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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... Mengele . " He shuffled toward me at a snail's pace . " I have of course learned your name from your papers . They will be returned to you . ' The name Mengele , which had the sound of a dull bell ringing , was familiar ; but I was ...
... Mengele . " He shuffled toward me at a snail's pace . " I have of course learned your name from your papers . They will be returned to you . ' The name Mengele , which had the sound of a dull bell ringing , was familiar ; but I was ...
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... Mengele had appeared , his fore- head tiered by wrinkles , cadaverous cheeks , weepy brown eyes . I took a seat at the desk and handed him the paper on which Men- gele had made his thumbprint . " I'd like this identified , ” I said ...
... Mengele had appeared , his fore- head tiered by wrinkles , cadaverous cheeks , weepy brown eyes . I took a seat at the desk and handed him the paper on which Men- gele had made his thumbprint . " I'd like this identified , ” I said ...
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... Mengele's principle , though I had not dissolved in it or let it rule me , I had acknowl- edged it and sensed its ... Mengele's name - the sullen , unmusical timbre of a dead- ened bell . THE DRAGON GRIAULE © THER THAN THE Sichi ...
... Mengele's principle , though I had not dissolved in it or let it rule me , I had acknowl- edged it and sensed its ... Mengele's name - the sullen , unmusical timbre of a dead- ened bell . THE DRAGON GRIAULE © THER THAN THE Sichi ...
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THE NIGHT OF WHITE BHAIRAB | 29 |
SALVADOR | 64 |
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