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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... Sally's face . “ You stupid son of a bitch , " she said flatly . " I swear , God musta been runnin ' short of ... Sally went on . " Musta . . . ' " Sally ! " Peter pushed them apart and took the old woman by the shoulders . A glaze faded ...
... Sally's face . “ You stupid son of a bitch , " she said flatly . " I swear , God musta been runnin ' short of ... Sally went on . " Musta . . . ' " Sally ! " Peter pushed them apart and took the old woman by the shoulders . A glaze faded ...
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... Sally's nuts . She doesn't have a clue . " " Well , what choice do we have ? " Her voice broke . " You can't go with it . " " You think I want to ? Jesus ! " The bedroom door opened , and Weldon appeared silhouetted in a blur of orange ...
... Sally's nuts . She doesn't have a clue . " " Well , what choice do we have ? " Her voice broke . " You can't go with it . " " You think I want to ? Jesus ! " The bedroom door opened , and Weldon appeared silhouetted in a blur of orange ...
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... Sally trying to signal the moon with a hurricane lamp ; Sally rowing through a nor'easter to pluck six sailors off Whale Shoals ; Sally passing out dead - drunk at the ceremony the Coast Guard had given in her honor ; Sally loosing her ...
... Sally trying to signal the moon with a hurricane lamp ; Sally rowing through a nor'easter to pluck six sailors off Whale Shoals ; Sally passing out dead - drunk at the ceremony the Coast Guard had given in her honor ; Sally loosing her ...
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THE NIGHT OF WHITE BHAIRAB | 29 |
SALVADOR | 64 |
HOW THE WIND SPOKE AT MADAKET | 82 |
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