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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... ain't too ripe for you folks . " He chugged down a third of his beer . " So ! How you like Guatemala ? " " Fine , " said Richard . “ Why do you live in a volcano ? " " Kinda peculiar , ain't it , " said Dowdy by way of response ; he ...
... ain't too ripe for you folks . " He chugged down a third of his beer . " So ! How you like Guatemala ? " " Fine , " said Richard . “ Why do you live in a volcano ? " " Kinda peculiar , ain't it , " said Dowdy by way of response ; he ...
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... ain't talkin ' Apocalypse , here . And I for sure ain't no Bible basher like them Mormons you see walkin ' ' round the vil- lages . Huh ! Them suckers is so scared of life they travel in pairs so's they can keep each other from bein ...
... ain't talkin ' Apocalypse , here . And I for sure ain't no Bible basher like them Mormons you see walkin ' ' round the vil- lages . Huh ! Them suckers is so scared of life they travel in pairs so's they can keep each other from bein ...
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... Ain't that so ? " Lisa nodded , surprised . " Yeah , see when a person don't like their name it muddies up the writin ' , so to speak , and you gotta scour away a lotta half- formed names to see down to the actual one . " Dowdy heaved a ...
... Ain't that so ? " Lisa nodded , surprised . " Yeah , see when a person don't like their name it muddies up the writin ' , so to speak , and you gotta scour away a lotta half- formed names to see down to the actual one . " Dowdy heaved a ...
Contents
THE NIGHT OF WHITE BHAIRAB | 29 |
SALVADOR | 64 |
HOW THE WIND SPOKE AT MADAKET | 82 |
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