The Jaguar HunterFourteen of Lucius Shepard's most memorable stories are combined with a previously unanthologized novella, Radiant Green Star, to form a stunning sci-fi collection. In the Nebula Award-winning title story, a poor Honduran hunter is coerced into tracking the forbidden black jaguar of Barrio Carolina. |
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... Dowdy hauled up another chair beside him ; he had washed the dye from his beard , and his hair was clean , free of ... Dowdy . " He wants to know if you have any questions , " said Dowdy . Richard was apparently as fascinated by the old ...
... Dowdy hauled up another chair beside him ; he had washed the dye from his beard , and his hair was clean , free of ... Dowdy . " He wants to know if you have any questions , " said Dowdy . Richard was apparently as fascinated by the old ...
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... Dowdy . “ Only that you understand his words . Do you ? " " Yes . " Richard mulled it over . “ Ask him what the character of the new age will be . ” Again , the process of interpretation . “ It'll be the first age of magic , " said Dowdy ...
... Dowdy . “ Only that you understand his words . Do you ? " " Yes . " Richard mulled it over . “ Ask him what the character of the new age will be . ” Again , the process of interpretation . “ It'll be the first age of magic , " said Dowdy ...
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... Dowdy . " It'll pass . " When at last she opened them , Dowdy was helping Murciélago to his feet . The old man nodded but did not smile at her as he had with Richard ; from the thinned set of his mouth she took it that he was either ...
... Dowdy . " It'll pass . " When at last she opened them , Dowdy was helping Murciélago to his feet . The old man nodded but did not smile at her as he had with Richard ; from the thinned set of his mouth she took it that he was either ...
Contents
THE NIGHT OF WHITE BHAIRAB | 29 |
SALVADOR | 64 |
HOW THE WIND SPOKE AT MADAKET | 82 |
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