering a family heirloom one that can grant wishes. She accepts, but as always a sorceress looks after herself. Review: Simple art of the old B&W brings a lot to the imagination. Done for Rawrbrazzle, Chuck started this spin off of the Katara character to meet the deadline. It is easy to see why this became the fan favorite. Felica steals the show, the multifacets of her character wonderful. The plot lines weaving amongst the imagination fantastic both in and out of the trope and archetypal. For her first adventure by herself this is a fantastic work of art. Not the most grandiose of art and covering the background curse of furry comics at times, i...

Book: The Game of Rat and Dragon Author: Cordwainer Smith Pages: 28 Hard Core Scale: 4/4 Normal Scale: 10/10 Publish Date:1955 About:   Man to travel across the stars requires physic protection.  To aid them in their travels they have found an inhuman ally, but rats and dragons are still out there amongst the stars and man and their allies both have secrets and desires. Review: Short, but master work SF. Funny to see how much this had influences SF even unaware. Great work at the uncanniness of intelligence and right to the stars and ultimately being human. A master work worth the read by all.     Book Cover: Copyright Floating Press