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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... Jarcke lower him a dozen feet more , yanked , and gazed off northward along the enormous swell of Griaule's side . The scales were hexagonals thirty feet across and half that dis- tance high ; their basic color was a pale greenish gold ...
... Jarcke lower him a dozen feet more , yanked , and gazed off northward along the enormous swell of Griaule's side . The scales were hexagonals thirty feet across and half that dis- tance high ; their basic color was a pale greenish gold ...
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... Jarcke . " Used to live in his bunghole . " She pressed one of its paws , and claws curved like hooks slid forth . " They'd hang around the lip and drop on other critters what wandered in . And if nothin ' wandered in . . . . " She ...
... Jarcke . " Used to live in his bunghole . " She pressed one of its paws , and claws curved like hooks slid forth . " They'd hang around the lip and drop on other critters what wandered in . And if nothin ' wandered in . . . . " She ...
Page 362
... Jarcke . " You'll see her again . " She made it sound like an indictment . " Where is she ? ” " Sent her back to Hangtown . Won't do you two bein ' seen hand in hand the same day Pardiel's missin ' . " " She wouldn't have left ...
... Jarcke . " You'll see her again . " She made it sound like an indictment . " Where is she ? ” " Sent her back to Hangtown . Won't do you two bein ' seen hand in hand the same day Pardiel's missin ' . " " She wouldn't have left ...
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THE NIGHT OF WHITE BHAIRAB | 29 |
SALVADOR | 64 |
HOW THE WIND SPOKE AT MADAKET | 82 |
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