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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... Griaule's ef- fect , claiming to be a peaceful folk at heart - but again , was this not human nature ? Perhaps the most certifiable proof of Griaule's primacy was the fact that despite a standing offer of a fortune in silver to anyone ...
... Griaule's ef- fect , claiming to be a peaceful folk at heart - but again , was this not human nature ? Perhaps the most certifiable proof of Griaule's primacy was the fact that despite a standing offer of a fortune in silver to anyone ...
Page 356
... Griaule , of course , was most changed . Scaffolding hung from his back ; arti- sans , suspended by webworks of ropes , crawled over his side ; and all the scales to be worked had either been painted or primed . The tower rising to his ...
... Griaule , of course , was most changed . Scaffolding hung from his back ; arti- sans , suspended by webworks of ropes , crawled over his side ; and all the scales to be worked had either been painted or primed . The tower rising to his ...
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... Griaule fully alive - that kind of vitality was beyond the powers of the imagination . Yet he wondered if by some ... Griaule's haunch . A man had once offered him a small fortune for it . Who would claim it now ? Probably old Henry ...
... Griaule fully alive - that kind of vitality was beyond the powers of the imagination . Yet he wondered if by some ... Griaule's haunch . A man had once offered him a small fortune for it . Who would claim it now ? Probably old Henry ...
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THE NIGHT OF WHITE BHAIRAB | 29 |
SALVADOR | 64 |
HOW THE WIND SPOKE AT MADAKET | 82 |
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